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azgs-geomapmaker / geomapmaker

A new toolbar for making geologic maps in the ESRI ArcPro environment.
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Can Contacts and Faults Type combobox also search on the description? #23

Closed NoisyFlowers closed 3 years ago

NoisyFlowers commented 3 years ago

The Type combobox on the Contacts And Faults pane displays the symbol and key and shows the description in the tooltip popup. It allows the user to begin typing a key value and autofills to a valid key. Can we make it also search the description?

NoisyFlowers commented 3 years ago

I tried a few permutations of this, and none are acceptable.

The TextSearch. TextPath property of the combobox can only be set to one field. Setting this to anything other than the field that is displayed in each item causes weird behavior.

I could use the description as the text in each item, but it is too long, in most cases, to look good. It's also too long when it autofills for the user as they type. It overflows by pushing text to the right. This is disconcerting.

So, in general, I don't think this is a viable feature.

aazaff commented 3 years ago

It may be appropriate then to include an entirely separate "lookup symbol number" button, either as part of the form or on the main toolbar ribbon?

I can actually imagine a few different types of "help/search" buttons on the ribbon, for example, look up intervals based on age/millions of years.

aazaff commented 3 years ago

This is now superseded by #32