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Select list Element

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The Select List element is a selection list containing multiple items to select from.  There are two types of Select lists, single item selection (dropdown list) or multiple item selection (combo list)

 

 

The following properties are available for a Select list elemen

 

General Tab

 

CheckboxListGeneralTab

Property Name

Description

Name

Property used the describe the name of the Text Field.  In addition if this element is to become a search field, this property then become the label for the search field in the form   This is a required field

DefaultValue

This optional property is for storing the value for the text field element. It can also be used as a default value

Checked

Indicates if the default value for the field element checked or not checked.

SearchField

This optional property is used to specify if the element is to be included in the search form in the Workflow Manager module.

ReportFieldName

Name to display in Reports for more meaningful name of the element. When displaying in Reports if this property is not specified the Name property is used instead

Options

Property containing list of check boxes values and text each separated by a new line.

 

The format is [value]|[text]

 

[value] is the hidden value component of the check box

[text] is the visible component of the check box.

 

If the pipe separator (|) is not included in each option line, both value and text components are assumed that value.

 

For example:  provided options are

 

Example1

Example2|This is an example 2

 

The above will be translated as

 

Example1|Example1

Example2|This is an example 2

FieldGroupName

This property represents the Name of the Group the field element belongs to.  FieldGroupName property is generally used with Conditional Visibility where it could be applied to a group of field elements with the same FieldGroupName value.

 

 

Data Storage Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the DataStorage tab

 

 

Layout Tab

 

SelectListLayoutTab

Property Name

Description

Class

Name of the CSS style class.  Some of the CSS classes available for use are

Normal

Head

SubHead

SubSubHead

NormalRed

NormalBold

Refer to the module style sheet and/or skin style sheet for more available CSS classes.  It is also possible to reference external CSS style sheets by adding a link reference via the HTML element.

 

Disabled

Indicates if the field element is displayed in read-only mode preventing users from making changes to the value of the field

Style

Additional CSS styles to include the field.  Please refer to here for more information on CSS styles.

 

Hidden

Indicates if the field element is rendered hidden via CSS (i.e. Display=None)

Tooltip

Property to display an inline help message when the mouse pointer hovers over the field element

 

 

Databinding Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the Databinding tab

 

 

Client Action Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the Client Action tab

 

 

Conditional Binding Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the Conditional Binding tab

 

 

Conditional Visibility Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the Conditional Visibility tab

 

 

Validation Tab

 

Refer to here for more information each property of the Validation tab