Combo box list with tooltips/height of the list

[wxu3295]

Hi, All

I am having a problem about the size of the combo box list.
In the combobox, there are 2 columns - id and description.
The description column contains a paragraph long text.
However, in the default size of the list won't show all the text.

There are 2 ideas that come up can solve this problem.
One is to create a tooltip for the combo box list item. When the mouse
hover over the item on the list, it shows the whole description in a
tooltips.
The other one is to change the height of the list item so it will show
all the text in the list.


Does anyone have any recommendation on this idea? Which way should i
use?
Or is there any other better ideas than the 2 above?

Thanks

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Wxu3295,

Without knowing in which application you're working, what type of
combobox control you're using, and where it's embedded, it's impossible
to help.

I am having a problem about the size of the combo box list.
In the combobox, there are 2 columns - id and description.
The description column contains a paragraph long text.
However, in the default size of the list won't show all the text.

There are 2 ideas that come up can solve this problem.
One is to create a tooltip for the combo box list item. When the mouse
hover over the item on the list, it shows the whole description in a
tooltips.
The other one is to change the height of the list item so it will show
all the text in the list.


Does anyone have any recommendation on this idea? Which way should i
use?
Or is there any other better ideas than the 2 above?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[wxu3295]

I am sorry. Forget to mention about this.

I am working in a Access database. There is a combo box adding on a
form and the combo box is connecting to a table to get both id and
description.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Wxu3295,

I am working in a Access database. There is a combo box adding on a
form and the combo box is connecting to a table to get both id and
description.

I suggest you ask in an Access-specific newsgroup; you're more likely
to find people who specialize in Access there. It's been a while since
I've looked closely at what the Access forms controls support, but as
I recall, they don't support displaying combobox entries on multiple
lines... You know you can change the WIDTH the individual columns that
are displayed when a combobox "drops down"? And in order to display
the complete text when the selection has been made I'd probably use a
textbox just below the combobox.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[wxu3295]

Ok, Thanks, Cindy.

Hi Wxu3295,

I suggest you ask in an Access-specific newsgroup; you're more likely
to find people who specialize in Access there. It's been a while since
I've looked closely at what the Access forms controls support, but as
I recall, they don't support displaying combobox entries on multiple
lines... You know you can change the WIDTH the individual columns that
are displayed when a combobox "drops down"? And in order to display
the complete text when the selection has been made I'd probably use a
textbox just below the combobox.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)


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