Re: combo rant

[control H <control h gmail com>]

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> To be fair, I've worked with combo controls from at least 4 different
> widget sets and they all were horrible.  Win32, GTK, Web, Borland, Java,
> they all suck.  I think as a control, the combo control is just a bad
> concept.

I'm not that negative about a combo control. After all, a good combo like
the Windows one lets me select the item I want quickly and simple (enough),
and in an acceptable style.

> I will probably create my own combo type control in addition to the
> native Win32/GTK combo box controls.  It will basically be a text field
> with a button directly to the right of it.  When the button is clicked a
> separate window will be opened with a grid inside it.  This allows me to
> bypass all the horrible problems with combos on each platform.  It will
> be a little slower for a user to use than a combo, but the ease of use
> should be better since the user/developer can resize the grid, etc if
> needed.

When you have a working prototype please let me know, I'd like to see it
for sure.