> ... I think that if the options can't fit on the screen,
> moving it down to display the maximum number of options is more
> important than preserving the current position of the combo box.
Something to keep in mind is that what the user sees may be
*different* from what the designer thought.
My eyes are old/weak enough that I customize which fonts are used
for my display -- principally to __increase__ the point sizes. The
result is that on my screen, it takes fewer characters/lines to
completely use up an area.
This is particularly noticeable with browsers, though I'm certain
that I've been shown drop-down lists (e.g., combo boxes) *without*
adequate scroll capability, whose vertical content was effectively
truncated. To a user, there are few things more frustrating than
*not* being able to select what he wants, because that item has been
positioned beyond the edge of the screen. (This frustration doubles
for action buttons sited at the bottom of a non-scrollable window.)
mikus
p.s. [If I select "move" to try to reposition a window so that its
top edge (rather than its bottom edge) is off-screen, upward
movement stops when the top of my screen is reached. Is
there a way to over-ride this limitation? Perhaps the title
bar could stop at the top edge, but the window's content
might continue the upward movement (i.e., go off-screen)! ]
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