Button to show a drop down menu

[ollyrouse]

Hi guys,

 

I was hoping I might get some assistance for a feature I want to include on one of my layouts.

 

I have a drop down menu which triggers many different scripts when the users elects one of the options. This has always worked well, but on a new layout I'm creating I don't have the real estate I need to add the entire field when this is in list view.

 

What I'd like to do is have a button which will display the drop down menu when it is pressed. My best guess would be to put the actual field behind other layout items, and then use the button to trigger the arrow on the drop down list to display the options.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Kind regards

 

Olly

[Fitch]

Welcome to the forums, Olly.

 

The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work is a button with a script step: Go to field(your drop down). Which is kind of what you already said. Did you already try it?

[bruceR]

Actually Tom - did you try it? Go to field doesn't work on the Mac on drop down menus.

[ollyrouse]

Thanks guys. I actually got the functionality required on mac and FM Go by simply making the drop down list have rounded corners, boarders etc and then adding graphics on top on it. When a user presses the 'button' that looks the same as my other buttons on the solution the drop down appears. When the selection is made it triggers to a different layout and/or function of the chosen list item. Really simple and has worked perfectly.

[Fitch]

Bruce, it does work -- but not if you've chosen the "include arrow" option. So yeah, I'd still have to stack two fields. Glad to hear you worked it out, Olly.

[bruceR]

No, it doesn't.

 

There is no such option for a drop down MENU.

 

The option exists for a drop down LIST.

 

Although to be even more exact, there is no drop down menu control.

 

There are drop-down lists; and pop-up menus.

[Fitch]

I should have specified that I was referring to a drop-down list.