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Re: NSPopUpButton: items with same title
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Re: NSPopUpButton: items with same title


  • Subject: Re: NSPopUpButton: items with same title
  • From: "John C. Randolph" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:48:49 -0800

On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 04:10 PM, Ian G. Gillespie wrote:

This seems like a very Bad Thing to do from a human interface standpoint. How is the user supposed to tell the two items apart?
Well, the user can choose to show people from Address Book by their last name or company name.

Let me just chime in here, and suggest that a popup list is not the thing to use for an indeterminate number of options. I'd recommend a combo box or the like.

-jcr

John C. Randolph <email@hidden> (408) 974-8819
Sr. Cocoa Software Engineer,
Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
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