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Combo Boxes

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On Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, use combo boxes in place of option buttons to conserve space or when the user needs to add entries to a list. For more information, see Option Buttons.

Consider the following when you include combo boxes in an application:

  • Pre-scroll the list so that the currently selected item is in view, if the state of the list was saved.
  • Determine the trade-off between saving space and clearly identifying all application options using option buttons.
  • Resolve hardware navigation issues. More than a navigation pad is needed to access all the combo box functionality such as the drop-down list and list selection.

State Attributes

The following illustration shows the appearance of the combo box control in its different states.

Label Attributes

Use the 9pt, Tahoma black font.

See Also

Capitalization

Option Buttons

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