[REVIEW REQUEST] Add text property to ComboBox

[Tom Eugelink]

> Or sliders (RGB for a color, again). Or ... anything.
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> Why not?
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> Since ComboBox has a type parameter, I would expect to be able to provide whatever editor suits better to the encapsulated type.
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> As a consequence, an edited value - a value in the editor - may not be representable by String. Hence, again, <code>T editedValue;</code>.
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> That was my point, yes.

You're missing the point. Yes, of course a value can be entered without text. And yes, for that there should be (and I think there already is) an event. Jonathan's point is to have an event only on text entry and BEFORE the text has been parsed into a value.

Tom