The ComboBox and ChoiceBox look exactly the same in SceneBuilder - What's the difference?

Question

For part E2 in the lab, I put a ComboBox in the GridPane, but it doesn't look the same way it does in the instructions. I tried a ChoiceBox instead, and it looked the same as the ComboBox. How come they look the same, and what's the difference between the two?

Answer 1

For the ComboBox, make sure to make it editable under Properties to make it look the same way as it does in the instructions! As for the difference between the two, from my understanding, a ComboBox allows users to choose from a list of predetermined choices + the option to write one in, while a ChoiceBox only allows users to choose from a list of predetermined choices.