Menu/List

Allows the user to select an item from a list of items.

The items can be displayed as a pop-up menu:

This will appear in the browser like this:

Alternatively the items can be displayed as a scrolling selection list, allowing the user to see several options, and optionally select more than one option at a time:

This will appear as follows:

The following parameters are provided:

Parameter What it means
Name The name of the parameter sent to the form script.
Size Set this to 1 for a pop-up menu, or greater than 1 for a scrolling list of items.
Multiple When checked allows multiple items to be selected.
Choice An optional label used to identify a choice in the menu or list.
Value The value returned to the form script if the user selects this choice. If no value is specified the name of the choice is returned.
Initially selected Identifies one or more values that should be initially selected by default.

To add a choice to a pop-up menu or list

The Edit Choice dialog box allows you to specify the choice, value, and indicate whether the choice should initially be selected:

To edit a choice

To delete a choice

To change the order of items in the list


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