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Thread TEditComboBox ReadOnly
Thu, May 18 2017 12:10 PMPermanent Link

thomh

Hi Tim,

If I set the TEditComboBox to ReadOnly I am unable to click on the button to drop down the list.

// Thom
Thu, May 18 2017 12:13 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Thom,

<< If I set the TEditComboBox to ReadOnly I am unable to click on the button to drop down the list. >>

Yes, that is intentional.  There really is no point to the drop-down list if the control is read-only.

However, I might want to simply hide the button...

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com
Thu, May 18 2017 12:47 PMPermanent Link

thomh

OK, Tim.

But at the moment that is the only way to make it possible for me to prevent users from writing anything
into the control that is not in the drop down list

I do not know if you remember but I had a post that asked if it would be possible to tie the text input to the drop down list, i.e. as you write it will search the drop down list for possible values.

Like what happens when you start typing in a TListBox.

// Thom
Thu, May 18 2017 12:52 PMPermanent Link

Walter Matte

Tactical Business Corporation

In keypress I can now do the dropdown

function TfrmDonor.EditComboBoxKeyDown(Sender: TObject; Key: Integer; ShiftKey, CtrlKey, AltKey: Boolean): Boolean;
begin
 TEditComboBox(Sender).ShowDropDown;
end;



But I think this is missing - the "Fixed List" is not possible - maybe another property "Fixed List" - meaning they can only fill values from dropdown and not freely type anything.

Walter
Thu, May 18 2017 12:56 PMPermanent Link

Raul

Team Elevate Team Elevate

On 5/18/2017 12:47 PM, thomh wrote:
> But at the moment that is the only way to make it possible for me to prevent users from writing anything
> into the control that is not in the drop down list

Why not use TButtonComboBox for fixed list ?

You can limit the input in code relatively easily - tie into one of the
keypress (keyup for example) events and validate.

> I do not know if you remember but I had a post that asked if it would be possible to tie the text input to the drop down list, i.e. as you write it will search the drop down list for possible values.

It does "find" the right items if you type partial/full entry and then
open dropdown list

If you open dropdown and then type first letter it will also iterate
thru all entries with that letter.

Raul
Thu, May 18 2017 1:07 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Thom,

<< But at the moment that is the only way to make it possible for me to prevent users from writing anything
into the control that is not in the drop down list >>

That is the purpose of the TButtonComboBox control.  It is implicitly read-only.

<< I do not know if you remember but I had a post that asked if it would be possible to tie the text input to the drop down list, i.e. as you write it will search the drop down list for possible values. >>

I can add this as an enhancement.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com
Fri, May 19 2017 5:00 AMPermanent Link

Matthew Jones

Raul wrote:

> If you open dropdown and then type first letter it will also iterate thru all entries with that letter.

FWIW, the code is actually there for it to match full words, not just the first letter. The timeout is way too fast though, so it ends up only first letters. Tim is publishing the time property in the next update so we can change it, and then you can do full searches.

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Matthew Jones
Fri, May 19 2017 8:24 AMPermanent Link

thomh

Thanks everybody.

TButtonComboBox should do the trick for now.

// Thom
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