Change combo box selection dynamically?

I would like to have a combo box change its selection dynamically according to what is selected in another selector. As far as I can tell from reading the Help, this feature is available for List Boxes, List Views and List Builders only ("The Dynamic Selected Item functionality is available in list-based selectors") and based on the wording I assume that it is currently unavailable for other components. Is this true? If so I would like to formally request that other selectors - particularly combo boxes - be included.
The use case for me is this: After the user has already inputted information and digested some of the output, they eventually reach a section of the project that appears only under certain conditions. This area is about 800 pixels to the right of the original combo box in the inputs area, and so in order to quickly change that selection they would have to go look for the original selector, which could easily discourage them from browsing that particular selection. Hopefully this makes sense.
It would also be great to hear back that this kind of feature request can actually be made in this way. I've submitted a few similar requests in the past and did not see an acknowledgment, and so I am still unclear as to whether or not feature requests are even possible.
(Edit: I thought about creating duplicate overlapping instances of the combo boxes in question and, using dynamic visibility, control which appears according to the current selection. But this is only suitable for smaller lists).

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Alan McClean wrote:
> To get around it I shuffled my selection list dynamically, so that the one I wanted appeared at the correct place. I did this using the source data component and some Excel logic. However, it is buggy and a lot of work.
Thanks, Alan. I am currently working on a similar solution. Seems to be the best for my situation, but it is far from elegant.
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Charles Davies wrote:
> Just a thought, would the Filter component work for you?
The Filter component requires that the underlying Excel data be structured in a pretty specific way. As far as I can tell, I would probably have to rip apart my XLS and redesign it in order to make use of that component. Perhaps in a future generation I'll give it a go, but I've already gone through too many redesigns this time around.

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