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Making selections with the Combobox and Spinbox

Making selections with the Combobox and Spinbox

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Making selections with the Combobox and Spinbox

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- [Narrator] We already learned one way to present the user with a series of options to make a selection from with the radio button and check button widgets. Those widgets are good to use when you only have a few options to display. But, as the number of options increase if you use radio or check buttons they can quickly begin to clutter up your interface. In this video we'll learn about two other types of widgets that can be used to present choices to the user in a more compact manner. The Combobox, and Spinbox. The Combobox widget is your basic drop-down selection tool. The user can click on a side button which presents them with a drop down list of all the available options. This is useful for making a selection from a series of choices that may or may not have an obvious order to them. With the Spinbox on the other hand the user only sees one option at a time which represents their current selection. They can cycle through the available choices by clicking the up and down arrow…

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