Drop down "entry"

[stevec]

Is there a way to do a drop down with allow entry of value not in list?

[jasonzhou]

You can set Item.Text to empty, however, this will leave a space dropdown list, so I think a good way is to create a new Item%N list and only put needed entries in it.
Does this sound ok for you? Thanks.

[stevec]

I am looking for a way to show a drop down with entries to select but still allow free form entry (like you can do in VL)

[jasonzhou]

Unfortunately, dropdown doesn't allow free text input. However we can make an enhancement for TextBox element that should work as your expectation.

For example:

When you touch textbox, a list appears with entries to select. (See first attached image)
When you input text, the list will show entries that matches the text. (See second attached image)
When you input a text that doesn't exist in list, the list disappear. (See last attached image)

Does this enhancement sound ok for you?

Thanks

[stevec]

I think that would work if I can programatically control what shows in the list (rather than standard history of what keyed).

[jasonzhou]

You can specify list items using Item%N property. A new property FreeItem was added in RV34 that allows the free entry feature.

https://www.longrangemobile.com/docs/lr ... extbox.htm