Mike: Got it. So a list box needs to be loaded with items via a listitemsadd property or a load from file in order for shift-clicking to be enabled. Something to remember, except I'm never in favor of things that work one-way sometimes and another way other times. If you have a simple listbox that you can load from a file, and users find they can shift-click, then you have another form with a very complicated data set that you want to use a regular table lookup and they find that they CAN'T shift-click, they'll ask those annoying questions. So I think a developer would have to make the decision to ALWAYS load from a file so they have that ability, or NEVER do it, don't you think?
Karen > >Bill: I appreciate all suggestions! > > > >However, this doesn't help with what I need. If there's 100 things in the > >listbox, and they want 90 of them, they have to click 90 times. I already > >have > >a button to "select all items" -- they don't even have to click into the > list > >box to do that. But listbox multi-select doesn't support shift-clicking > to > > Yes it does. It just doesn't work when you bind it to a table as a lookup > using a column expression. > > If you add "Items" manually from the ListBox property dialog box or add them > on > the fly LISTITEMSADD or Load_From_File, it behaves as it should. > > if you select an item in the ListBox and THEN press and hold Shift, then > either > scroll down (if the last selection is beyond the listbox view limit) to the > last contiguous item and click on it, THEN release the shift key.. > > Everything in between will be SELECTED. > > While items are SELECTED, if you press and hold the CTRL key you can > DESELECT > any SELECTED item or Add an UNSELECTED item to the SELECTED items. I swear > this is true.... >
