Check box with Scroll Bar

[DigitalDreamer]

Is there anyway to have a checkbox with a scroll bar so that the user can scroll down the list of say 20 or 30 chooses. I need to put 20 to 30 chooses in a checkbox format but i wanna save room by having a scroll bar to navigate through the chooses. Thanks for any help you can give me.

[SteveB]

The only way to do what you want is to put the choices in a separate file as data records and display them thru a portal. The checkbox is a field on each of these records. Make a realtionship between your main file and this file.

Steve

[DigitalDreamer]

I will give this a try. Appriciate the help.

[BobWeaver]

Suggestion:

Since you can select multiple items from a pop-up menu by holding down the shift key, why not use a pop-up menu, and overlay it with a calculated version of same field formatted as a regular text field (with scroll bars) for display purposes. Of course, you will have to 'splain it to your users.

[Leb i Sol]

"overlay it with a calculated version of same field formatted as a regular text field"

Pop-up menu can have a scroll bar!?

[BobWeaver]

There is a difference how pop-up menus behave between Mac and Windows. In Windows, pop-up menus do have a scroll bar if there are more than just a few items.

Thinking about this a bit more, I see that my suggestion won't work very well without a bunch of messing around with the overlaid fields and some scripting. The portal method is probably best.