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At least my "pseudo-combo" is working as expected. Still very coarse (overuse of lazy script locals), but easy to improve and complete (I have several ideas: autocomplete typing, setProp - getProp functions to set the default "label" or to set and get the list, and so on). The layout can be differen...

@ Craig. Yesss ! It's the good track ! Many thanks !

Jacques

@Craig Yes, your script works if I press the mouseDown outside any control. But I want to press the mouse down IN A BUTTON, and then move over the field without releasing it. And in this case, it doesn't work. It's the situation I described previously (DragStart locking everything until the mouse is...

Thank you Richard and Craig. @ Craig: Well, I want to do something working like a combo box, but with a different layout (e.g., with the button at the left side of a hidden list field and a "Label field" located somewhere else). So I grouped a button, a "Label field" and a list field together. When ...

When using a menu (e.g. combo box or option), you can press the mouse on the button part, what shows the menu field, and then slide over the menu, with the mouse still down. The lines under the mouse are hilited in succession, and when you release the mouse, the text of the selected line is put on t...

No error here with LC 5.5.5 (Mac OS 10.8.4)

Oops, you see the toobar already, sorry - you should also see the tool palette, a vertical window with buttons' and fields' icons. If not, go to menu "Tools" and toggle "Tools palette".

Well, at this level, you ARE in the GUI. The " Untitled 1 * " window is actually the first card of your first stack, ready to be populated by controls dragged from the tools window. You should see also GUI's menu and the toolbars (if not, go into menu "View" and toggle them). Good exploration !