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deprecatedclass %ZEN.Component.combobox extends abstractComboBox

A combobox is a specialized type of abstractComboBox that presents the user with a pre-defined set of options.
The contents displayed by the combobox dropdown list are defined using a set of %ZEN.Auxiliary.option objects.
For example:

<combobox id="comboboxEdit" label="Editable" editable="true">
<option value="1" text="Apple" />
<option value="2" text="Banana" style="font-size: 2.5em; "/>
</combobox>

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Summary

Properties
%condition %import %includeFiles %page
%resource align autocomplete aux
buttonCaption buttonImage buttonImageDown buttonTitle
clientType comboType composite containerStyle
controlClass controlStyle dataBinding delay
disabled displayList dragEnabled dropEnabled
dropdownHeight dropdownWidth editable enclosingClass
enclosingStyle error height hidden
hint hintClass hintStyle hzScroll
id index inputtype invalid
invalidMessage isDropdownVisible label labelClass
labelDisabledClass labelStyle maxlength name
onafterdrag onbeforedrag onblur onchange
onclick ondblclick ondrag ondrop
onfocus onhide onkeydown onkeypress
onkeyup onmousedown onmouseout onmouseover
onmouseup onrefresh onshow onsubmit
ontouchend ontouchmove ontouchstart onupdate
onvalidate options originalValue parent
placeholder readOnly required requiredMessage
scrollIntoView selectedIndex showLabel size
slice spellcheck tabIndex text
title tuple unrestricted valign
value valueList visible width
window

Methods
%AddToSaveSet %Attr %BindExport %ClassIsLatestVersion
%ClassName %ConstructClone %DispatchClassMethod %DispatchGetModified
%DispatchGetProperty %DispatchMethod %DispatchSetModified %DispatchSetMultidimProperty
%DispatchSetProperty %DrawComponentHTML %DrawHTML %DrawJSStrings
%EnclosingDivId %Eval %EvalC %Extends
%ForceClientRender %GetDisplayValue %GetEventHandlers %GetForm
%GetParameter %GetXMLName %IsA %IsModified
%MakeId %Name %New %NormalizeObject
%ObjectModified %OnAddToPageAfter %OnAddToPageBefore %OnDrawEnclosingDiv
%OnDrawObjectProperties %OnObjectSynch %OnZENDeserialize %OriginalNamespace
%PackageName %QuoteValue %QuoteValueL10N %RemoveFromSaveSet
%Self %SerializeObject %SetDefaultValues %SetModified
%ValidateObject XMLDTD XMLExport XMLExportToStream
XMLExportToString XMLNew XMLSchema XMLSchemaNamespace
XMLSchemaType adjustDropdownPosition appendOption comboboxButtonDown
comboboxButtonUp comboboxMouseOut comboboxMouseOver dragFinishHandler
dragHandler dragNotifyHandler dragStartHandler dropHandler
dropStartHandler exposeComponent findDisplayValue findElement
findSelectedItem fireOnUpdateEvent focus formatValue
getCacheDiv getDisabled getDragData getDropDownDiv
getEnclosingDiv getForm getHidden getHintElement
getInvalidReason getItemEl getLabelElement getOption
getOptionCount getOptionText getOptionValue getProperty
getReadOnly getSettings getType getValue
inputKeyHandler invokeSuper isModified isOfType
isValid makeId normalizeValue onCreate
onDelete onDisplayHandler onEndModalHandler onPopupAction
onRefreshContents onSerialize onStartModalHandler onchangeHandler
onloadHandler onresizeHandler onunloadHandler onupdateHandler
refreshContents removeOption render renderContents
renderSVG resetOptions select selectItem
setDisabled setHidden setOption setOverlayMode
setProperty setReadOnly setValue showDropdown
startProgressBar stopProgressBar sysName unformatValue
validationHandler


Properties

• property displayList as %ZEN.Datatype.csv(ZENLOCALIZE=1);
(Optional) A csv-list of values used for display values within this combobox.
This is only used if the valueList property is defined.
The entire list is a localized value. If your data include commas, escape them with "\,".
• property options as list of %ZEN.Auxiliary.option(XMLELEMENTREF=1,XMLPROJECTION="ELEMENT",XMLREF=1,XMLTYPECONSTRAINT="CHOICE",ZENSETTING=0);
Set of options displayed within the combobox. Each option is a %ZEN.Auxiliary.option object. For each option you specify a logical value, a display value, and an optional CSS style.
• property valueList as %ZEN.Datatype.csv;
(Optional) A csv-list of values used for logical values within this combobox.
If this is defined, then the options property is ignored.
If your data include commas, escape them with "\,".

Methods

• method %GetDisplayValue(pValue As %String) as %String
Lookup up the display value for the combobox given a logical value.
This is called when the control is initially drawn.
• method %SetDefaultValues()
This method fills in reasonable default values for this control. Used by tools (such as Control Tester) to dynamically create controls.
• method appendOption(value, text, style) [ Language = javascript ]
Create a new option and append it to this combobox. If text is omitted, then value is used as the display value.
• method getOption(idx) [ Language = javascript ]
Return the %ZEN.Auxiliary.option option object associated with the given item (0-based) in the dropdown list.
If valueList is defined, then this returns null.
• method getOptionCount() [ Language = javascript ]
Return number of items in dropdown list.
• method getOptionText(idx) [ Language = javascript ]
Return the display text for the given item (0-based) in the dropdown list.
• method getOptionValue(idx) [ Language = javascript ]
Return the logical value of the given item (0-based) in the dropdown list.
• method removeOption(index) [ Language = javascript ]
Remove an option from this combobox.
index is the index number (0-based) of the option.
• method resetOptions() [ Language = javascript ]
Remove all options from this combobox.
Clears the current value of the combobox.
If there is a value for valueList it is cleared as well.
• method setOption(index, value, text, style) [ Language = javascript ]
Set the properties of an option within this combobox.
index is the index number (0-based) of the option.
If text is omitted, then value is used as the display value.
• method setProperty(property, value, value2) [ Language = javascript ]
Set the value of a named property.


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