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Rich Text Custom Dropdown Menu

  • April 16, 2019
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I am attempting to drive a custom drop down via a rich text field. I am seeking more dynamic functionality than what is offered by native quick base drop downs. Is this even plausible with a formula rich text field? I'm set to begin down the path of something like this:

var number Link = [Number1];

"<div class='dropdown'>" &
  "<button onclick='myFunction()' class='dropbtn>Dropdown'</button>" &
  "<div id='myDropdown' class='dropdown-content'>" &
    "<a href='#>" & $Link & "'</a>" &
  "</div>" &
"</div>"
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    • ChayceDuncan2
    • Quickbase Alumni
    • May 1, 2019
    Have you had any luck attempting this? There are certain tags the Quick Base will reject in its HTML enabled form and field elements - so if you've already tried you may already have your answer. 

    What in particular are you trying to do that the current dropdown can't do?

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    • AustinHayes
    • Author
    • Quickbase Alumni
    • May 1, 2019
    I have not looked into it further yet. One basic thought is to drive dropdown selection based on parent values. I know quick base offers a native feature similar to that for dropdowns but that will break any copy master detail functionality involving the parent and children.
    As for your issue, I did start to answer it, but never completed an answer.  I cannot help you with a javascript approach, but I certainly have felt your pain with needing to protect the super valuable Copy Master Detail  and avoiding the dreaded  red "looping relationship error".

    My solution in other apps was to implement what I can my quick select method.  I make a formula URL button which launches off the record and records the [Record ID#] in a User Focus table where the Key field is the user.  Then the user lands on a report to select which choice they want.  The report can be anything we like, so it can be filtered like the CDD would have been filtered.  The user clicks the choice  and is landed back on the record.  We do have to ensure that the record we are creating has been saved so that the User Focus record knows when record to edit.

    Let me know if you feel that approach can work for you and we can get on a GTM call and work though this.  
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