II. GUI Basics

Chapter 6. Widgets - Using Widgets to Create Interfaces

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Combobox

Combobox Widget. Combobox consists of Listbox, and Item widgets

XML Element Name

<Combobox>

<Listbox>

<Item/>

<Item/>

<Item/>

</Listbox>

</Combobox>

Example

<Widget setSize="200,100">

<Combobox setShape="5,5,120,25" setLabel="Select Item">

<Listbox setSize="100,60">

<Item setLabel="Item 1"/>

<Item setLabel="Item 2"/>

<Item setLabel="Item 3"/>

</Listbox>

</Combobox>

</Widget>

Combobox appears with the label set to 'Select item':


The listbox inside the Combobox displays three Items, and the user clicks on the 'Item 3:


'Item 3' selected in the Combobox:

Combobox properties

Basic set of methods that applies to all widgets and is applicable to Combobox/Listbox/Item is described in the Chapter 9 for widgets styles, and Chapter 10 for widgets attributes. For event handling methods please refer to Chapter 12.

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