Drop down element is static. If it is full of stuff (like in the pupil player/capture plugin list) the user will not be able to select anything beyond the visible items (of course).
Solution 1 (fake)
First I thought a tab ui element would be great. However, it is too complicated and does not solve the visibility problem for the tabs themselves:
Solution 1 (For sure)
Allowing sliding (on mouse wheel) of the items in the drop down is enough and solves the visibility problem definitely. Prepending fixed names to the items with a code and sorting the list allow organizing things prettier.
Problem
Drop down element is static. If it is full of stuff (like in the pupil player/capture plugin list) the user will not be able to select anything beyond the visible items (of course).
Solution 1 (fake)
First I thought a tab ui element would be great. However, it is too complicated and does not solve the visibility problem for the tabs themselves:
Solution 1 (For sure)
Allowing sliding (on mouse wheel) of the items in the drop down is enough and solves the visibility problem definitely. Prepending fixed names to the items with a code and sorting the list allow organizing things prettier.