[Pmw-general] Pmw Combobox scroll list orientation

[Holger B. <hol...@bl...>]

Hello Pmw-general,

in Fvwm 2.5.12, XFree 4.3.0.1, python 2.3.4, the program 

#!/usr/bin/python
from Tkinter import *
import Pmw
root = Tk()
root.geometry("+0-40")
box = Pmw.ComboBox(root, scrolledlist_items = [1,2,3])
box.pack()
root.mainloop() 

is deciding where to expand the list to by try-and-error. 
(Note that each of the app goes the lower left corner of the
screen which is due to the root.geometry("+0-40") (place application
straight to the left and forty pixels above bottom) command. 

* After first mouse click it is trying to expand the scroll list to
 the downward direction (not a good idea, the application resides in
 the lower left corner, ouch!): 

* Second, third, fourth, ... mouse click it is expanding the scroll
 list to the upward direction (good!): 

(In case that description was not clear enough there are also some
screenshots at http://www.blasum.net/holger/wri/comp/var/combobox/).

Strangely after the second mouse click the scroll down list has
learned to pop up to the top, not to the bottom. 

Question: How to implement this behavior explicitly, so that the first 
mouse click already does it right?

I don't want a two-click scrolllist, I want a one-click scrolllists ;)

Curious,

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