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Introduction

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Select Box is one of the generic HTML Form input elements. In the Form Builder, one is able to define the options available to the Select Box via various means, including with the use of Form Options

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Get Started

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

  1. Start the Joget Server and open 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 Composer. (see Figure 1)
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    Figure 1

  3. Under  FORMS  Under For Builder column, click on on Expense Claim Entry Entry (see Figure 2).


    Figure 2

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

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

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

    1. ID: type

    2. Options (Hardcoded):

      Default ValueLabel
      LocalLocal
      InternationalInternational

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    Figure 3

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

Select Box Properties

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Configure Select Box

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Choose Options Binder
NameDescription
LabelElement Label to be displayed to the end-user.
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)

Select Box options

Info

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

Or Load 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

NameDescription
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.

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
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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