[girish_g]

hay friends,

I am creating a selection list,,,
search_field=1,
then if i type "p" then items starting with p will only being able to see in list...

BUT
if i type a irrelevant alphabate for e.g. "z"

there are no items starting with "z" hence no item will be available in list....

still if i press "ok" (Left soft key)
a blank item got selected...

As i am watching my selection in listbox ....a blank field has got selected..

it is a bug ...isn't it?

Regards
Girish

[bogdan.galiceanu]

I don't think it's a bug. Actually it can even be considered a feature. If the user presses "OK" when there are no items found, the index returned is -1. That tells you that there were no items shown. There's nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.

[girish_g]

Originally Posted by bogdan.galiceanu

I don't think it's a bug. Actually it can even be considered a feature. If the user presses "OK" when there are no items found, the index returned is -1. That tells you that there were no items shown. There's nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.

hi bogdan,

it returns -1 is correct.
but it is selecting last item in my list...

e.g.
[a,b,c,d]

have indexes a=0,b=1,c=2,d=3

now whats happening here; for no search field item it selects -1
and shows me "d" in yhe listbox.

as d=-1

then isn't it a bug.
Regards
Girish

[girish_g]

hay bogdan ,

even check in windows python shell
z=[u"a",u"b",u"c",u"d"]
now z[0]=a
and z[-4]=a
z[-1]=d
etc. etc.

means reverse indexing is also going on ....
is it correct as a programming point of view?

as -1 return means no selection or no relevant items in list... then why this default selection ocuring?

regards
Girish

[bogdan.galiceanu]

The reverse indexing is useful in many situations, but not in this one. I guess you can check what index is returned after the user presses "OK". If it's -1, display a message or don't do anything (it's up to you). If it's other than -1, use [u"a",u"b",u"c",u"d"][index] or whatever you need to do.

[girish_g]

ya that i have managed...
so this is not a bug!!!

i am surprised!!!!since this is totally new to me....

Regards
Girish