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I have this ComboBox in a form, with the options 'Easy', 'Normal' and 'Hard':
And when I click on one of the arrow keys:
The ComboBox's text changes. So when I have it like the above image and I press the down arrow key, it'll switch to 'Hard'.

How do I disable that? :D

A little vid to show it:
[youtube]zvA7oiv0t1Q[/youtube]

That's normal bro. All comboboxes do that.

But it's annoying.. Isn't there a way to make it only changable by clicking on it?
Or will I have to make a custom combobox? : /

After changing The setting in the Combo Box, Take the focus away from the combo box. Problem solved.

From: VastlySuperior
After changing The setting in the Combo Box, Take the focus away from the combo box. Problem solved.

Added a little vid to OP.

Unfortunately Chris, that is how the components of Windows (and pretty much all other) Forms work.

From: VastlySuperior
After changing The setting in the Combo Box, Take the focus away from the combo box. Problem solved.

That is really the only way you can do it.

Example:

mainForm.SetFocus;

From: Daniel
Unfortunately Chris, that is how the components of Windows (and pretty much all other) Forms work.


That is really the only way you can do it.

Example:

mainForm.SetFocus;

I have tried this, but it doesn't fix it. (Probably because the combobox is on my mainform?) I used MainForm.SetFocus after every key press, but it's still changing..

OnKeyDown, ComboBox disable.. On Click, Combobox enable.

OR

Change the TabOrder of the combo box so that when the button is pressed, it will instead tab to the next component which should be the inner/main form.

OR

Capture the keypress for the combobox and do nothing in the event handler.


I'm not sure why they say all comboboxes do that. If it does then it's programmed badly. That shouldn't be default behaviour unless the combobox has focus and control. The tab button is supposed to be the only button that switches controls.. then pressing up and down will change options, but if tab isn't pressed, then that shouldn't happen. In this case, just override its events or disable it.

I know to little about pascal to give you what you needed, but In VB6, it was all done by getfocus, setfocus, lostfocus, that`s why I said just shift the focus, but it seems to me that what Brandon suggest would work nicely and I take my hat off to him for knowledge about programming.

From: Brandon
OnKeyDown, ComboBox disable.. On Click, Combobox enable.

OR

Change the TabOrder of the combo box so that when the button is pressed, it will instead tab to the next component which should be the inner/main form.

OR

Capture the keypress for the combobox and do nothing in the event handler.


I'm not sure why they say all comboboxes do that. If it does then it's programmed badly. That shouldn't be default behaviour unless the combobox has focus and control. The tab button is supposed to be the only button that switches controls.. then pressing up and down will change options, but if tab isn't pressed, then that shouldn't happen. In this case, just override its events or disable it.

"OnKeyDown, ComboBox disable.. On Click, Combobox enable." <– Works, thanks Brandon!

I've never had a look at the TabOrder and now have a bit of an idea, but still don't know what exactly it does..

I thought I had tried capturing the KeyPress event but I somehow used KeyDown, I should have slept instead of work on this program the morning after my birthday I guess :redface:

Also thanks to everyone else who thought about it and tried to help me. :D

You should have used a panel, or something that can take focus away from the combobox, for the gamescreen.

From: mormonman
You should have used a panel, or something that can take focus away from the combobox, for the gamescreen.

Yes, that would have been easier.
Currently using TImages for the gamescreen, works pretty good though :D

From: Brandon
unless the combobox has focus and control.

Which it does :p

Strange that changing focus does not work, though..