By mikolaskova on

Hello,

i'm using the webform module: in the select list description there is written, that I could use: "Option groups for lists and menus may be specified with . <> can be used to insert items at the root of the menu after specifying a group."

Can anyone link or write me a little expample? I don't understand the syntax of these Option groups and I tried many variants, but none of them works....

Thanks and regards

Adriana

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camkruse’s picture

camkruse commented

Same. I would like to know.

webkaz’s picture

webkaz commented

Me three. Thanks.

webkaz’s picture

webkaz commented

The example for using the <Group Name> is as follows. In my example I am wanting to separate and group the states that our users will be purchasing our cars from. The options above the Purchasing States group are a list of subjects that we will use to populate the email that gets sent. Heres what the entry in the Options: text box for this select component looks like for us.

Resume|Resume
International|International
Investor-Relations|Investor Relations
<Purchasing States>
california|California
another-state|Another State
etcetera| Etcetera

Not sure how <> can be used to put items at the root or why you would not just list that item first, right after you define the group.

Hope this helps.

launchabomb’s picture

launchabomb commented

I've tried to use this like the example above, as well as wrapping the options like this -

<Purchasing States>
california|California
another-state|Another State
etcetera| Etcetera
</Purchasing States>

and a few other ways, but I cannot get any groups to appear.

Anyone else get this to work?

Thanks!

EvanHanded’s picture

EvanHanded commented

I had similar issues then I realised the group options only work for Listboxes. Are you trying to use Listboxes?

With listboxes selected this should process fine:

<Purchasing States>
california|California
another-state|Another State
etcetera| Etcetera

"Purchasing States" will then appear at the root of the menu.

Hope that helps. Those instructions were so confusing.

goran_84’s picture

goran_84 commented

Great! It worked fine for me!!

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VishalKumarSahu’s picture

VishalKumarSahu commented

In drupal 8 there are only

Text
List (text)
Text (formatted)
Text (formatted, long)
Text (formatted, long, with summary)
Text (plain)
Text (plain, long)

Only there... Where can I get the ListBoxes? So that this approach works.

pieter_degraeuwe’s picture

pieter_degraeuwe commented

Couln't be that hard to implement this for the checkboxes as wel, no?

cfillion’s picture

cfillion commented

Yeah, I think so.

baddogg1231’s picture

baddogg1231 commented

I've done a bit of testing with this and have come to the conclusion that you must be using the "Select Options(listitems)" type for it to work. < group_name_here > will create a new group under which categories will fall, < group_name2 > will close the last group and open a new one, and <> will close the last group to start root level options. For example

<Software Issues>
laptop_software|Laptop
desktop_software|Desktop
<Hardware Issues>
laptop_hardware|Laptop
desktop_hardware|Desktop
<>
contact|General Questions
other|Unknown/Other