I put a push button next to the field with a down arrow icon which users are used to seeing for drop downs. I assign an eep to the button with the properties: property compid PMAUTO 'TRUE' property compid SET_FOCUS 'TRUE' Dan
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:39 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Form design question Another consultant and I are having a conversation about how best to indicate on a form whether there is a popup available. Back in DOS days, a help message "press <whatever> for popup list" was noticeable enough. In windows I don't like depending on Hints because they don't help unless you're hovering over the field. I've used a bunch of different methods. 1. Make the field background a different color 2. Put an indicator after the label, like: Account >> 3. Put a graphic, like an arrow, by the field or label. What do you all do to indicate a popup menu? Karen
