Multiple selections from CFSELECT

[profwannabe]

I am trying to enable multiple selections using the following:

<cfselect name=&quot;Methodology&quot; query=&quot;getMethodologyCodes&quot; value=&quot;CodeValue&quot; display=&quot;CodeValue&quot; multiple>
<option value=&quot;--none--&quot; selected>--none--</option>
</cfselect>

The Tag Editor does not set multiple to anything, but merely inserts "multiple" into the tag; I have tried multiple="Yes".

I don't get any errors in either case, but I have tried a variety of key+click combinations (i.e. ctrl+LeftClick, shift+LeftClick, alt+LeftClick, ctrl+shift+LeftClick...), but the dropbox merely closes after a single selection. I am sure this is an easy one, but I cannot figure it out...

 

[CFHub]

http://cfhub.com/discussion/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=5&Topic=223

Using a plain HTML SELECT multiple tag you can even pre select a couple....

 

[GunJack]

I copied your <cfselect> statement, removed the query attribute, added a few hard coded <option>s, and it worked the way I would expect. The select box had 4 entries viewable and shift-left click would select multiple entries. As far as the syntax goes, the word &quot;multiple&quot; without a value specifies that multiple entries are selectable. Adding a &quot;size&quot; attribute will allow you to customize how many entries are viewable as in <select ... multiple size=&quot;3&quot;> would allow multiple entries and 3 would be shown with the others scrollable. You can also add the &quot;size=3&quot; attribute to the <cfselect> tag.

I would recommend though as cfhub does that you stick with regular html selects.

Hope this helps,
GJ

 

[iza]

just a detail, but this would have been more appropriate to post this question in the html forum - as it's a pure html problem !!

 

[profwannabe]

Got it working, but am still not sure why...

Thanks again.