Auto-Drop Down

[Charles Phillips]

Hello,
What are the Pros & Cons of automating combo boxes to expand (drop down), in
a form???


Thank you,


Charles L. Phillips

 

[SteveM]

Why do you want to?

If you have room on your form and you want the list to be visible, use a
listbox.

Steve

 

[Klatuu]

That is pretty subjective. IMHO it startles and irratates users.

 

[Bob Howard]

I use it regularly as it give the user info on what they need to do next ...
i.e., selection in a certain combo box that requires some other option to be
set ... so I open the combo box for that next option, etc. Bob.

 

[banem2]

Hello,
What are the Pros & Cons of automating combo boxes to expand (drop down), in
a form???

Thank you,

Charles L. Phillips

Hi,

I found it easier to leave user to drop-down form with F4 or by
clicking on arrow. One cons I see at the moment is that the dropdown
will probably cover fields bellow combo-box which can be irritating
during record editing or just reviewing. If you want to use auto
dropdown rather go to dropdown when the first key is pressed. Pros: on
drop-downs with couple of lines and in new record, well, it might be
OK if your user agree.

Regards,
Branislav Mihaljev

 

[Charles Phillips]

Hello,
Let me say "Thank You" to the following people:
SteveM, Dave Hargis (Klatuu), Bob Howard and Banem2@gmail

All of your advice has been instructive, in my design concept of a db form.
The point you ALL pointed to, was how does the User feel...


Thank you,

Charles L. Phillips