Howdy, I'm trying to create a selection helper, just like in Google or other places where a drop-down menu appears below the text selection box when you enter some text. As you type, the choices are narrowed based on the characters entered.
I have everything worked out but the actual menu which is giving me problems. My first attempt was using a Pmw.ScrolledListBox and taking advantage of the inherent drop-down menu. I was attempting to invoke the menu and change the list as characters were typed. However, I found I was getting focus problems. When the menu is invoked, focus in the entry box is lost which makes it impossible for the user to continue typing his selection. When focus is returned to the entry box, the drop-down menu disappears. Is there a way to make this work? Or, is there a better way? My Plan B was to create a new toplevel window and place it using screen geometry to appear right below the entry box. The window was going to contain just a listbox that contained the selections. But I fear this may pose many more problems, focus just being one of them. Thanks ahead of time for the help, Marc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
