Drop down list scroll through??

[ershaw]

Is there a way to type more than the first letter in your drop down list and it will go to that word. (i.e. If the drop down is food and I want to find cheeseburger it will only let me type "c" and if I type "h" is will go on to the "h" words.)

Also is there a way to erase the choice you picked and leave the drop down blank if you accidentally filled it in on a drop down that I do not want custom text entry on? So far it will not give me an option after a selection has been made to get the blank back.

Sorry if this is confusing!!

Thank you in advance for help!

[Former Community Member]

It is not possible to position focus in a drop-down based upon the first letter.

To enable a blank in a drop-down without custom text entry, you could hack the XML source for the drop-down and insert null text nodes "</text>" into each "items" nodes. It will simply provide a blank entry in the drop-down.

         <field name="DropDownList1" y="25.4mm" x="73.025mm" w="62mm" h="9mm">

            <ui>

             ...

            <items>

               <text/>

               <text>Apples</text>

               <text>Oranges</text>

               <text>Bananas</text>

            </items>

            <items save="1" presence="hidden">

              <text/>

               <text>1</text>

               <text>2</text>

               <text>3</text>

            </items>

         </field>

Steve