Re: COMBO ADDITEM limit
The only criteria is "Is it easy for the user to use?"
If this will cause the combo to have an "easy-to-use" number of items in its
list then fine.
13/11/2002 9:33:50 AM, rubis at fem.unicamp.br wrote:
>
>Hi Derek;
>
> My ideia is the use of the first letter typed in the combo box as
>a parameter filter.
> After the user types "R", for example, the list is populated with
>"Romario", "Ronaldo" ... from the database.
> Do you have a better idea ?
>
>Thanks,
>Rubens
>
>
>At 17:12 12/11/2002, you wrote:
>>
>>A Combo is a poor choice for a user interface item if it has a large
>>quantity of information.
>>
>>The primary purpose of a Combo is to enable users to select a specific item
>>from a list while taking up only a small amout of screen space. The larger
>>the list the harder it is to select a specific item in it. It simply takes
>>too long to scroll through. Small lists are easier to use.
>>
>>Instead of selecting database items from a list of all records, it is often
>>better to allow the user to filter the database records in order to create a
>>smaller list. So you might like to add a text box next to the combo that the
>>user can enter a filter mask and then build the combo list that matches the
>>filter mask. There are many different ways to present filtering to a user,
>>this is only one way.
>>
>>The reason we are programming GUI code is to make life easier for the users
>>of our programs.
>>
>>----------------
>>cheers,
>>Derek Parnell
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <rubis at fem.unicamp.br>
>>To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 3:20 AM
>>Subject: COMBO ADDITEM limit
>>
>>
>> > Hi;
>> >
>> > Is there a limit to the maximum number of entries (additem) in the
>> > combo(ex) box ?
>> > I'm thinking in add itens from a edb database to the list.
>> >
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >
>> > Rubens
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
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Cheers,
Derek Parnell
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