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Dropdown in Form 30 Oct 2012 07:56 #4848

jcbenton
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Is it possible to add a dropdown to the form in Cook? for example, I have an Integer field. Instead of a text box I want to add a dropdown with integers assigned as the values.

Example:

<select>
  <option value="1">Option 1</option>
  <option value="2">Option 2</option>
</select>

Instead of this:

<input type="text" name="Option">

See the Server field in the screenshot.

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Jerry Benton

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Re: Dropdown in Form 30 Oct 2012 08:36 #4850

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1 - you could either use an FK field to grab values into a combobox (dropdown) by

dragging an Foreign Key field type to your table
dragging the table element to the FK field
select a field from foreign table, i.e. title to use as label

OR

2 - you could use an enum type field

drag enum field type to your table
populate the value|label pairs

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Re: Dropdown in Form 30 Oct 2012 08:41 #4852

JoomGuy Offline Moderator Joomla Enthusiast, Lover of Cooking Posts: 1115 Thank you received: 195	Ignore previous post! Sorry, just coming to life here... jcbenton wrote: See the Server field in the screenshot. Can you see some left/right buttons over to the right of your field? Use them to switch to combobox. That should do the trick for you. Gez Need help with your Cook/Joomla Project? . PM me to find out what I can help with. NO time wasters please!!!
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Re: Dropdown in Form 30 Oct 2012 08:53 #4854

jcbenton Topic Author Offline Premium Member Posts: 125 Thank you received: 9	Ok I added another table and made the dropdown. I will try it out in the sandbox. Thanks. -- Jerry Benton
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Re: Dropdown in Form 01 Nov 2012 11:28 #4889

admin Offline Administrator Chef Posts: 3711 Thank you received: 986	As said @audibleid, You can use the tiny buttons at the right to change the input aspect (list, combo, radio) This part of the builder is lacking a little bit (graphical), but it works. Coding is now a piece of cake
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