"Option Lists" section #

Creating and editing option list values that can be used in drop-down editing widgets

All Option Lists will appear as options in the "Edit Field Definition" dialog box, under the "Value For Drop Down Selector" control. See section Configure Field Properties.

Overview #

"Create New Value List ..." button - Click to open the Create Value List page for creating a new Value List.

Value List name link in Name column - Click to open the View page for the selected Value List.

Edit link - Click to open the Edit page for the selected Value List.

Delete link - Click to delete the Value List. You will be prompted for confirmation before the delete will occur.

View Option List #

Edit Option List #

Create/Edit Value List #

"Name" field - Used to specify a name for the Value List.

"Options" field - Used to specify the list of values.

Valid formatting for options #

• Each value must be on a separate new line.

• If the format of the line is a text string (Example: "United States", "Canada") then that will be the value displayed in the drop-down widget and also stored in the database field on Create or Edit operations.

• If the format of the line is a number followed by equals sign followed by a text string (Example: "1=Action", "2=Comedy", "3=Drama") then, the value displayed in the drop-down widget will be the text portion (Ex: "Action") and the value stored in the database on Create or Edit operations will be the number portion (Ex: "1").