Link from a value in an Enum List?

JamesWB · 03-29-2022 07:07 AM

I have an Enum List where its values are populated by a Select expression.

I would like to be able to have the user click on one of the values and produce either a popup, or else a view they can come back from without having to Save in the form.

Is this possible please?

thanks

James

Marc_Dillon

Not possible.

JamesWB

Thanks for the reply Marc. I'm setting up a new View for the data. Seems a shame, is there really nothing I can do? Is there a way to run a web page inside the app? I'm wondering if I can have the enum list values as hyperlinks.

Marc_Dillon

Maybe if you described what issue you're trying to solve, an alternative could be suggested.

There is no way to run a web page inside the app.

You can certainly use URL as the base type for an Enum.

JamesWB

Oh right, thanks, I'll take a look at how a URL might work there.

The context is that I have a 3-way selection going on in a form, eg, select list for Q1, leads to a select list for Q2 and then based on the options in Q1, an enum list of possible values. The total number of those values for Q3 is rather large and it's hard for a user to easily remember what they all mean from the short text. I guess I could load a long text for each one, but it would make it rather lengthy and I thought maybe I could have the user roll over each one to see a longer description. The longer description is about 50 words compared to 2-3 words in the short one that currently displays.

James

Marc_Dillon

You can try to use a Ref with the long description as the Label.

https://help.appsheet.com/en/articles/961426-references-between-tables

https://help.appsheet.com/en/articles/961466-row-labels

JamesWB

OK, thanks for the tip, I'll try that as well.