Making the pickers is completely simple in Freeway. But what you’ve
described would also require a server-side component (or a client-side
JavaScript component) to read the form inputs and derive some logical
meaning from them. I have seen further refinements to the basic
pattern you describe, where the choice in one picker affects the
options available in the next, and so on. That’s referred to as
“chained” pickers if you’re googling…
If you start with the basic pickers, just draw or insert a Meny/List
element where you like, and use the third tab from the left in the
Inspector to set the options. Be sure to put unique values in the
Value field in the Inspector (no two options should be equal to the
same value), and organize your Choice fields (the visible labels)
alphabetically so the users feel loved. There are up/down arrow tools
to help you sort the options.
Once you’ve built the basic page with the option pickers, then draw an
HTML box next to the pickers, and write out what the various
combinations of options should do. Be as clear and stepwise as you
can. Publish the page, and post a link to it here. Someone should be
able to help you, or point you in the right direction to help you
figure it out.
Walter
On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Heinrich wrote:
Hi before I start with a menu/list, what I need to do is create a
drop down list similar to this:
List 1
Choices are:
Accessories
Body Parts
Brokers
and about 20 more
List 2
Then from that choice they can choose a province / county
North West
Cape
Free State
etc…
List 3
then cities
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
etc…
And then from that choice it’ll link to a page with the relevant info
I’ve read through the manual, but seems a bit tricky
Some variation on whatever you put in the Choice (label) field. Just
be sure to be consistent, because you’ll be using that value as a
program statement later on. I would stick to letters and numbers, no
spaces, and minimal punctuation (hyphens and underscores), so you
could put st_petersburg for the Value next to St. Petersburg for the
Choice. It doesn’t absolutely have to be this way, but I’m setting you
up for ease of programming later.
Walter
On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Heinrich wrote:
Ok thank you, I’ll do just that
What should i put in the value fields?