Display only item of ComboField

[Peter2]

I have a combo-field where I use

Title: "This is my title"
List: "Item 1|Item 2|Item 3"

Starting the dialogue I always see the title and have to click to see my Items.

Is there an internal way to display the list immediately? Or do I have to use LSP for correct display?

[owenwengerd]

I don't think there's any way to programmatically open the dropdown. You can of course use a simple combo that always displays the list as a listbox.

[Peter2]

.....You can of course use a simple combo that always displays the list as a listbox.

???  ???
I think I have to take a little more time to understand it .. (as said above, it is my first small project).

[owenwengerd]

To clarify, by "simple combo" I meant a combo box control with Style set to 1 - Simple. Just now when I tested this, I inserted a combo control, changed the Style property, changed the List property to a|b|c|d, then tried to resize the control so it will display the list. It was "stuck" as a standard combo. I had to close the form window and reopen it, then the simple combo control could be resized to display the list. I hope that helps .

[Peter2]

Hello Owen

thanks for your reply. Now I attached two screenshots to explain what I mean:

Image 1 shows the properties: I have Style 2, no title and three items.

Image  2 shows the dialogue when it is started: The list is empty because there is no title (if I enter a title the title is displayed).

Question:
When the dialogue starts I don't want to see the (empty or existing) title, I want to see the first item of my list.
-> What to do?

Thank you.

[owenwengerd]

I'm not sure I understand completely, but I think that if you set the Text property equal to a value in the list, then that value should be automatically selected in the list when the combo is initialized.

[Peter2]

... if you set the Text property equal to a value in the list, then that value should be automatically selected in the list when the combo is initialized.

Yes, this is what I want. I thought (hoped) that there is a property like "Display list items instead of title", but I will use this solution.

Thanks and have a fine weekend.

[Fred Tomke]

Hi, Peter, there was a similar question in the past how to open a DropDown list automatically.
You only have to set the focus to the combobox and to send the Cursor Down key.

Regards, Fred