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exdunepilot
Contributor
8 years ago

ClickItem( ) Very Slow For DropDown/ComboBox

The drop down list appears immediately, but then its consistently 16 seconds for the item to be selected - whether the input is an index, string name or wildcard, there is no difference.  Has anyone ...
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    exdunepilot
    8 years ago

    So the problem seems to be that the items are not children of the dropdown object!  I ended up clicking on the dropdown to display the items, then using FindChild() with a different parent and the JavaFX class of the items.  Now able to select fairly quick.  Thanks!

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor

I did a quick bit of investigation on that control... there is a method for "DropDown".  What happens if you call

 

control.DropDown();

control.ClickItem(itemName);

 

Like that?  Break up the action into two steps.  Does the same delay happen? If so, does it happen on the drop down or on the ClickItem?

My GUESS... is that it's happening on the drop down... but again, just a guess.

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exdunepilot
Contributor
8 years ago

So the problem seems to be that the items are not children of the dropdown object!  I ended up clicking on the dropdown to display the items, then using FindChild() with a different parent and the JavaFX class of the items.  Now able to select fairly quick.  Thanks!