MY PEBKAC! User Input Dropdown - Add Multiple Items

guys, I tried this repeatedly, when I add comma separated values to add multiple items at once to the dropdown user input element, it seems to not take the data entry properly, it just accepts and shows whatever it wants, mostly only the first one to two choices and I actually did not get it to show me more than once choice anyway.

My data was entered like this with a comma and a space after each value: keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, keyword4

Hi again Omid,

Thanks for all your questions. It’s great that you are putting the system through its paces.

To add multiple items at once to a dropdown you need to add pairs of labels and values to the list. Each label/value pair should be separated by a comma, and be on its own line. So it would look like this:
label1,value1
label2,value2
label3,value3

If you click the Help icon in the Manage Drop Down List panel you can read up on this. That article also has a link to the article that explains labels and values.

-Jeff

Ah, I see what happened there! I read it, but I did not read it carefully enough apparently. I need to slow down and can’t, this project is late! :smiley:

But what if I need my drop-down list to include commas, for example:

$1,000,$1,000
$2,000,$2,000
$3,000,$3000

It sees the comma in the number as a delimiter. Is there some way to enter the comma so it’s viewable in the list without it being a delimiter?

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