I had a web page with a drop down list on it. Sometimes users inadvertantly
change the value of the drop down list while trying to use the mouse wheel to
scroll down the page. I see this happen all the time on other web sites, so
I was wondering if anyone out there has come up with a solution that they
think should be a standard.

Be careful.

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Leonard Grey
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Steve wrote:
> I had a web page with a drop down list on it. Sometimes users inadvertantly
> change the value of the drop down list while trying to use the mouse wheel to
> scroll down the page. I see this happen all the time on other web sites, so
> I was wondering if anyone out there has come up with a solution that they
> think should be a standard.

"Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D7FE75DF-4513-436E-94FE-EB22DFCD75DD@microsoft.com...
>I had a web page with a drop down list on it. Sometimes users
>inadvertantly
> change the value of the drop down list while trying to use the mouse
> wheel to
> scroll down the page. I see this happen all the time on other web
> sites, so
> I was wondering if anyone out there has come up with a solution that
> they
> think should be a standard.


Don't configure the input control to commit an action on changing the
selection. Put a "go" or action button next to the box. That only
helps if you had changing the selection commit an action. If it is
one of many data-select inputs that commits no action on a selection
change then you have no control over a user that configures their
input devices to facilitate ease-of-use actions that turn out to cause
problems.