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TOPIC: Display value from dropdown in textfield

Display value from dropdown in textfield 5 years 2 weeks ago #40816

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Hello.
I have a dropdown with entries like this:

|Please choose:[c]
john.dorian@mywebsite.com|John Dorian
max.dorian@mywebsite.com|Max Dorian
...
...

In a textfield below this dropdown I want to automatically display the value (in this case the e-mail) of the selected dropdown entry.

How can i do this?

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Display value from dropdown in textfield 5 years 2 weeks ago #40829

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Hello,

Though not a copy paste solution, you can find a similar example on this topic here.
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Display value from dropdown in textfield 5 years 2 weeks ago #40834

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Hello dragos,

thank you.

I have already tried this before but since the example is based on a checkbox, this gets too comlicated for me :huh:
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Display value from dropdown in textfield 5 years 1 week ago #40837

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Hello,

Edit your dropdown > Attributes > Additional Attributes area > here you can add:
onchange="document.getElementById('exactTextboxNameHere').value=this.value;"
Replace exactTextboxNameHere with the exact name of your email textbox, case sensitive.
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Display value from dropdown in textfield 5 years 1 week ago #40838

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Hello adrianp,

great - this works! Thank you!

One more question:

If I place 2 values in my dropdown (phone numer - email - text), will it be possible to copy / display the phone number and email separately in 2 textboxes with the code you suggested - maybe with a little customization?

Experimental dropdown example:

|Please choose:[c]
+44789678567|john.dorian@mywebsite.com|John Dorian
+44234345657|max.dorian@mywebsite.com|Max Dorian
...
...
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Display value from dropdown in textfield 5 years 1 week ago #40840

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Hello,

Using two "|" pipelines on the same line won't work nor would it help. This is used to split a "value" into a "value|label" syntax - there's no third section for this as a dropdown option can only have a value and a label.

You can however take similar steps:

- the pipeline symbol will no longer help and you can remove it along with the script from the dropdown's Additional Attributes area. Basically your dropdown Items can look like this:

|Please choose:[c]
John Dorian
Max Dorian

- while editing the form > Form Properties > CSS and JavaScript > JavaScript > here add (replace field naming accordingly):
<script type="text/javascript">
function fillDetails(name){
	emailField = "myEmailFieldNameHere";
	phoneField = "myPhoneFieldNameHere";
 
	if(name == "John Dorian"){
		document.getElementById(emailField).value = "john.dorian@mywebsite.com";
		document.getElementById(phoneField).value = "+44789678567";
	}
 
	if(name == "Max Dorian"){
		document.getElementById(emailField).value = "max.dorian@mywebsite.com";
		document.getElementById(phoneField).value = "+44234345657";
	}
}
</script>

- edit your dropdown once more and place the following Additional Attribute:
onchange="fillDetails(this.value);"


PS: This is only an example, if you have too many dropdown items, the script can be normally optimized with arrays and loops.
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