Dropdown List Box display type

A dropdown list box is a control that contains a list of objects or options from which the end-user can select one. Guidelines for the use of dropdown list boxes are:

• Display options in a logical order (e.g. alphabetically or numerically).
• Make the display length big enough to display the longest option.
• If there are less than four choices, consider using check boxes or option buttons.
• For each option, consider setting Value and Prompt to the same string value. This keeps you from constantly having to look up the Value-Prompt mapping during development.