Combo Boxes have this capability built in as of RB 2005. You need to set the AutoComplete property of the combobox instance to true
You then add the available options to the combobox via combobox.addRow method - Tom On 21/02/2007, at 8:10 PM, John Kubie wrote: > I would like to have a control autocomplete in the manner of the IDE. > That is, as the user types into something that looks like a one-line > editfied, a list of matches would be displayed below the typed field. > The user can either select what he/she has typed or from the list. > > Can a combobox be made to work in this manner? The first roadblock I > hit is that I can't make the combobox programatically display the > popupmenu list. > > What seems like a more successful approach is to link an editfield > and a listbox. It is not difficult to get the listbox to populate > with a list of matches from the text of the editfield and resize > itself to fit the list. I'm trying to figure out how the user will > indicate his/her choice either from the text in the editfield or from > a row in the listbox. > > I would appreciate any suggestions or partial solutions. > > John Kubie > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
