TIB_Combobox.Style:=csDropDownList is probably the answer you are
looking for, at least that was what confused me a couple of years ago
(default value is csDropDown which behaves as you have observed).

Set

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Christopher Hart" wrote:
> On the IB_Combobox, is there a way to make the Drop Down width of
> the selection for "Items" wider. It only seems to go as wide as the
> component as it is on the screen. Many of my comboboxes have an
> answer that converts to a 1 character code in the database, thus the
> answer is always cut off.