Combo
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TACombo |
Creates a ComboBox control
Properties:
| Color | Background color of control. Choose from the list, or enter your own. Format is 0xnumber where number is 6 hexadecimal digits: 2 for blue, 2 for green and 2 for red |
| ContextMenu | Specifies context menu to attach to control. Create the ContextMenu first |
| Cursor | Cursor shape to display when mouse is over this control |
| Enabled | False generates GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) |
| Font | Double-click to the right to open the Font dialog. Click on + to show the Color, Name, Size and Style properties |
| Left,Top | Position of control relative to its parent |
| Width,Height | Size of control in pixels |
| Hint | Text that appears when cursor hovers over control. Generates call to GUICtrlSetTip |
| ItemIndex | Ordinal number of Item that shows initially. (The first item is 1)} |
| Items | Double-click to open Strings Editor. Enter one item per line. Generates call to GUICtrlSetData which uses item separator specified in Options→Options→Code Generator Formatting |
| Name | Name of control and of the variable that is assigned its control ID in generated code. If not specified, no variable is generated |
| OnChange | Generates (in Message Loop mode) a |
| Resizing | Click on + to expand resize modes: DocAuto - resize and reposition according to new window size DocRight - Do not move right side DocLeft - Do not move left side DocTop - Do not move top DocBottom - Do not move bottom DocHCenter - Horizontal center remains fixed DocVCenter - Vertical center remains fixed DocWidth - Width does not change DocHeight - Height does not change |
| TabOrder | Sequence in which controls are selected with the Tab and Shift+Tab keys. For a Form and for each Group, TabOrder starts with 0. You may prefer to use the TabOrder Visual Editor: press Ctrl+T to open it. |
| Text | This property contain text that will be visible on form. |
| Visible | If False, generates GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_HIDE) |
Styles:
A Combo control consists of an input area and a list area.
| CBS_SIMPLE | Shows only the list area |
| CBS_DROPDOWN | Shows input area and down arrow to open list |
| CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | Like CBS_DROPDOWN but input area is read-only |
| CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | When user enters characters beyond width of control, text automatically scrolls |
| CBS_OEMCONVERT | Ensures proper conversion of characters entered into control |
| CBS_SORT | Sorts list items |
| CBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | Control is exactly Height pixels high, rather than adjusting so no items show partially |
| CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL | List area shows a disabled vertical scroll bar when it does not contain enough items to require scrolling |
| CBS_UPPERCASE | Text in input area is upper-cased |
| CBS_LOWERCASE | Text in input area is lower-cased |
| WS_TABSTOP | Control can be selected with Tab and Shift+Tab |
| WS_HSCROLL | Control has horizontal scroll bar |
| WS_VSCROLL | Control has vertical scroll bar |
| WS_BORDER | Control has a thin-line border |
| WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | If this control overlaps with another, this control shows partially |
Extra Styles:
| WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE | Control has border with sunken edge |
| WS_EX_STATICEDGE | Control has a three-dimensional border |
Remarks:
Windows XP and up set the opened height of a Combobox. The Height property is the height of the closed Combobox.
Related:
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