opt group in dropdown

[dvanhussel]

Hi,

In plain HTML it is possible to have optgroups in a dropdown:

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<select>
  <optgroup>
    <option>Volvo</option>
    <option>Saab</option>
  </optgroup>
  <optgroup>
    <option>Mercedes</option>
    <option>Audi</option>
  </optgroup>
</select>

(apparently, labels are stripped out by the forum software, see: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_optgroup.asp for an example of optgroups )

Is it possible to add optgroups to ebase-dropdown form-fields? Of course it can be done with HTML and then read the selected value with Jquery, but I would like to use a 'regular' ebase field.

[LKirby]

Have you tried creating a field and assigning a static list to it in the field properties and setting the type as 'Drop Down' ?

[dvanhussel]

Have you tried creating a field and assigning a static list to it in the field properties and setting the type as 'Drop Down' ?

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I know how I can add values to a dropdown list. (In this case, I populate the list in JavaScript with createCustomList())

What I want, is also add some optiongroups to the list.

I can't find any documentation on that.

[Jon]

Sorry, there's no Ebase support for optgroup, you'd have to do it yourself.

[Dave]

Guess you could use a treeview widget too for the same sort of effect, e.g. http://forum.ebasetech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=359

Hopefully we're about to post an example of this...