popup menus / comboboxes

Hi,
I am wondering, how popup stuff can be drawn.
Because it exceeds the window's borders.
Therefore I guess that each popup menu is a new window
without decorations. Is that right ?
How do I recognize that the window has to be closed ?

Best wishes
Thorsten

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