New Drop Down List Behaviour?

[bdonelson]

I recently upgraded from 8.5 to version 11.

I like most of the improvements, but I have found that the drop-down list functions differently then before.

Before, the drop-down "window" would resize to fit the displayed field. Now, the "window" only displays a portion of the data, followed by "..."

Is this the new way the drop-down list functions, and if so does anyone know of a way to increase the displayed number of characters.

Thanks,

Bill

[bdonelson]

I have found an acceptable solution that will work in some of the places I use the drop-down list.

The field used in the value list is now an inserted calculation of the original text field with an extra twenty or thirty spaces added to the end.

The problem being I really don't feel like adding additional field every time I want to use a drop-down list.

Thanks,

Bill

[LaRetta]

Hi Bill,

I'm on XP Professional SP2 and there is nothing I can do to force the display to produce ... at the end unless the drop-down window hits the far right edge of the application window (including if the app window is smaller than full screen) but more text remains, and that behavior is the same in vs. 9.0v3.

If it produces ... for small amounts of text, it would help to see an empty clone of your file or can you reproduce it in a new file?

BTW, you won't want to use the technique of adding spaces at the end because that actually DOES add spaces at the end of the text and you would have to then remove it (using auto-enter Replace). :smile2:

Edited September 9, 2010 by Guest
Added BTW

[bdonelson]

Thanks for replying.

I have included a stripped down copy of the database I am working on.

The "Trades" page is setup to allow the user to selected the available options for the already selected stock symbol. The "working" version has just the light blue selection box. I have included the "original" method I used with the purple background for comparison.

The problem is particular bad with Option Names because all of the important information is on the end of the name.

The added spaces are not a problem, as I am only using this calculated field for this selection. Everywhere else the text field used to produce this calculation is fine.

Thanks,

Bill

Options.zip

[bdonelson]

I am posting an screen capture of the problem, in case I am the only one having this problem.

Thanks,

Bill

[LaRetta]

Sorry I haven't replied sooner. I looked at your file yesterday but I'm been swamped. If you extend the black ID field underneath the name to as wide as the name, it shouldn't do that. I didn't realize you were using ID plus second field of name with a drop-down. Last night, it took me quite some time to even identify the issue (and look through your structure to figure it out) and by the time I did - I was out of time.

I'm also unsure what might have changed between versions to cause the behavior to change except possibly font changes. Maybe others can take a look as well otherwise I'll check it again tonight.

[bdonelson]

Thanks,

I think that might be a solution for at least one place that I use the drop-down list, since I can partially overlap the drop-down with the text field.

Bill