A DateComboBox can nearly be used like any regular combobox. This is because DateComboBox extends JComboBox. Additional methods are documented in the Synthetica Addons API.

Just like the standard JComboBox the DateComboBox has the ability to grow or shrink. The size generally depends on the displayed content which is represented by the used date format and the used LayoutManager.

To support fast input by keyboard and allowing multiple input formats it is possible to set multiple date formats just like in combobox #5. So you can type i.e.: "013006" which is represented by the "MMddyy" pattern without any limiter. Please note that the first date format is used for output and the order of date formats matters related to format pattern matching. The UI is exactly the same as for JComboBox components.

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