Re: notes on combo boxes

[Guy Harris <gharris flashcom net>]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 11:04:12PM -0500, Craig M. Buchek wrote:
> There's a slight problem with typing the first letter.  If I want say
> MO, do I hit the M key multiple times, or do I hit M then O?  It seems
> that non-editable widgets like the "hit the first letter multiple times"
> way.  But editable combo boxes seem to prefer the "type in the beginning
> of the word, and when you've typed enough you're there" way.  I prefer
> the second method in all cases.

That seems reasonable...

...as long as I can *UN*-type subsequent letters in a non-editable
widget by hitting Backspace, for example, just as I can in an editable
widget.

E.g., if you have a non-editable widget with "dog", "cat", "elephant",
and "camel", if I type "c" followed by "a" followed by "t", I should
then be able to type Backspace followed by "m" to get "camel", and I
should be able to type Backspace 3 times and then type "e" to get
"elephant".