Comments on: Drop-Down Listbox Vs Select Window http://devdawn.com/2006/08/22/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:15:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stu http://devdawn.com/2006/08/22/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3947 Stu Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:01:02 +0000 http://www.devdawn.com/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3947 Daniel, Nice. And very true. I've used the Listbox on occasion when the situation demanded it. I guess that sums up the driving force behind what we use .. Situation derives the Tool. In some, DropDown, in others, Select. There might be another way to give the user choice over how they select information. Well, there are. Daniel,

Nice. And very true. I’ve used the Listbox on occasion when the situation demanded it.

I guess that sums up the driving force behind what we use .. Situation derives the Tool. In some, DropDown, in others, Select.

There might be another way to give the user choice over how they select information. Well, there are.

]]> By: Daniel Ruzo http://devdawn.com/2006/08/22/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3914 Daniel Ruzo Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:32:43 +0000 http://www.devdawn.com/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3914 It's a situational question. I would use a Drop-Down for a few and fix items list with just one or two columns to show, but I would use a SelectWindow for a larger list with many columns to show (maybe the user knows the company name, the comercial name, etc.). There's a third option when the user could select more then one item: ListBox. Cheers. It’s a situational question. I would use a Drop-Down for a few and fix items list with just one or two columns to show, but I would use a SelectWindow for a larger list with many columns to show (maybe the user knows the company name, the comercial name, etc.). There’s a third option when the user could select more then one item: ListBox.
Cheers.

]]> By: Stu http://devdawn.com/2006/08/22/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3127 Stu Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:30:39 +0000 http://www.devdawn.com/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3127 Dave. Nice! Thanks for a perspective on the other side. The Daaaarrrrkkk .. ahem. I mean. Sounds like you have a huge amount of functionality built around the select button/window. It would have some major benefits. Cheers, Dave.

Nice! Thanks for a perspective on the other side. The Daaaarrrrkkk .. ahem. I mean.

Sounds like you have a huge amount of functionality built around the select button/window. It would have some major benefits.

Cheers,

]]> By: Dave Beggs http://devdawn.com/2006/08/22/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3125 Dave Beggs Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:09:06 +0000 http://www.devdawn.com/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3125 Stu I've gone the other way and always used a select button because I can have filtered locators, xplore templates, exploding and imploding windows, greenbar effects, calculated fields, the ability to insert new records, the ability to look up a different field (even in a different file), and probably other features on the lookup window. Cheers! Dave Beggs Stu
I’ve gone the other way and always used a select button because I can have filtered locators, xplore templates, exploding and imploding windows, greenbar effects, calculated fields, the ability to insert new records, the ability to look up a different field (even in a different file), and probably other features on the lookup window.
Cheers!
Dave Beggs

]]> By: Stu http://devdawn.com/2006/08/22/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3079 Stu Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:05:56 +0000 http://www.devdawn.com/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3079 Nice. That In-Memory driver is a blast :) At least, so I've heard. Yet to get it for myself. Nice.

That In-Memory driver is a blast :) At least, so I’ve heard. Yet to get it for myself.

]]> By: Colin Wynn http://devdawn.com/2006/08/22/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3074 Colin Wynn Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:17:09 +0000 http://www.devdawn.com/drop-down-listbox-vs-select-window/#comment-3074 I chose to go down the route of File Drop Combo's rather than a select button option, purely because when using the select browse a 'new' window has appeared making the user focus on something different, and then they have to press a button to select the option they want. I very rarely use Browses with Select buttons on these days. Of course adding the In-Memory driver to FDC's is a great help too :) I chose to go down the route of File Drop Combo’s rather than a select button option, purely because when using the select browse a ‘new’ window has appeared making the user focus on something different, and then they have to press a button to select the option they want. I very rarely use Browses with Select buttons on these days.

Of course adding the In-Memory driver to FDC’s is a great help too :)

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