[AccessD] ComboBox Conditional Formatting breaks Auto Expand?

[Stuart McLachlan]

Your own event driven classes?
I'd suspect a coding bug rather than an Access bug :)



On 25 Sep 2025 at 15:41, Ryan Wehler wrote:

> Access 365 2508 / 20264.
> Combo box is bound
> displayed text is part of the composite key
> combobox is in a subform (datasheet) of another form
> 
> I made a new form with a combobox with a conditional format and can't
> reproduce it at the moment but it's impacting several combo boxes i'm
> using classes and format conditions on the comboboxes.  Not sure what
> would be interrupting it though.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 3:37PM Stuart McLachlan
> <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> 
> > I can't reproduce that.  It works as expected for me.
> >
> > What Access Version?
> > Is the combo bound?
> > Is the displayed text the Key?
> > If the displayed text and key are different, is the rule based on
> > the key or the displayed textz?
> >
> >
> > On 25 Sep 2025 at 12:11, Ryan Wehler wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have a slick workaround for this?
> > >
> > > If I add any conditional formatting to a combo box, when the
> > > combobox is expanded (dropped down) and the user is typing the
> > > combobox collapses instead of finding the next match.
> > >
> > > Shane, if you're still out there is this a known bug for you? --
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