Hi everyone. Mike's most recent mail (mentioning that ComboBoxes have changed
nearly every other release) made remember something that i have had sitting
around in my personal files for some time. It is a tweak to the combo box that
allows you to have a blank item as the first item, allowing you to de-select
the selected item and reset the combo to empty. It has a configurable value
(which defaults to -1) and a configurable label to show in the list (in case
you want it to say "choose a city" or something else more context appropriate).
I'm attaching the file. Maybe it is something worth considering. It is a
behavior that is definitely lacking when you compare flex to other form entry
UI/UX approaches. The ability to "cancel" your selection in a combo box is
rather basic and I've always been mildly surprised that it has never been
introduced.
Cheers!
David
