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Re:Egui: An easy-to-use immediate mode GUI by joshmarinacci on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:02PM (#28170664)
Because in the 'olden days' (Win 3.0 era) there was only a combobox, not a separate dropdown. Over the years the names have stuck.
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Re:Egui: An easy-to-use immediate mode GUI by mwcampbell on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:54PM (#28171438)
FWIW, Windows screen readers also refer to plain drop-downs as combo boxes. I didn't think anything of it until I read this thread.
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