Combo box
A combo box is a commonly used graphical user interface widget (or control). Traditionally, it is a combination of a drop-down list or list box and a single-line editable textbox, allowing the user to either type a value directly into the control or choose from a list of existing options. Today, the original distinction between a combo box and a drop-down list has often disappeared.
Combo boxes are typically applied to provide autocomplete or autotype functionality in a convenient way to the user.
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The term "combo box" is sometimes used to mean "drop-down list".[1] In both Java and .NET, "combo box" is a synonym for "drop-down list".[2][3] The distinction between "combo box" and "drop down list" is sometimes clarified with terms such as "non-editable combo box" (or something similar).[who?]
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- ^ "Combo boxes in forms on Web pages". IT and communication. February 15, 2007. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/combo.html. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/combobox.html
- ^ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.combobox.aspx
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