multiple dropdown choice?

Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
list?

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

Bill Steele writes:

> Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
> list?

No, only checkboxes offer multiple selections.

-jens

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

Bill Steele wrote:

> Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
> list?


I didn't have much time to test this, but in FMP 9 (and I believe
earlier), you can select the first item in the usual way, then put your
cursor in the field ( I guessing you would want the user to put a space
after the first item) then hit the Escape key the drop down will drop
down and you can select the second (or more) item.

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

In article , Bill
Steele wrote:

> Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
> list?

Not for Pop-up List formatted fields. Technically there is a way to
choose multiple values in fields formatted as Pop-up Menus or Radio
Buttons, BUT it's really a non-standard "fault" in FileMaker and should
not be used. For multiple values you should use either Checkboxes or
have multiple fields.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 21:36:44 +0100, Jens Teich wrote
(in article ):

> Bill Steele writes:
>
>> Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
>> list?
>
> No, only checkboxes offer multiple selections.
>
> -jens

That's not quite true. If you teach your users to do a shift-click if they
want to select multiple items, that will add the newly selected item to
the field value. That's on a Mac of course; presumably on Windows there
is a similar provision. It works with standard dropdown lists, no special
setting is required.

Wim Kegel

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

On Jan 9, 8:41 pm, Helpful Harry
wrote:
> In article , Bill
>
> Steele wrote:
> > Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
> > list?
>
> Not for Pop-up List formatted fields. Technically there is a way to
> choose multiple values in fields formatted as Pop-up Menus or Radio
> Buttons, BUT it's really a non-standard "fault" in FileMaker and should
> not be used. For multiple values you should use either Checkboxes or
> have multiple fields.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Pasting?

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

In article
<13d9d65a-d5e2-4022-afc2-d597857206ee@f3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
Grip wrote:

> On Jan 9, 8:41 pm, Helpful Harry
> wrote:
> > In article , Bill
> >
> > Steele wrote:
> > > Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
> > > list?
> >
> > Not for Pop-up List formatted fields. Technically there is a way to
> > choose multiple values in fields formatted as Pop-up Menus or Radio
> > Buttons, BUT it's really a non-standard "fault" in FileMaker and should
> > not be used. For multiple values you should use either Checkboxes or
> > have multiple fields.
>
> Pasting?

Errr???? Sorry, I'm not sure what you're saying.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

In article <4786c43a$0$20411$e4fe514c@dreader30.news.xs4all.nl>,
wk468@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 21:36:44 +0100, Jens Teich wrote
> (in article ):
>
> > Bill Steele writes:
> >
> >> Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
> >> list?
> >
> > No, only checkboxes offer multiple selections.
>
> That's not quite true. If you teach your users to do a shift-click if they
> want to select multiple items, that will add the newly selected item to
> the field value. That's on a Mac of course; presumably on Windows there
> is a similar provision. It works with standard dropdown lists, no special
> setting is required.

It doesn't work with Pop-up Lists (at least not in my version of
FileMaker), only Pop-up Menu and Radio Button formmatted fields.

*BUT*
It is a non-standard fault, so you shouldn't be teaching users to use
this method - they won't be able to use it anywhere else.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Re: multiple dropdown choice?

Bill Steele wrote:

> Is there a way to let users select more than one item from a dropdown
> list?

On Windows, you can hold CTRL and select multiple values from a
drop-down list, then hit Enter to confirm your selections.
I agree with Harry though. If you require multiple values in a single
field, there are more preferred methods.