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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.
==General DescriptionField Illustrated== [[Image:AutoComplete04.png|border]]<br />''Setting the values for the Lookup - Autocomplete Options, in '''Custom Field Settings'''''<br /><br /><br />[[Image:AutoComplete.png|border]]<br />''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'''''
Displays as a set of values in a [[Ajax]] lookup box.
==Field Display==
'''Edit Mode'''
==Field Options==All common options:<br />[[Custom Fields - General Information #General_Settings|General Settings]]<br />[[Custom Fields - General Information #Role Field Permissions and Status Field Permissions|Permissions & Availability]]<br />[[Image:AjaxLookupFieldEditMode.pngCustom Fields - General Information #Classic Options|link=Classic Options]]<br />For further information, please refer to [[Custom Fields – General Information]].<br /><br />Options listed below are specific to this particular field type.
{| class="wikitable"|-! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Predefined Options||The values you want to be listed within your dropdown list, delimited by semi-colons with no spaces.|-||||* 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 '''Edit Mode with Multiple Options SelectedValues'''<br />[[Imagesection:Selecteduniversities.png|link''StoreValue1=DisplayValue1;StoreValue2=DisplayValue2;StoreValue3=]]<br />DisplayValue3;* The value '''before'''(click on the grey equal sign will be stored. The value '''after'x' ' the equal sign is what will be displayed in the combo box, but does not get saved. (This technique is important when translating to remove selection)other languages. The '''StoreValue'''must be the same in all languages. See [[Custom Field Language Settings|here]] for further information.)
|}===External Source Options===* '''View ModeEnable Lookup From External Source'''- once a source is selected (the only one available currently is Google Civic Information), you will be able to map external source values to custom Single or Multiple Line text box fields. Note: if there are multiple values in the search result, but you have mapped to a single-line text box custom field, only the first record will be returned.
[[Image:AjaxLookupFieldViewMode.PNG<!--==Feature Options=={|linkclass=]]"wikitable"|- !|Option{{FieldOptions}}!|Description{{ToolTip}}!|Format{{HideFieldForNewRecord}}|-{{SmartFieldView}}! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|Track Changes ||Keeps track of changes made to this field.<u>||''Not Applicable'Special Options for Field'''</u> |-'''Values'''! style="width: The values to be used within the combo box, delimited by semi125px; text-colons with no spaces.align: left;"|Show Display Value in List Views The first ||By default, the stored value listed is shown when fields are referenced in List Views. Selecting this option will be display the default display value when a new record is created||''Not Applicable'Note:''' 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|-! style=DisplayValue1"width: 125px;StoreValue2=DisplayValue2;StoreValue3=DisplayValue3text-align: left;"|Enable Multiple Select The value '''before''' ||Enables users to select multiple values from the equal sign will be storedlisted values. The value ''||'after'Not Applicable'' 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. {{VisibilityCondition}}{{FieldPermissionMatrix}}{{ValueStoresTo}}{{FieldFormattingOptions}}{{FieldPermissions}} {{OptionsTab}}{{Searchable}}{{TrackChanges}}{{EnableMultipleSelect}}{{ShowDisplayValueInListViews}}{{DisableQuickEdit}} {{Formatting}}{{CaptionStyle}}{{FieldFormattingOptions}}...and see note on "[[Display_Additional_File_Attributes_for_PDF_Documents#Multiple_File_Fields|Extra Columns]]" below.<br><BR>
==Value Storage==
{{ValueStoresTo}}| class="wikitable"|-!|Option!|Description!|Format|-! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|From Custom Field(s)||[[Value Stores To]]||''Not Applicable''|-! style="width: 125px; text-align: left;"|To Custom Field||[[Value Stores To]]||''Not Applicable''{{CFPermissionsTab|}}-->
==See Also==
* [[Ajax|Ajax Lookups]]
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