Re: Best practice: Sorting Drop Down menu's Contents (FM 8.5)
by Helpful Harry <helpful_harry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 22, 2008 at 08:57 AM
In article
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"Jens Rasmussen, Fimano, Denmark" <fimano@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > It's strange that so many people call them "drop down" menus and
lists?
> > Maybe it's a Windows difference or a translation difference from
> > non-English versions, but according to my Mac versions of FileMaker
> > they are technically called "Pop-up Menus" and "Pop-up Lists".
>
> There are several "Control Styles" i FileMaker:
> The ordinary Edit Box.
> Then you have the four well-known:
> Drop-down List
> Pop-up Menu
> Checkbox Set
> Radio Button Set
> And finally the Drop-down Calendar, which is new i version 7 or 8.
That was the point, in my versions of FileMaker they are always named
"Pop-up Lists" or "Pop-up Menus". THere is no "drop down" anything.
Maybe it's another silly change FileMaker made in newer versions for no
real reason. :o(
Helpful Harry
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