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Custom Field Type: Select One - Dropdown List

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==Field Illustrated==

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''Setting the values for the Select One - Dropdown List, in '''Custom Field Settings''' ~~(above)~~''

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''Select One - Dropdown List, in '''Edit Mode''' ~~(above)~~''

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''Select One - Dropdown List, in '''View Mode''' ~~(above)~~''

==Field Options==All common options: [[Custom Fields - General Information #General_Settings|General Settings]] [[Custom Fields - General Information #Role Field Permissions and Status Field Permissions|Permissions & Availability]] [[Custom Fields - General Information #Classic Options|Classic Options]] For further information, please refer to [[Custom Fields – General Information]]. Options listed below are specific to this particular field type. * '''Parent Field''' -* '''Predefined Options''' - The values you want to be listed within your dropdown list, delimited by semicolons with no spaces.Here are a few things to note: 1. The first value listed will be the default value when a new record is created. 2. If you want the value ''stored'' in the field to be different from what is ''displayed'' in the combo box you can use the following syntax in the '''Predefined Options''' section: ''StoreValue1=DisplayValue1;StoreValue2=DisplayValue2;StoreValue3=DisplayValue3; 3. The value '''before''' the equal sign will be stored. The value '''after''' the equal sign is what will be displayed in the combo box, but does not get saved. (This technique is important when translating to other languages. The '''StoreValue''' must be the same in all languages. See [[Custom Field Language Settings|here]] for further information.)* '''Enable as Attributes''' -

==Referencing the Value==: '''@''fieldname''@''' |: '''@''fieldname''.combovalue@''' ! or: '''@#''fieldid''#@''' : '''@#''fieldid''.combovalue#@''' ~~||The~~ When trying to reference the values of this custom field type, you ~~want to be listed~~ must use '''@fieldname@''' or '''@fieldname.combovalue@''', depending on how the field is setup. Typically, you can use @fieldname@ but there is a special case where you must use @fieldname.combovalue@ when the values in the combo box are 1=Yes;2=No;3=Maybe.Using @fieldname@ will return the Yes, No, or Maybe. But using @fieldname.combovalue@ will return 1, 2, or 3. Using @''fieldname''.value@ will display the full HTML of the field; in ~~your~~ other words, a dropdown ~~list~~box containing the values of the field will be displayed.|}==Notes==~~{{Display}}{{Validation}}~~<!--'''Allow Empty'''

~~==Feature Options=={| class="wikitable"~~|Because the values in a Combo Box Custom Field are restricted to the semi-~~!|Option!|Description!|Format~~|-~~! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Track Changes||-~~||colon delimited list in the '''Values''' field, the '''Allow Empty'~~Not Applicable~~''|-~~! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Show Display Value~~ field has a slightly different behaviour than usual. It controls whether or not the record can be saved with the default value (which is the first value listed in ~~List Views||-~~||the '''Values'~~Not Applicable~~''|}section):

~~==Value Storage==~~* If '''Allow Empty''' is checked, the record '''can''' be saved with the default value.~~{| class="wikitable"~~* If '''Allow Empty''' is '''not''' checked, the record '''cannot''' be saved with the default value. In this way you can force the user to select a value different from the default value.|-~~!|Option!|Description!|Format~~|-~~! style="width~~* '''Important''': ~~125px; text~~Because the record cannot be saved with the default value, the first item listed in the '''Value''' section should be either a space followed by a semi-~~align: left;"|From Custom Field~~colon (sif you want the field to start out blank)||or an instruction to the user such as ''-----Select One-----||''~~Not Applicable~~; ''Please choose''|-~~! style="width: 125px~~; ~~text-align: left;"|To Custom Field||-~~||or similar. You do not want an actual value as the first item, since the record can never be saved with the first value if '''Allow Empty'~~Not Applicable~~''is deselected.-->|{{RetiredOptions}}

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