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How to display different form fields based on selection of dropdown ?

kalpesh_c2 — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:14:38 GMT

Hi Community Members,I am developing one Aikau page. I want to display document filtered by two properties in tabular format. For that, I have defined one content type having two properties.In my scenario, a second dropdown list is to be populated based on selection of first drop-down value. So, if

Re: How to display different form fields based on selection of dropdown ?

angelborroy — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 22:27:15 GMT

Are you using Aikau forms? Maybe this sample can help you Aikau Sandpit

Re: How to display different form fields based on selection of dropdown ?

kalpesh_c2 — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:58:38 GMT

Hi Angel,

Thanks for sharing this link! Much helpful. Yes, I am going to use Aikau form. I will give this a shot and update you back.

Thanks,

Kalpesh

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Re: How to display different form fields based on selection of dropdown ?

ddraper — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:42:18 GMT

Yes, basically as Angel Borroy‌ is saying you can use the forms configuration to control which fields are displayed based on the changing value of other fields. The form controls page on the Sandpit has some examples of this. The Aikau tutorial also has a chapter that covers this.

All form controls extend BaseFormControl which provides common configuration properties for dynamic visibility, enablement and requirement behaviours. What you're probably looking for is autoSetConfig, or possibly to make use of the form dependant options (using the "ALF_GET_FORM_VALUE_DEPENDENT_OPTIONS" topic).

There's a good example of this in the CloudSyncService (check out the widgetsForSyncDialog configuration) where the site drop-down is updated based on the changing value of the network dialog. If you want to see this in action then you can get the unit test application running and try it out there.

Let me know if you need any assistance getting your form configuration working.