divselect.comp

The DivSelect widget is the most sophisticated of the three available select widgets. Its intended for showing more complex drop-down lists.
It has many attributes that can be configured. The widget is not buffered similarly to the HtmlSelect widget.

Input Parameters:

Common Parameters

Parameters common to select.comp, htmlselect.comp and divselect.comp widgets:

Parameter Name	Description	Default Value
id	Select Component's ID.	Undefined.
description	Tooltip.	Empty string.
value	Which <option> to select by default after the list has loaded (only works if the list is static or loaded in the form).	Undefined.
empty	A first option is left empty and has value of empty.	Undefined.
empty_descr	The empty option displays empty_descr.	Empty string.
edit	A link to object that allows editing of the select list.	Undefined.
bgcolor	Value of the background-color.	Undefined.
width	Width in pixels of the select field.	80
readonly	If readonly is enabled and user clicks on the select element the alert pops ups saying 'Il campo non è modificabile'.	Undefined.

DivSelect Parameters

Parameter Name	Description	Default Value
rows	Number of lines to be displayed in the selection.	20
Detail_height	Height of the detail window.	600
Detail_width	Width of the detail window.	800
icon	Icon to use.	'find'
cols	Array representing widths of columns.	(280)
buttons	A list of additional buttons.	Empty list.
insert_parameters	A list that indicates which fields in a new record will be modified.	Empty list.
insert_copyfields	A list that indicates which fields in a new record will be only copied by the filter.	Empty list.
where	The where statement used in the query for the select options.	Empty string.
orderby	The order by statement used in the query for the select options.	Empty string.
query_param	Optional parameter to be added to the query for the select options.	Empty string.
from	A .mql filename to be queried for the select options.	Undefined.
empty_button	Description displayed in the 'select empty field' button.	Undefined.
insert_descr	Description of the 'new record' input button (undefined when the button is not displayed).	Undefined.
disp_template	Evaluation function to define the description (the parameters are available with P [n]). For example: q{P[0]+' '+P[1]}	Undefined.
cache_params	Not implemented.	Undefined.
Detail_from	If defined each record has additional button to call a separate form displaying the record's details; See also the description for the Detail_from parameter.	Undefined.

Related Methods

Examples

See the Adding Select Field example.
See also the Using DivSelect Field example.