Re: [Usability] combo box guidelines?



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Probably the strangest thing about that situation is that it leaves a
large blank space under the last item.

Jacob Beauregard wrote:
> forgot the image.. hope that 83kb won't kill anyone's inbox.
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> Jacob Beauregard wrote:
>> Yea, I know I've probably whined about combo boxes enough, but
>> honestly, does this image make sense to you?
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>> This is just one occurrence in many that I've had. I can only see 3
>> out of 7 options. Less than half of the options being used is just
>> not good practice. That's only 2 out of 7 odds (not good) that the
>> service type I want is going to immediately visible and navigable.
>>
>> While I believe it's a good idea to allow combo boxes to be
>> open-ended, I just don't understand why visibility doesn't pay a
>> larger role. The best argument I've heard is preserving motion
>> memory. However, anything lacking in visibility is far from intuitive.
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