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  1. Start the Joget Server and open the App Center.

  2. Log in as admin and click on the Design New App button. (see Figure 1)
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    Figure 1

  3. Fill up the App Details as follows and click Save (see Figure 2):
      1. App ID: tutorial
      2. App Name: Tutorial
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    Figure 2

  4. You will be directed to the Design App Composer. Click on the Create New Form  + button and fill up the Form Details as follows (see Figure 3):
    1. Form ID: mulltiSb
    2. Form Name: Multi Select Box
    3. Table Name: tutorial
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    Figure 3

  5. Click on Save and you will be directed to the  Form Builder.

  6. Drag and drop a Multi Select Box element on to the canvas.

  7. Hover the mouse over the Multi Select Box element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit Multi Select Box properties.

  8. Fill up the Options Hardcoded field as follows and click on OK (see Figure 4):

    Default ValueLabel
    LocalLocal
    InternationalInternational

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    Figure 4

  9. Click on Preview, try typing one of the labels and/or selecting both options to see it working.

Multi Select Box Properties

Edit Multi Select Box

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NameDescription
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.

LabelElement Label to be displayed to the end-user.
Options (Hardcoded)Options 

Select Box options

Info

Options defined here will not be put into use if Options Binder is defined below.

Or Choose Options BinderLoad Data From

Options to be populated dynamically using Options Binder plugin.

Warning
titlePerformance 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.

Advanced Options

Data

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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

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#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.

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titleSample
option1;option2;option3
Multiple Selection

Toggle Multiple Selection.

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 to the current value of the element ID defined.

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NameDescription
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.

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NameDescription
Width

Column width in characters.

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titleSample
200px
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".

Validation

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Attach a Validator plugin to validate

NameDescription
Validator
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".


Workflow

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NameDescription
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
titleUsing 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.

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

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