mapping text to values in ui dropdown

[orbital 15]

I want to display a list of categories a user can choose like:

 

appliances

all categories

mobile phones

clothing

etc...

 

but the values i need assigned to the variable are different than the what I want displayed in the ui dropdown

 

so the values would be

 

appliances

aps

mobile-phones

clothes

 

how do i display the full category name to the user and still assign the correct value to the variable name to be used later?

[k1lv9h 76]

Hi,

 

Sample code:

if($comparison(#uivalue, "=", "appliances")) {
then {
 set(#runcategory, "appliances", "Global")
}
else if($comparison(#uivalue, "=", "all categories")) {
 then {
	 set(#runcategory, "aps", "Global")
 }
}
else if($comparison(#uivalue, "=", "mobile phones")) {
 then {
	 set(#runcategory, "mobile-phones", "Global")
 }
}
else {
}
}

 

Kevin

[TheMentalist 4]

When you created your drop down... wouldn't you just do....

 

<select name="#uichoice" fillwith="value">
<option value="appliances">appliances</option>
<option value="aps">all categories</option>
<option value="mobile-phones">mobile phones</option>
</select>

[wiremarket 1]

 

When you created your drop down... wouldn't you just do....

 

<select name="#uichoice" fillwith="value">
<option value="appliances">appliances</option>
<option value="aps">all categories</option>
<option value="mobile-phones">mobile phones</option>
</select>

 

That certainly seems to make a lot more sense. Is the Dev license required in order to do that?

[J Bot 5]

yes, what he wrote would need to be used in a ui html panel.  

[steelersfan 38]

Posting to bookmark this, the solution is quite helpful to me! I have been wondering how to achieve this for a long time now!