Dropdown list on Register and UpdateProfile page

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Hori76 Reply #1, 15 years, 7 months ago

Hi, I have a registration form with custom fields which includes a dropdown list of 3 options.

<label for="deelname_dag">[[%register.deelname_dag]]</label>
<select name="deelname_dag" id="deelname_dag"> 
	          <OPTION VALUE="do" >Thursday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="vr" >Friday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="do-vr" selected>Thursday and Friday</option>
</select>

On the updateProfile page, is it possible to automatically select the selected option at registration?

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Hori76 Reply #2, 15 years, 7 months ago

Got a working solution for smaller dropdown lists.

On the updateProfile page I used this:

[[!+deelname_dag:is=`do`:then=`
            <select name="deelname_dag" id="deelname_dag"> 
	          <OPTION VALUE="do" selected>Thursday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="vr" >Friday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="do-vr" >Thursday and Friday</option>
            </select>`:else=``]]
[[!+deelname_dag:is=`vr`:then=`
            <select name="deelname_dag" id="deelname_dag"> 
	          <OPTION VALUE="do" >Thursday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="vr" selected>Friday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="do-vr" >Thursday and Friday</option>
            </select>`:else=``]]
[[!+deelname_dag:is=`do-vr`:then=`
            <select name="deelname_dag" id="deelname_dag"> 
	          <OPTION VALUE="do" >Thursday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="vr" >Friday</option>
                  <OPTION VALUE="do-vr" selected>Thursday and Friday</option>
            </select>`:else=``]]

According the user’s profile it displays the right dropdown list, there’s always one match. Not really practical if you have a giant dropdown list with countries or something like that, probably there are better solutions...

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squarou Reply #3, 14 years, 8 months ago

Hi,

I found a working solution for registration and update with profil.

1- created a Chunk [[$mydropdown]] with my options, where [[+cdz]] is my extented profile field :

<select class="myclass" name="cdz">
  <option selected="[[+cdz]]">[[+cdz]]</option>
  <option value="myvalue1">myvalue1</option>
  <option value="myvalue2">myvalue2</option>
</select>

2 - insert that chunk [[$mydropdown]] in both register and updateProfile pages.
3 - check that when creating a new account form the register page the dropdown list is empty by default, and select an option
4 - check that in the updateProfil page, when logged in, the dropdown value shows the value entered at step #3.

That's it ! Hope that basic solution will help !

Notice : at step #4 the first value of the dropdwon list will also appears in the list at his normal place, as this tip isn't dynamic.

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istvan.velsz Reply #4, 14 years, 8 months ago

[solved] Doesn't work for me. The value is still blank. Need an additional control box.

Solution: Syntax Error. [ed. note: istvan.velsz last edited this post 14 years, 8 months ago.]