All right, thanks for your time ! On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The combobox (editable version) is useful when you want to present a list > > of possible values and you want to enter a value that is not present in the > > list. > > OK. It is worth thinking about. We have a similar issue with Spinner, which > is also currently non-editable. Maybe we should think about adding editor > support to these components.
exact, this would be great > > Another problem is that creating a suggestion popup in pure WTKX / BXML is > > not very convenient (have to attach textinput listeners, etc ..), is it > > even possible ? > > You have to use an event listener to invoke the popup, since we can't know up > front what event(s) an application might want to use to trigger it. For > example, some applications display suggestions every time the text changes, > but others do it only when the user enters a character (vs. deletes one), > some apps may want to show the list when the user presses the down arrow key, > others may do it when the user presses a button, etc. > > G >
