list:reference field number of entries

[BlueShadow]

Hi,
I got a list:reference field where there are very many entries to choose from and the default field shows only 5 entries is there a way to increase that number or get a better field to select multiple entries?
thanks for your help

[Richard Vézina]

Use a jquery multiselect plugin... Or set a size to the select :

<select size="10" multiple>

With _size='10' maybe...

Richard

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[Niphlod]

this should work

db.table.field.widget = lambda field,value: SQLFORM.widgets.multiple.widget(field,value,size=10)

[BlueShadow]

Thanks Niphlod yours works.
Richard can you tell me how one can implement the jquery multiple select plugin.
I tried a fancy one some time ago which had two windows one showing the selected and one showing the unselected. but I could never get it to work.

[Richard Vézina]

This one is old don't know if still work : http://www.web2pyslices.com/slice/show/1395/jquery-multi-select-widget

This is another option :

http://dev.s-cubism.com/plugin_multiselect_widget

Here another with bootstrap :

http://davidstutz.github.io/bootstrap-multiselect/

You have to work your way to make it works.

Richard