Re: combo-box vs. gtkoptionmenu

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

"Norman Black" <stonybrk ix netcom com> writes: 
> Interesting read. However menus can never handle a large number of items
> easily. A Windows combo box does full text selection (not just first
> letter) and Gtk can be coaxed into this with some coding. By typing a
> few to a handful of characters someone can get to what they want with
> minimal effort. With a menu you are forced to scroll, possibly
> significantly, with the mouse.

For large lists, it usually makes sense to use a full-on list widget, 
rather than any kind of popup.

And of course there's no reason the basic option menu UI couldn't
support the keyboard navigation you like.

Havoc