Selection Box (Control)

Provide a selection box to allow users to make selections from a list of items.

When the user selects an item from the list, place the item in the text-entry field.

Place a label above both the text-entry field and the list.

When the user types an item into the text-entry field, display that item in the list box. If the item is not in the list, scroll the list box to the item that most closely matches the entry in the text-entry field. Use the best prefix match unless there is a better match. For example, if the user types in "Accounting" and there is no match in the list, scroll the list to "Accounts Payable" rather than "Accumulators."

Allow the user to navigate within the list with Page Up and Page Down while the cursor is in the text-entry field.

Provide an OK push button to allow the user to accept any changes that have been made in the window and to remove the window.

Provide a Cancel push button to allow the user to remove the window without applying any changes that were not previously applied in that window.

Provide a Help push button to allow the user to display a window that contains context-sensitive help information.

Provide an Apply push button to allow the user to apply changes made by properties choices without removing the selection box.

Use either the single or browse selection model in the list box.