Re: COMBO ADDITEM limit
- Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Nov 12, 2002
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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 >> > >> > > > > --------- Cheers, Derek Parnell ICQ# 7647806