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The easiest way to see how the Select Box works is to create a new app. Here are the steps:

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1. Start the Joget Server and open the  App Center.
   
   
2. Log in as admin and click on the pencil icon on the  Expenses Claim to open the Design App. (see Figure 1)
   
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3. Under FORMS column, click on Expense Claim Entry (see Figure 2)
   
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4. Drag and drop a Select Box element on to the canvas.
   
   
5. Hover the mouse over the Select Box element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit Select Box properties.
   
   

6. Fill up the following fields as follows and click on OK (see Figure 3):

   1. ID: type

   2. Options (Hardcoded):

      Default Value	Label
      Local	Local
      International	International

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7. Click on Preview, click on the options available in the country field.

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Select Box Properties

Edit Select Box

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Name	DescriptionScreen (Click to view)
ID	Element ID (By declaring as "country", a corresponding database table column "c_country" will be created) Please see Form Element for more information about defining the ID and list of reserved IDs.
Label	Element Label to be displayed to the end-user.
Options (Hardcoded)	Select Box options Info Options defined here will not be put into use if Options Binder is defined below.
Or Choose Options Binder	Options to be populated dynamically using Options Binder plugin. Warning title Performance Warning If you have thousands of select options or sourcing them from Options Binder, this may cause a significant increase in page load time. Consider using Popup Select Box instead.

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 Advanced Options

Data

#currentUser.firstName# #currentUser.lastName#

option1;option2;option3

context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed

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Dependency

Name	Description	Screen (Click to view)
Field ID to control available options based on Grouping	Dynamically change the available options based on the "grouping" attribute defined in the options by matching the current value of the element ID defined. Also knowns as a cascade select box where the first select box choice determines the second select box list of options. You can download the demonstration app ISIC List from the Joget Marketplace. Image Removed

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UI

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Name	Description	Screen (Click to view)
Size (Rows)	Determines the number of rows of selection to be shown. This option is useful when multiple selections are expected. An integer value is expected here.
Readonly	Determines if the element is editable.
Display field as Label when readonly?	Displays the value of the element as plain text when an element is set to "Readonly".

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Workflow

Name	Description	Screen (Click to view)
Workflow Variable	If the form is part of a workflow process, upon saving of the form (by clicking on "Save as Draft" or "Complete" button). The value in this input field will be saved into the corresponding workflow variable named here. Info title Using a non-existent Workflow Variable name You will get the following warning with the name printed out (e.g. status) in the server log if you attempt to map to a non-existent Workflow Variable. Code Block context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed Image Removed

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