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Custom Field Type: Lookup - Autocomplete Options

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General Description
{{CustomFieldPageHeader}}==General Description==Displays as a set of values in an [[Ajax]] lookup box.
==Field Illustrated==[[Image:AutoComplete04.png|border]]<ubr />''Setting the values for the Lookup - Autocomplete Options, in '''Custom Field DisplaySettings'''''<br /><br /><br />[[Image:AutoComplete.png|border]]<br /u>''Lookup - Autocomplete Options, in '''Edit Mode'''''<br /><br /><br />[[Image:AutoComplete02.png|border]]<br />''Lookup - Autocomplete Options, in '''Edit Mode''' with '''Enable Multiple Select''' option selected - click on the grey 'x' to remove selection''<br /><br /><br />[[Image:AutoComplete03.png|border]]<br />''Lookup - Autocomplete Options, in '''View Mode'''''
'''Edit Mode'''
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'''View Mode'''
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==Field Options==All common options:<ubr />'''[[Custom Fields - General Description'''Information #General_Settings|General Settings]]<br />[[Custom Fields - General Information #Role Field Permissions and Status Field Permissions|Permissions & Availability]]<br />[[Custom Fields - General Information #Classic Options|Classic Options]]<br />For further information, please refer to [[Custom Fields – General Information]].<br /><br /u> Options listed below are specific to this particular field type.
Displays as a set of values in a [[Ajax]] lookup box. {| class="wikitable" |-{{FieldOptions}}! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Predefined Options{{Searchable}}||The values you want to be listed within your dropdown list, delimited by semi-colons with no spaces.{{TrackChanges}}|-{{EnableMultipleSelect}}||{{ShowDisplayValueInListViews}}||{{HideFieldForNewRecord}}* The first value listed will be the default value when a new record is created. * 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 '''Values''' section: ''StoreValue1=DisplayValue1;StoreValue2=DisplayValue2;StoreValue3=DisplayValue3;<u>* 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 '''Special Options for FieldStoreValue'''</u> must be the same in all languages. See [[Custom Field Language Settings|here]] for further information.)
|}===External Source Options===* '''ValuesEnable Lookup From External Source''': The values to be used within the combo box, delimited by semi-colons with no spaces. The first value listed will be the default value when once a new record source is created. '''Note:''' If you want the value ''stored'' in selected (the field to be different from what only one available currently is ''displayed'' in the combo box Google Civic Information), you can use the following syntax in the '''Values''' section: ''StoreValue1=DisplayValue1;StoreValue2=DisplayValue2;StoreValue3=DisplayValue3; The value '''before''' the equal sign will be storedable to map external source values to custom Single or Multiple Line text box fields. The value '''after''' the equal sign is what will be displayed Note: if there are multiple values in the combo boxsearch result, but does not get saved. * This technique is important when translating you have mapped to other languages. The '''StoreValue''' must a single-line text box custom field, only the first record will be the same in all languages. See [[Custom Field Language Settings|here]] for further informationreturned{{VisibilityCondition}}{{FieldPermissionMatrix}}{{ValueStoresTo}}{{FieldFormattingOptions}}{{FieldPermissions}}
<!--==Feature Options==
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!|Option
!|Description
!|Format
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! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Track Changes
||Keeps track of changes made to this field.
||''Not Applicable''
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! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Show Display Value in List Views
||By default, the stored value is shown when fields are referenced in List Views. Selecting this option will display the display value.
||''Not Applicable''
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! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Enable Multiple Select
||Enables users to select multiple values from the listed values.
||''Not Applicable''
|}
==Value Storage==
{| class="wikitable"
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!|Option
!|Description
!|Format
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! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|From Custom Field(s)
||[[Value Stores To]]
||''Not Applicable''
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! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|To Custom Field
||[[Value Stores To]]
||''Not Applicable''
|}-->
==See Also==
* [[Ajax Lookups|AjaxLookups]]
* [[Allowing Only One Check Box to be Selected]]
* [[Custom Field Language Settings]]
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