Dropdown that triggers a field update when selected?

[leeand00]

I have a dropdown...

<$select field='dassection'>
   <$list filter='[tag[section]]'>
      <option><$view field='title' /></option>
   </$list>
</$select>

It currently populates the option labels, but not the values...

I'd like the values to be populated with the title field, I thought {{!!title}} would work but it didn't.

I'd also like the <$select> to trigger a macro that will set a field with the value of the selected option when it is selected in the <$select>...

So far I have this:

\define updateSERPField()
  <$action-setfield $tiddler="SERP - Database Analyst - Net Tech - MIS - Help Desk" $field="dassectionfilter" $value="">
\end

and I imagine that if I fill in the actions attribute of my <$select> with <<updateSERPField>> it will make the call, but I don't really know how to connect the two...

Thank you!

[Mark S.]

Try something like:

\define myfilt() <option value="""[field[$(currentTiddler)$]]"""><$view field='title' /></option>
<$select tiddler="SERP - Database Analyst - Net Tech - MIS - Help Desk" " field='dassection' default="-">
<option>-</option>
   <$list filter='[tag[section]]'>
      <<myfilt>>
   </$list>
</$select>

Note the "-" hyphen used as the default. This forces the user to make a selection. If the user doesn't change the settings of the drop-down, nothing happens. Obviously, you would want to change the filter that I made up.

Good luck,
Mark

[leeand00]

Okay I gave it a shot, and I've got a dropdown, and the values that appear look right, but when I select and item it doesn't update the field in said tiddler.

[leeand00]

Nevermind; it works; thank you!