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maccoy
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September 2, 2011
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Am I right there is no combo box control also for mobile?

  • September 2, 2011
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I dont see a Combo Box control in the ide..is there no combo box control in the mobile framework?if not why?

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Innovatology
Innovatology
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September 2, 2011

Combo boxes don't really work that well on smaller touchscreens. Especially if they need to scroll, and if they are on a form that scrolls. You get scrolling regions in scrolling regions, which is borderline criminal UI unless very very well designed.

On tablets, with more screen real-estate, the problem is less apparent, but still present. But there are good alternatives: popup lists, calendar controls etc. If you really really want a combo box, I'm sure there are some 3rd party ones floating around, or you could adapt the MX one.

Try to re-think your UI from a touchscreen perspective, not just blindly "copy" your Windows/desktop paradigms.

In fact, personally I find combo-boxes irritating even on desktop, especially when using a touchpad. It always makes me cringe when I am forced to use a combo box to select my country from a list of hundreds. For instance, when I use the scroll wheel/area, does it scroll the combo box or the form it is on? Bad usability.

Cheers, - Jon -

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maccoyAuthor
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September 5, 2011

Agreed with your points on combo box, if the list is longer, for short list with 4 or 5 values,I feel it suits good.

Since there are some native controls in Android and iPhone for similar purpose,  expected Adobe framework to provide a similar one, so that we can drag/drop and start using.

Evaluating this framework for multi platform and this is the second control, which I could not find directly to use(The other being Date picker).

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Rangora
Inspiring
September 7, 2011

You can find a date picker and a dropdownbox (not sure about a combo box) on internet (http://flexcomponents.net/).  You can also check this post : http://flexcomponents.net/

I made my own dropdown list and it's not really hard. Adobe didnt create all the components, but at least it's easy to create them and a lot of them are already available online for free.

Also : http://forums.adobe.com/thread/897576?tstart=0

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