Dropdown List Property Page

Properties

• Enable text input box: Inserts a text input box above the predefined list of options. Print operators can use this box to enter a value that does not appear in the control.

• Width: Specifies the horizontal dimension of the control in the specified unit of measurement.

• Dropdown Height: Specifies how many rows of records are displayed in the control. By default, this is the number of items in the List Items property page. When this value is set to a number that is less than the number of items in the List Items property page, a scroll bar is provided in the control at print time so that the print operator can view the additional list items.

• Alignment: Specifies the alignment of the list items in the list box control. To use the alignment that is specified by the Reading Order setting, select Auto.

• Reading Order: Specifies the reading order for the reply box. To use the reading order that is configured on the Form property page, select Auto. If you select a reading order that is not supported by the selected typeface, BarTender treats the text as directionally mixed.

You can set the reading order for the control's label on the Text Label property page.

Size

• Width: Specifies the horizontal dimension of the control in the specified unit of measurement.

• Dropdown Width: Specifies the horizontal dimension of the dropdown portion of the control in the specified unit of measurement.

• Dropdown Height: Specifies the vertical dimension of the dropdown portion of the control in the specified unit of measurement.

Features

• Selection Display: Specifies which field of the selected record is displayed in the control after the user selects a record from the picker.

• Search Control: Specifies that the search control input box is displayed. This feature makes it possible for users to filter the displayed record set by entering a keyword (or partial spelling of a keyword) into the input box.

  • Always Show: Specifies that the search control is always displayed, with no option for users to hide it.

  • Always Hide: Specifies that the search control is always hidden, with no option for users to show it.

• Remember search: Specifies that the most recently used search criterion is used for the next print job. Available when Search Control is not set to Always Hide.

• Filter Row: Specifies whether the filter row is displayed. The filter row provides an input box for each column in the record set into which the user can enter values that are then used to filter the record set.

• Always Show: Specifies that the filter row is always displayed, with no option for users to hide it.

• Show by Default: Specifies that the filter row is displayed by default, but users can hide it at print time by using the control's context menu.

• Hide by Default: Specifies that the filter row is hidden by default, but users can show it at print time by using the control's context menu.

• Always Hide: Specifies that the filter row is always hidden, with no option for users to show it.

• Show column headers: Specifies that column headers are displayed on the control. When this option is not selected, column headers are not displayed.

• Lock column order: Specifies that users cannot rearrange the column order of the returned record set. When this option is not selected, users can drag columns to change column order. Available when Show column headers is selected.

• Lock column widths: Specifies that users cannot resize the column widths of the returned record set. Available when Show column headers is selected.

• Group By: Specifies a column heading to group the records by. At print time, the user can expand groups to access the records that they contain. Click to select the Locked check box to prevent the setting from being changed.

• Sort By: Specifies a column heading to sort the records by at print time. Click to select the Locked check box to prevent the setting from being changed.

• Row Highlighting: Specifies the row highlighting that is displayed on the control.

  • None: Specifies that there is no row highlighting.

  • Even Rows: Specifies that only the even rows are highlighted.

  • Odd Rows: Specifies that only the odd rows are highlighted.

  • Both: Specifies that the even and odd rows are both highlighted, but in contrasting shades.

• Record numbers: Specifies that record numbers are displayed on the left side of the control.

• Record navigator: Specifies that a record navigator is displayed at the bottom of the control so that users can browse the record set.