Can shortcut based combobox have 3 columns seperatedby space

swiftinitpvtltd

I have a combobox in editable grid which right now can only show one column value via shortcut. Can I have 3 column values shown in a dropdown? May be I need to create some calculated column to join 3 and display if thats not possible.
Dropdown1
Date1 productid1 type1
Date2 productid2 type2

Just like grid but in a dropdown so for user to decide which product to pick based on date. As grid has inline editing I need it as a dropdown. I know how to get this in edit form as a grid so thats not an option.

customaware

You can define which columns you want displayed in the Combo... see Display Columns property.

I have also used the method of building another string attribute in the BO Rules to display differently to what just the data has.

Jhstephenson

Mark, when you display multiple columns in a Drop Box it runs them together based on the length of the data in the attribute not the size of the attribute.

How do you tell it to separate them based on size instead of just 1 space between each?

customaware

Combos dont currently respect the px or % spacing of multiple columns as far as I know.

Two methods I have used to get around it.

Have a look at this demo.

The String method is best as the string is preserved and is visible in the Combo when closed.
Using the Constuct method, that is not the case.

MultiColumnComboDemo.bsv.zip

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Jhstephenson

Thanks Mark.

You still get a wavy look to the data because of attribute length differences.

But it does at least have the labels so you can tell what is what.

Jim

aware_support

You can also create a custom layout for your combobox and display any values you want using HTML