New DropDown Control

[jacky]

Just tried it, looks very nice! Congratulations, great work (as always).

Quick remarks:

- It looks a little "odd" to me that when the text is selected, there's 2 pixels left white above it but 4 pixels under it. I'm not sure why you did it like that, but I would say height should be one pixel less, and the selection go one more pixel to the bottom. That way it would be centered, one pixel above & under the icon, and 2 for selection.

- Don't know if that's easily possible, but since the icon turns to script icon when typing in :: maybe when script smart detection is enabled it could work as well once all criteria are met ?

- Little visual glitch : it's possible to have both MRU list and auto-complete path list visible at the same time. Especially unexpected when pressing F4 to get MRU, and it shows up but isn't used since KB focus in on AC...

- When AC (path/file names) is enabled, the MRU always stays "fixed". I think it used to work differently, and show (first) items corresponding to what is being typed. Useful when typing previously used name searches or VF for instance...

- Again, looks really good, well done!

[admin]

Tnx for the feedback!

- It looks a little "odd" to me that when the text is selected, there's 2 pixels left white above it but 4 pixels under it. I'm not sure why you did it like that, but I would say height should be one pixel less, and the selection go one more pixel to the bottom. That way it would be centered, one pixel above & under the icon, and 2 for selection.

Funny, I saw that 5 minutes after upload and already corrected it.

The other stuff: later!

[graham]

adding this - list supports mouse wheel

Not my mouse! Any action with the MW causes the list to close
can drag the sbar though - MW works with wheel in all other parts of xy

[jacky]

Not my mouse! Any action with the MW causes the list to close

Oh yeah, me too actually! Didn't notice cause I use KatMouse and with it it works fine, but when I disable it the list does close whenever I use the wheel...

[serendipity]

Yep can confirm that on atleast two mice, one is microsoft and the other one has no name.

[Quad Master]

New Dropdown Control , where can i find this , is it a new version of XY or Beta.
Or is it available to beta testers only.

[j_c_hallgren]

New Dropdown Control , where can i find this , is it a new version of XY or Beta.
Or is it available to beta testers only.

Everyone here is considered to be a beta tester!

Just go to the Beta thread and use the download links there...we sometimes update more than once a day around here!

[Quad Master]

Wow thanks , heading straight to the beta thread.

[admin]

- Don't know if that's easily possible, but since the icon turns to script icon when typing in :: maybe when script smart detection is enabled it could work as well once all criteria are met ?
--->>> done

- Little visual glitch : it's possible to have both MRU list and auto-complete path list visible at the same time. Especially unexpected when pressing F4 to get MRU, and it shows up but isn't used since KB focus in on AC...
--->>> i know. cannot help it. the auto-complete path list is out of my control. the shell owns it and does not talk about it. one day i will replace it by my own.

- When AC (path/file names) is enabled, the MRU always stays "fixed". I think it used to work differently, and show (first) items corresponding to what is being typed. Useful when typing previously used name searches or VF for instance...
--->>> hm, I don't get it. seems all normal to me...

[jacky]

- When AC (path/file names) is enabled, the MRU always stays "fixed". I think it used to work differently, and show (first) items corresponding to what is being typed. Useful when typing previously used name searches or VF for instance...
--->>> hm, I don't get it. seems all normal to me...

Well, it used to be somewhat like with auto-complete, so the first matching item gets selected or put into view. So it you have MRU showing and start typing something you typed before, the list scrolls there and all one needs to do is hit arrow Down and Enter to go for it. Right now, list doesn't scroll or nothing, so either you type it fully or you scroll manually looking for it...

[admin]

- When AC (path/file names) is enabled, the MRU always stays "fixed". I think it used to work differently, and show (first) items corresponding to what is being typed. Useful when typing previously used name searches or VF for instance...
--->>> hm, I don't get it. seems all normal to me...

Well, it used to be somewhat like with auto-complete, so the first matching item gets selected or put into view. So it you have MRU showing and start typing something you typed before, the list scrolls there and all one needs to do is hit arrow Down and Enter to go for it. Right now, list doesn't scroll or nothing, so either you type it fully or you scroll manually looking for it...

Aaah, sure. Yep, I should change this...