Re: Using mouse to scroll down a combo list


Arvin,

Thanks for the reply. Yes. everything you said, I understand (already knew).
But what I want is some way of having the 'highlight bar' move up and down by
just using the mouse wheel and not having to move the mouse. There is a very
good reason for this. I have numerous list of 16 records per combo box, and
they all eventually have to be picked (it's a qiz thing). and after a while
it gets 'tiring' on the eyes moving the mouse around, wheras it would be
better if the hightlight bar just moved up or down.

I know this is not the 'standard' way combo boxes are supposed to work, but
it suits this application better if I can get the mouse wheel to do the work.




"Arvin Meyer [MVP]" wrote:

Generally, if you drop the combo down and put the mouse pointer over the
values, it will show a selection of the one under the pointer, after a short
delay. Using the scroll wheel will move the combo's rows, and after less
than a half second delay will show that row selected. Once clicked that
remains the selection. With your combos showing the entire range of value,
you should be able to simply move your mouse without scrolling. You should
not have a delay in that case. You still need to click on the value you
want. That's the way combo boxes work.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com

"efandango" <efandango@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is there any way I can have my mouse wheel scoll up and down the actual
contents of a list on of a combo box.

I don't mean the standard 'scroll the list' where the list just moves up
and
down but stays fixed on the initial selection. Instead I want the mouse to
scroll through the different field contents highlighting as it goes until
I
find the field record that I want to use. Then just leave the box, making
the
last selected (highlighted) field content my chosen record. I have a
finite
list of 16 records in each combo box, and at the moment, have the 'List
Rows'
property set to 16.





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