Sendkeys does not seem to work with combobox

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Sendkeys does not seem to work with combobox

Lai Kan Leon 596

Hello,

Please see the attached pdf which explains my problem.

My combo is on a UserForm in an Excel Add-in.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks
Leon Lai131353-combo-problem.pdf

Tom van Stiphout 1,781 Reputation points MVP

2021-09-12T23:23:54.807+00:00

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Lai Kan Leon 596 Reputation points

2021-09-13T02:28:43.48+00:00

I have a combobox which opens when you click on a button (option button)
I can then click on an item in the combo’s drop-down list.

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This is what happens next.
The clicked item goes into the combo.

But, contrary to normal combos, the drop-down list does not disappear.
This is by design. I use a combo selection change event. So, anything typed in the combo will trigger the drop-down list to pop up.

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However, the drop-down list is rather annoying (it distracts the attention of users). I would rather want it to disappear as in normal combo boxes, like this:

My code is already too complicated for an amateur; I don’t want to add more codes.

So, I am trying to find if I could make the drop-down list (with only 1 row) disappear by using Sendkeys.

By manually playing with my keyboard, I can make the drop-down list disappear with any of the following keys:
ENTER, ESCAPE, TAB, UP, DOWN. Yes, all these keys work manually. Even clicking the combo text with mouse will make the drop-down list disappear.

But when I do it in code using:
Application.Sendkeys(“{ENTER}”), etc. … it does not make the drop-down list disappear.

Can anybody help?

Thanks
Leon
Lai Kan Leon 596 Reputation points

2021-09-13T02:32:20.063+00:00

Hello TvanStiphout

Thanks for your response.

I did not know PDF's could be an issue.

I have put my thread in the message as you suggested.

Best Regards
Leon Lai

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Tom van Stiphout 1,781 Reputation points MVP

2021-09-12T23:23:54.807+00:00

PDFs have a lot of possible security issues. You may get more responses if you put the text right here in the message.
Lai Kan Leon 596 Reputation points

2021-09-13T02:28:43.48+00:00

I have a combobox which opens when you click on a button (option button)
I can then click on an item in the combo’s drop-down list.

------------------------------------------

This is what happens next.
The clicked item goes into the combo.

But, contrary to normal combos, the drop-down list does not disappear.
This is by design. I use a combo selection change event. So, anything typed in the combo will trigger the drop-down list to pop up.

------------------------------

However, the drop-down list is rather annoying (it distracts the attention of users). I would rather want it to disappear as in normal combo boxes, like this:

My code is already too complicated for an amateur; I don’t want to add more codes.

So, I am trying to find if I could make the drop-down list (with only 1 row) disappear by using Sendkeys.

By manually playing with my keyboard, I can make the drop-down list disappear with any of the following keys:
ENTER, ESCAPE, TAB, UP, DOWN. Yes, all these keys work manually. Even clicking the combo text with mouse will make the drop-down list disappear.

But when I do it in code using:
Application.Sendkeys(“{ENTER}”), etc. … it does not make the drop-down list disappear.

Can anybody help?

Thanks
Leon
Lai Kan Leon 596 Reputation points

2021-09-13T02:32:20.063+00:00

Hello TvanStiphout

Thanks for your response.

I did not know PDF's could be an issue.

I have put my thread in the message as you suggested.

Best Regards
Leon Lai

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