[AccessD] ComboBox Conditional Formatting breaks Auto Expand?

[Ryan Wehler]

I should also mention the combobox do not have any events being driven from
the classes.  Only some locking buttons and some dynamic subform linking
when tabcontrols are navigated.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> 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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