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Keith Bemis

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Mar 25, 2004, 6:22:21 PM3/25/04
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Hello,
I have on my mainform many combo boxes I need to set it
up son users don't need the mouse to click the down arrow
part of it as some users perfer to use the Tab function so
I need it to show all items when they enter the box and
press the down arrow key and can select from there,,,any
help???thanks a lot...
Keith Bemis

JulieD

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Mar 25, 2004, 6:37:30 PM3/25/04
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Hi Keith

Alt & Down Arrow key already work for this .. is this enough?

Cheers
JulieD

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Albert D. Kallal

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Mar 25, 2004, 8:18:02 PM3/25/04
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You could teach your users to use alt-down-arrow key. This works in just
about all windows programs...including the web browser..and yes even
ms-access.

You can also make the combo drop down when it gets the focus. You could put
the following code in the on-got focus event.

me.ComboName.DropDown


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Albert D. Kallal (MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
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