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Introduction

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The Popup Select Box is an enhancement of the ordinary SelectBox. Instead of selecting from a generic drop-down list, the Popup Select Box allows you to select from a Datalist instead.

The Popup Select Box is only available

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on Professional and Enterprise  Edition.

Info
titleTips

If you have thousands of selections to choose from, Popup Select Box is an ideal form element to use as you will be choosing from listing with pagination and search filter, improving loading speed and user experience.

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NameDescription
Default Value

Default Value when there's no existing value found/selected.

A hash variable is accepted here. For example, you may key the following

Code Block
#currentUser.firstName# #currentUser.lastName#

to pre-populate the field with currently logged in user's name.

You may define multiple default options by separating them using semicolons.

Code Block
titleSample
option1;option2;option3
ID Field

Target Data List's column ID value to be saved as the option value.

Default: id

Multiple Selection

Toggle Multiple Selection.

URL Request Parameters for Datalist

Refine the target Data List selections by defining the filter criteria here.

NameDescription
ParameterTarget Data List filter parameter name
Field IDCurrent form element field ID
Default ValueDefault Value for the search parameter
Validator

Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value.

Info
titleWhen will validation takes place?

Validation will take place whenever a form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".

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