On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Bart <bartjun...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find this rather counter-intuitive. > If I have a checkbox that is not checked and the caption of it says > "False" then I would assume that "False" is not checked.
It is a valid point, I did not think of it. > I would suggest to either remove the caption: > ( | marks the vertical gridline in OI) > AutoSize | [ ] > KeyPreview | [X] or it could be : AutoSize | [ ] (means False) KeyPreview | [X] (means True) > Or since only one value can ever be selected: use two radiobuttons > (which would look rather ugly). Ugly and counter-intuitive. A CheckBox is a perfect match for a Boolean. Something is either On or Off, True or False. That is what CheckBox was invented for. > I still don't see why we cannot use a "read-only" combobox for these > kinde of properties. The argument that you cannot copy the value > anymore can easily be overcome. Yes, I committed such a change a long time ago but had to revert it due to the feedback I got. I forgot what the reasons were exactly. But still for Booleans CheckBox is superior to ComboBox, see above. Juha -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus