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Not able to display Dropdown Arrow when Always Show List attribute is enabled
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  1. Shane Ward
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Thursday, 1 September 2022 03:45 PM UTC

When using a Dropdown Datawindow edit style, we tend use the "Always Show Arrow" option to display/show to the user that this field is a dropdown.

But, when the "Always Show List" option is turned on, this removes/supersedes the Always Show Arrow option (hiding dropdown arrow) so now it is not obvious to our users that the field is a dropdown. 

 

We've received numerous complaints about this from our UI/UX teams and some clients as well. Is there a way to have both options turned on and allow the dropdown arrow to show?

 

The reason we are using the Always Show List option is due to logic we have built out that lets users do "type ahead" filtering of the dropdown values, meaning the DDDW is editable and users can type into it. In order to always show the list of values when they click into the DDDW field that they are filtering to, we turned on the "Always Show List" option so that users are not forced to click the arrow in order to see valid values as they type.

 

Can we request that if the Always Show Arrow option is on, that the arrow will always show regardless of other attributes being turned on/off related to the DDDW edit control?

 

Example attached of the behavior, both fields are editable (user can type into them). Expenditure Type has both attributes enabled, Charge Type only has the Always Show Arrow attribute on

 

 

Thanks,

Shane

 

 

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