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		joshmarinacci on Aug 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Egui: An easy-to-use immediate mode GUI 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.

mwcampbell on Aug 13, 2021 [–]

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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