[wxPython-users] wxComboBox events

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Tim,

Tim Grove wrote:

> In my application, I'm using a combo box containing a list of choices, 
> which consist of short character strings. What I want to be able to do 
> is to display (either in a pop-up menu or some other textual display) 
> a longer textual description as the user moves through each of the 
> possible choices (by mouse or keyboard) before they make an actual 
> selection. I just can't seem to find the right event to bind to the 
> combo that will do the trick. Can anyone make any suggestions? Perhaps 
> there is a more appropriate control to use to display the list of 
> choices in the first case? Any help most welcome.

I do it "the other way round", i.e. the choices are the longer text and 
I associate in my case the db primary key with the choice item using.

e.g.:
combobox.Append(appendString, appendClientData)

When user selects an item you use something like this to get your short 
string.
combobox.GetClientData(combobox.currentSelection)

Werner

>
> Best regards,
> Tim Grove
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