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The groupedlist form field type provides a drop down list or a list box of custom-defined entries which has the ability to show grouped data. If the field has a saved value this is selected when the page is first loaded. If not, the default value (if any) is selected.
The XML <field>
element must include one or more <option>
elements which define the list items. The text between the <option>
and </option>
tags is what will be shown in the drop down list and is a translatable string. The <option>
tag takes the following argument:
Tip: Don't forget to close the field definition with </field>
.
To group the data simply put a <group>
before the <option>
elements you want to group and a </group>
after them. The <group>
tag takes the following argument:
Example XML field definition:
<field name="mylistvalue" type="groupedlist" default="" label="Select an option" description=""> <group label="Group 1"> <option value="0">Option 1</option> <option value="1">Option 2</option> </group> <group label="Group 2"> <option value="3">Option 3</option> <option value="4">Option 4</option> </group> <option value="5">Option 5</option> <option value="6">Option 6</option> </field>