Combo box

Short description: User interface element

A generic combo box

A combo box is a commonly used graphical user interface widget (or control). Traditionally, it is a combination of a drop-down list or list box and a single-line editable textbox, allowing the user to either type a value directly or select a value from the list. The term "combo box" is sometimes used to mean "drop-down list".[1] In both Java and .NET, "combo box" is not a synonym for "drop-down list".[2][3] Definition of "drop down list" is sometimes clarified with terms such as "non-editable combo box" (or something similar) to distinguish it from "combo box".

To make a combo box like shown in the image above in HTML, one can write the following code:

<input list="comboboxlist" value="Something else">

<datalist id="comboboxlist">
<option value="List item 1">
<option value="List item 2">
<option value="List item 3">
<option value="List item 4">
</datalist>

## See also

* Autocomplete
* Drop-down list
* List box
* User interface

## References

1. ↑ "Combo boxes in forms on Web pages". IT and communication. February 15, 2007. https://jkorpela.fi/forms/combo.html.
2. ↑ "How to Use Combo Boxes (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)". Docs.oracle.com. 2012-02-28. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/combobox.html.
3. ↑ "ComboBox Class (System.Windows.Controls)". Msdn.microsoft.com. 2014-06-20. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.combobox.aspx.

## External links

* List and Combo boxes for Microsoft Access

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Widgets (List of …)

Command input|

* Adjustment handle
* Button
* Context menu
* Drop-down list
* Hamburger button
* Menu
* Pie menu

Data input-output|

* Checkbox
* Color picker
* Combo box
* Cycle button
* Date picker
* Grid view
* Light switch
* List box
* List builder
* Radio button
* Scrollbar
* Search box
* Slider
* Spinner
* Text box

Informational|

* Balloon help
* Head-up display in computing
* Head-up display in video games
* Icon
* Infobar
* Label
* Loading screen
* Progress indicator
* Progress bar
* Splash screen
* Throbber
* Sidebar
* Status bar
* Toast
* Tooltip

Containers|

* Accordion
* Tree view
* Client-Side Decoration
* Disclosure widget
* Frame/Fieldset
* Menu bar
* Panel
* Popover
* Ribbon
* Tab
* Toolbar
* Window
* Window decoration
* Workspace

Navigational|

* Address bar
* Breadcrumb
* Hyperlink
* Navigation bar
* Virtual desktop

Special windows|

* Alert dialog box
* Dialog box
* File dialog
* Inspector window
* Modal window
* Palette window

Related concepts|

* File viewer
* List of graphical user interface elements
* Layout manager
* Look and feel
* Mouseover
* Widget toolkit
* WIMP

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