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PerfectApps™ Help Guide

A drop-down box allows users to make a selection from a list of options. For a complete list of Drop-Down Properties and their uses, see the Drop-down object section.

 

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With an app loaded in the App Designer:

 

1.Expand the Input section of the Toolbox and drag and drop a Drop-down object onto the page.

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See also Common Toolbox

2.An associated text object is included and selected. Start typing to add your text to this object as a label, or delete it if you don't want to label the object.

3.Expand the Settings section of the Properties panel and in the Items subsection, three default list items (Item 1, Item 2 and Item 3) are displayed. The caption is the name that appears in the list itself.

4.Change the default list items. Click on a default Item in the caption column and enter the new name.

5.To control the value returned for a list item, click the Value column and enter the value.

6.Or, you may click the Predefined List Universal - Predefined List Button button to choose a list to populate the drop-down automatically: U.S. States, Countries, Canadian Provinces or any custom list resources that were set up on the account. See Adding an Account Resource > List.

7.To add another option to the list, click the Add Item Universal - Add Item Button button. To remove options from the list, click the Remove Item Universal - TrashCan button.

8.To change the list order, click the up or down arrows.

9.To indicate a default selection, select the Selected check box in the table. This option will be selected by default if the user does not choose another option.

 

See also: Adding Check Boxes

 

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