Select
What is a Select Field?
Select fields enable you to pre-define values for selection and option values will display within a drop-down list.
Select fields are functionally identical to Radio fields except for two key differences:
- Select fields display option values within a drop-down list whereas Radio fields display options horizontally across a page or vertically down a page with radio buttons. With its drop-down display of options, Select Fields can take up far less space on a page than radio fields.
- Select fields do not allow for assigning icons to option values whereas Radio fields do allow for assigning icons to option values.
Similar to Radio fields, select fields do not allow for multiple option selections.
You may wish to use a Select field to display your option values when you want to prompt users to select only one option and when you wish to preserve space on your page with a drop-down list.
For instance, if you have a Real Estate Listings application and you would like to create an option field to select the Listing Type for each listing, you can use a Select field to accomplish this which would also take up less space on your app's page than using a Radio field.
Field Options
Creating or editing a Select Field will have the following options to configure:
Name
This setting allows you to name your Select field. For instance, "Listing Type" or "Job Status".
Description
This setting allows you to add an optional description of this field for your own reference.
Quick Edit
For your convenience, you click on the Quick Edit button to copy and paste many option values in order to add many options at once.
Enable Color Badge
This is where you can uncheck the Enable Color Badge checkbox to disable the color badge feature.
Color Badge
This setting allows you to define a colored label that's associated with each option value.
Sort Options Alphabetically
This setting allows you to sort your option values in alphabetical order when displayed in a form.
This option will only effect how the option values are displayed through a Data Component on a Page.
Default Form Value
This setting allows you to define a specific option value to automatically populate within a form. For instance, if you would like to automatically populate each form with a specific option value already pre-selected, you can click on the Default Form Value drop-down arrow and select your desired option value.