Native Mobile-style ComboBox popup

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Andrew Niese asked 2017-10-31 16:29:55 UTC

How can we enable a native-looking popup selector menu with a ComboBox in WiseJ?

A simple HTML list like this

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Presents this selector UI in Android.  It's full screen, scrollable, and easy to select an item with your thumb.

A WiseJ combobox presents the item selection in classic Winforms style (dropped-down from the ComboBox).  It would be great to have the option for both.

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Luca answered 2017-11-01 16:06:32 UTC

It's possible to create  plain ComboBox control. But it cannot be a replacement for the Wisej.Web.ComboBox, there are too many features that the plain html select doesn't support. The Wisej.Web.ComboBox can be edited, styles, can display any HTML in the combo and drop down, can handle all the dropdown, closeup events, update the list while it's displayed, have variable height elemenets, etc.

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Andrew Niese answered 2017-11-01 16:47:11 UTC

Mostly I just want the native selector UI displayed, because it is ideal for input on mobile devices.  If the native display is impossible, something that emulates or imitates it would be nice. What would you recommend?

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Luca answered 2017-11-02 19:36:10 UTC

It is possible and easy to implement being simple html. It has to be a different control, like NativeComboBox or something like that.

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Andrew Niese answered 2017-11-06 19:51:19 UTC

I don’t even know where to begin on that. What would you recommend?