Re: ACCESS LIST BOX SCROLL LOCK

I disagree completely. You are suggesting a non standard Windows control
UI/Appearance.

With that being said, one of the things I like best is that you can
customize the Access UI to your hearts content. It would only require a
few lines of code to achieve your desired GUI.

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
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"Reason" <Reason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A Scroll Lock option should be added to the 'Other' Properties Tab for
List
> Boxes. If this property is set to No, then the List Box should
exhibit no
> change in feature from the current version. If set to Yes, then the
selected
> item in the List Box should be vertically centered whenever it is
changed.
> There would be three exceptions to this feature: 1) Centering would
not occur
> if the selection were near the top or bottom of the list where absence
of
> previous or subsequent items would naturally prevent it. 2) Similar
to #1,
> centering would not occur if the number of items in the list were
> insufficient to produce a vertical scroll bar. 3) This property would
be
> contingent on the Multi Select property being set to None (otherwise,
this
> property would be ignored).
> This feature would be useful for applications where larger lists of
items
> are presented in a specific sort order intended to compel users to
visually
> compare similar items before proceeding with their final selection.
> Presently, certain users stand a greater chance of making
inappropriate
> selections when they proceed with the first seemingly correct item
they find
> without scrolling the list further to more thoroughly compare the
selections.
> MS Office Access 2003 (11.6355.6360) SP1

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