Dropdowns

Overview

Dropdowns provide the end user with a list of text options, for example different text messages for a brand. They can select one item from the list.

A Dropdown Question may be associated with a text element.

Creating a new Dropdown Question

To create a new Dropdown Question:

1. In the top-left corner, select +.

2. In the Questions section, select Dropdown: The new question is displayed in the Questions pane. The question properties are displayed in the Properties pane.

3. Use the Properties pane on the right-hand side of the page to set the Dropdown properties.

Dropdown properties

Adding Items to a Dropdown

To add and configure an entry in the dropdown question:

1. In the Items section, select +.

2. An ID is generated automatically for the item, but you can change it by editing the ID property:

3. In the Value property, type the first text item that you want to appear in the Dropdown list. The Value property can be tested in the logic and is also the value that is applied to an element.

4. In the Display property, type the text you want to display in the actual dropdown. This allows the displayed text to be different from the underlying value. For example, you can set an item's display text to "Please select" and set the value to a space character or a default value.

5. Select + to add another item:

6. Use the drag handles to change the Item order:

7. Select the drop-down arrow on the Question to see how the Items will appear to the end user:

Using a Dropdown Question to populate an element on the Canvas

To set up a Dropdown Question:

1. Create a Text Element and position it on the canvas. See Section 4.2 for details.

2. Select the Dropdown Question:

3. Use the Quick Logic control on the Properties pane to associate the Question to the text Element.

4. Select the Quick Logic drop-down and select the text element:

   When the end user selects an entry in the dropdown, the value of the selected item is displayed in the text element on the canvas.

Using a Dropdown Question to filter the attribute of an Asset Picker

Note: This feature currently only works for Asset Types which have a List attribute.

To use a Dropdown Question to filter the attribute of an Asset Picker:

1. Create an Asset Picker. For more information, see section 5.7.2.

2. Create a Dropdown Question. For more information, see section 5.5.2.

3. Add and configure one or more entries in the Dropdown Question. For more information, see Section 5.5.4.

4. Select the Asset Picker, and select the Rules tab.

5. Under Dynamic filters, in Question, select the Dropdown Question you created.

6. Select an attribute.

Note: This feature currently only works for Asset Types which have a List attribute.

7. Select the Quick Logic tab.

8. Select the elements for the Asset Picker to populate. For more information, see Section 8.2.