A choice item is used to select one of a list of strings. Unlike a listbox, only the selection is visible until the user pulls down the menu of choices. Under XView and Motif, all selections are visible when the menu is displayed. Under Windows 3, a scrolling list is displayed when the user wants to change the selection. Note that under XView, creating a choice item with a large number of strings takes a long time due to the inefficiency of Sun's implementation of the XView choice item.
See also wxListBox.