PRB: First Item of List Box or Combo Box Not Selectable (194575)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q194575

SYMPTOMS

You cannot click to select the first item in a list box or combo box when its text is wider than the control and its Itemtip is displayed.

RESOLUTION

Some possible workarounds are:
  1. Do not use Itemtips.
  2. Make sure the list box or combo box is as wide as the first item in the list. Other items in the list can be longer than the width of the list box or combo box.
  3. Click on the first item before the Itemtip appears. The problem only occurs once the Itemtip is displayed.
  4. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to arrow up to the first item.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Place the following code into a program file and run it: 
          *** Beginning of code ***
      PUBLIC oform1
      USE HOME(2)+"data\customer"
      oform1=NEWOBJECT("form1")
      oform1.Show
      RETURN
      *
      DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
           Top = 0
           Left = 15
           Height = 289
           Width = 232
           DoCreate = .T.
           Caption = "Form1"
           Name = "Form1"

           ADD OBJECT list1 AS listbox WITH ;
                RowSourceType = 6, ;
                RowSource = "customer.company", ;
                Height = 169, ;
                Left = 24, ;
                Top = 24, ;
                Width = 84, ;
                ItemTips = .T., ;
                Name = "List1"

           ADD OBJECT text1 AS textbox WITH ;
                Height = 25, ;
                Left = 12, ;
                Top = 216, ;
                Width = 192, ;
                Name = "Text1"

           PROCEDURE list1.Click
                Thisform.Text1.Value=This.Value
                Thisform.Text1.Refresh
           ENDPROC
      ENDDEFINE
      *** End of code ***
  2. When running the form, place the mouse pointer over the first item in the list. Once the Itemtip appears, click on it. Note that the text of the item does not appear in the text box below.
  3. Place the mouse pointer over any other item in the list until the Itemtip appears. Click on it. Note that it appears in the text box below.
  4. Workarounds 3 and 4 in the Resolution section above can be tried while the form is still up. Try clicking on the first item in the list before the Itemtip appears; it will show up in the text box. Select the second or third item in the list, use the arrow keys to move to the first item. Note that it shows up in the text box.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/7/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB194575
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