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The Popup Select Box is an enhancement of the ordinary SelectBox. Instead of selecting from a generic drop-down list, the Popup Select Box allows you to select from a Datalist List instead.

The Popup Select Box is only available on Professional and Enterprise  Edition.

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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 theApp Composer. (see Figure 1)


    Figure 1

  3. Click on the  Create New Form  button and fill up the Form Details as follows (see Figure 2):
    1. Form ID: popupSelectBox
    2. Form Name:  Popup Select Box
    3. Table Name: j_expense_claim


    Figure 2

  4. Drag and drop a  Popup Select Box element on to the canvas.

  5. Click on the Popup Select Box element to open up the Configure Popup Select Box properties.

  6. Fill up the Edit Popup Select Box  properties as follows and click on Apply Change:
    1. ID: appeal_claim
    2. Label: Select Existing Claim
    3. DatalistList: Expense All
    4. Display Field: title
  7. Click on the Save button on the Form Builder (see Figure 3). 


    Figure 3

  8. Now we will need some data in order to display some values within the Popup Select Box, head back to Design App and click the Launch button next to the Expenses Claims App.

  9. Click on Create a New Expense Claim button, fill up the necessary details and click on Continue Next Screen button (See Figure 4)


    Figure 4

  10. Fill up the necessary details and click on the Complete button.

  11. Head back to the  Popup Select Box in the Form Builder. 

  12. Click on Preview and click on the Select button to display the popup DatalistList. Select one or more records and click on Select Button. The selected record title be displayed (see Figure 5).


    Figure 5

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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

Code Block
#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.

Code Block
titleSample
option1;option2;option3
ID Field

Target Data List's column ID value to be saved as the option value.

Default: id

Multiple Selection

Toggle Multiple Selection.

URL Request Parameters for DatalistList

Refine the target Data List selections by defining the filter criteria here.

NameDescription
ParameterTarget Data List filter parameter name
Field IDCurrent form element field ID
Default ValueDefault Value for the search parameter
Validator

Attach a Validator plugin to 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".

Available Options:

  • Basic
  • BeanShell
  • Data and Time Duplicate Validator
  • Directory
  • Duplicate Value
  • Equal Value
  • Multi Form Validator
  • Password
  • Plugin Template - Validator

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