Folks, there really are situations where the Alt-DownArrow is useful. In
Visual Basic, there are combo boxes that simply won't open without the
Alt-DownArrow. There are other ones that will respond to use of the plain
up and down cursor keys but require several taps of those keys to get the
list moving; the Alt-DownArrow gets these boxes working immediately. Also
in Visual Basic, there are times when F4 displays a property browser whereas
Alt-DownArrow actually activates the combo box you're sitting on.
Combo boxes on web pages will generally not open simply by pressing the up
and down cursor keys; they need either Alt-DownArrow or F4 to activate them.
----- Original Message -----
From: Julio C. Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: jfw33 and combo boxes
> The main reason for needing the <alt-Down/UpArrows> to work correctly is
> so that new users don't get confused when they read in some tutorial or
> help file that this is the way to open a combo box.
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