How to change a select item in edit/view UI form element to a dropdown

[Manos Pappas]

Hello,

To explain what I am trying to do, let me provide an example.

Suppose we have the edit form shown in this page: https://jam-py.com/docs/how_to/how_to_change_style_and_attributes_of_elements.html

Here, the Genre selection is date retrieved from another item (table) called Genre.

The Genre selection is performed by clicking on the "folder" icon next to the Genre text. This creates a new dialog listing all available Genre options, so that the user can select one of them.

Suppose that I have such an item (let's call it Type) where it only has two fields, e.g ID and Description.

How can I change the edit form logic so that instead the user can select the needed Type not by clicking on the "folder" icon but instead present the available options as a dropdown. Only one Type item is allowed to be selected, i.e the Type item is not of a KEY type.

I was thinking of doing this on the form on_edit_form_created() client function by creating an HTML selection object but I am not sure how I can make it appear on the form in place of the selection requester Jam creates.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance,

Manos 

[Dean D. Babic]

Hi, 

If Typeahead is checked, the user just needs to start typing. Any letter to start with.
It is that simple.
The Lookup List is used for Dropdown, but after you teach users, no need for it.
We can always chuck a "?" sign, explain process there, and teach them to use it.