Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

SELECTION-LIST widget

A selection list is a widget that contains a list of possible values for a field or variable. You can use the VIEW-AS phrase to set up a static selection list. You can use the CREATE widget statement to create a dynamic selection list.

Attributes

AUTO-RESIZE attribute	BGCOLOR attribute1	COLUMN attribute
CONTEXT-HELP-ID attribute1,5	DATA-TYPE attribute	DBNAME attribute2
DCOLOR attribute3	DELIMITER attribute	DRAG-ENABLED attribute4
DROP-TARGET attribute	DYNAMIC attribute2	FGCOLOR attribute1
FONT attribute1	FRAME attribute	FRAME-COL attribute2
FRAME-NAME attribute2	FRAME-ROW attribute2	FRAME-X attribute2
FRAME-Y attribute2	HANDLE attribute2	HEIGHT-CHARS attribute
HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute	HELP attribute	HIDDEN attribute
HTML-CHARSET attribute2,5	INNER-CHARS attribute	INNER-LINES attribute
INPUT-VALUE attribute	LABEL attribute	LIST-ITEMS attribute
MANUAL-HIGHLIGHT attribute1	MENU-KEY attribute	MENU-MOUSE attribute1
MODIFIED attribute	MOUSE-POINTER attribute	MOVABLE attribute1
MULTIPLE attribute2	NAME attribute	NEXT-SIBLING attribute2
NEXT-TAB-ITEM attribute2	NUM-DROPPED-FILES attribute2	NUM-ITEMS attribute2
PARENT attribute	PFCOLOR attribute3	POPUP-MENU attribute
PREV-SIBLING attribute2	PREV-TAB-ITEM attribute2	PRIVATE-DATA attribute
RESIZABLE attribute1	ROW attribute	SCREEN-VALUE attribute
SCROLLBAR-HORIZONTAL attribute4	SCROLLBAR-VERTICAL attribute4	SELECTABLE attribute1
SELECTED attribute	SENSITIVE attribute	SIDE-LABEL-HANDLE attribute
SORT attribute	TABLE attribute2	TAB-POSITION attribute2
TAB-STOP attribute	TOOLTIP attribute1,5	TYPE attribute2
VISIBLE attribute	WIDGET-ID attribute 1,5	WIDTH-CHARS attribute
WIDTH-PIXELS attribute	WINDOW attribute2	X attribute
Y attribute
Graphical interfaces only. Readable only. Character interfaces only. Can be set only before the selection list is realized. Windows only.

Methods

ADD-FIRST( ) method	ADD-LAST( ) method
DELETE( ) method)	END-FILE-DROP( ) method
ENTRY( ) method	GET-DROPPED-FILE( ) method
INSERT( ) method	IS-SELECTED( ) method
LOAD-MOUSE-POINTER( ) method	LOOKUP( ) method
MOVE-AFTER-TAB-ITEM( ) method	MOVE-BEFORE-TAB-ITEM( ) method)
MOVE-TO-BOTTOM( ) method	MOVE-TO-TOP( ) method
REPLACE( ) method	SCROLL-TO-ITEM( ) method
VALIDATE( ) method

Events

Default keyboard events	Developer events
General direct manipulation events	Mouse events
Navigation key function events	Universal key function events
DEFAULT-ACTION	DROP-FILE-NOTIFY
ENTRY	LEAVE
VALUE-CHANGED

See also

The chapter on representing data in OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Handbook .