Hello Andrew, Frank, * Andrew Jensen wrote: > Hi Frank, Mechtilde >> >>> One problem: >>> I use a form as a Data Sheet. It contains datas of a table. One row is a >>> listbox containing datas of another table (formatted as "1234". >>> By the first use I can input the first number then the first value >>> appear. >>> If I input the next tupels I must input a "1" many times untill the >>> right value appear. All values in this box are beginning with "1". >> >> Hmm, this in fact behaves strange. I would have expected list boxes to >> have some kind of quick search capabilities (e.g. typing "1" "3" would >> move to the entry starting with "13", but instead it moves to the one >> starting with "1", then to the one starting with "3"), but it seems they >> haven't. Seems to be a deficit of the underlying control (the same used >> in the normal OOo dialogs). >> Might be worth an RFE. >> >>> Also I want to sort the values in this box. >> which currently doesn't work automatically :( >> > Well, you can always sort the data if you supply it via a query and not > a table. I set "Order By" > > Also, I am not sure that I didn't miss something here - but that is one > of the differences of the ComboBox vs ListBox, isn't it, the ComboBox > will do the style of type down search that you are describing here. The > List box, No. I use 2 listboxes one with text and one with numbers. In the listbox with only text, I can input more than one letter to define an entry. In the listbox with numbers it's as I described above.
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