Bug in combobox

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

In the following sample it's impossible to move the focus from the combobox using TAB o ENTER:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oDlg

    LOCAL cVar := SPACE( 20 )

    DEFINE DIALOG oDlg

    @ 1, 1 COMBOBOX cVar;
           ITEMS { "First", "Second", "Third" };
           STYLE CBS_DROPDOWN

    @ 3, 1 BUTTON "&Close" ACTION oDlg:End()

    ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg;
             CENTER

    RETURN NIL

EMG

[driessen]

Enrico,

Indeed, and it is not the only one.

In the FWH version prior to 7.09, one could choose an item in a combobox, using the first character. In your example, choosing used to be possible by typing a "F", "S" or "T".

Since FWH version 7.09, that isn't possible anymore. Therefor I still use the combobox class of FWH 7.04.

Maybe Antonio can use both our problems.

Thanks.

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Fixed, several changes are required:

Class TGet Method KeyChar:

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   if ::bKeyChar != nil
      if Eval( ::bKeyChar, nKey, nFlags, Self ) == 0
         return 0
      endif   
   endif   


Class TComboBox:

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      ::oGet:bKeyChar = { | nKey | If( nKey == VK_TAB .or. nKey == VK_RETURN,;
                                        ( ::oWnd:GoNextCtrl( ::hWnd ), 0 ), ) }


[Antonio Linares]

Michel,

The problem is that following the advise of a FW user, incremental search was implemented on comboboxes and that browse backwards compatibility.

Should we avoid the incremental search feature and restore Windows default behavior there ? Or allow the incremental search as an optional clause ?
http://fivetechsoft.com/forums/viewtopi ... ncremental

[nageswaragunupudi]

My personal opinion is that by default we should provide Windows default behavior. That is how generally users expect any windows software to behave.

Incremental search has its own benefits and can be offered as an option.

For consideration

[StefanHaupt]

Antonio,

I agree with nageswaragunupudi, windows standard behavior should be the standard of fivewin. Enhanced incremental search should be optional, it can be a very useful feature.

In TCombobox, where must the patch be inserted ?

[Antonio Linares]

Stefan,

Lines 247 and 320

[StefanHaupt]

Ok, thanks