Select combo box default on focus

[Jim Orson]

Greetings!

I have a combo box set to display a default value (which is what I want).
However, when I tab to the combo box, the cursor is at the end of the text.
I would like to have the entire text highlighted when I tab to the combo box
so I can change the text easily with the keyboard if necessary. How can I
automatically select the entire text in the combo box when it receives the
focus? BTW, the default value is only a few characters wide.

Thanks

Jim...

 

[Wayne Morgan]

You have two options here. The first one will affect all controls.

1) Go to Tools|Options|Keyboard tab and choose the appropriate selection
under Behavior Entering Field.

2) In the GotFocus or Enter event use something like this:

Me.cboMyCombo.SelStart = 0
Me.cboMyCombo.SelLength = Len(Me.cboMyCombo.Text)

 

[Jim Orson]

Wayne,

The 2nd option works great for just the one cbo. Thanks a lot!

Jim...