Specify default option in showSelectDialog?

Classic Servoy
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Is it possible to specify a default option (which option is selected) in the showSelectDialog method of the dialogs plugin? I have a long list of things, and I would like to default to the one the user selected the last time the dialog was displayed.

If this functionality doesn’t exist, could I convince you to add it? :slight_smile:

2

The progress plugin (sorry about the name but it comes from a different direction) has alternative dialogs to those of Servoy Servoy Components – Plugins, Beans, Web Components, Angular Services & Servoy Developer Consulting.

I can quite easily add an opion to the select dialog in the end that is the default value.

Please let me know…

3

Code to put the last selection as the default followed by a line and then the original list:

var defaultList = new Array("Value 1", "Value 2", "Value 3")

if (globals.selected) {
	defaultList.unshift(globals.selected, "-")
}

//show select,returns nothing when canceled 
var selectedValue = plugins.dialogs.showSelectDialog('Select','please select a name', defaultList);

globals.selected = selectedValue

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4

david:
Code to put the last selection as the default followed by a line and then the original list:

Hi David,
I know it was years ago you posted this, but needed solution today, found this, works great, THANKS! :D

Rafi

5

Very cool :)

6

It seems that showSelectDialog no longer shows the first option from the list as default option with NG in my case…
It’s just a blank, but clicking it still shows the list of options. Could this be due to NG or is it an option somewhere?