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JComboBox is a composite widget that contains a text Label or Entry, a
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Button, and a popup Listbox. It performs the same sort of tasks that can be
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accomplished by several other Composite widgets. Some such as BrowseEntry
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and Optionmenu are part of the standard Tk distribution, and there are many
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others available in CPAN.
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JComboBox borrows features from the Java Swing component bearing the same
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name, but falls short of being a true clone. Many of the methods and the
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general look and feel should be familiar to java developers. JComboBox also
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combines several features offered by many of the other "Combo Box"
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implementations, and works in two modes: editable and readonly.
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In readonly mode, JComboBox offers similar functionality to Optionmenu. It
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is basically a labeled button that activates a popup list. An item from the
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list is displayed on the Button when selected.
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When editable, JComboBox somewhat resembles BrowseEntry. That is, the
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widget is composed of an Entry widget with a Button to the right of it. As
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in the editable mode, the Button activates a popup Listbox from which a
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single item can be selected.
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WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tk-JComboBox/
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Author: Rob Seegel <RobSeegel@comcast.net>
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