Filter section editor by dropdown field label

Hi pgplast,

When using a match search on a list field, it should by default create a dropdown where the user can select based on the label when filtering the list view. In this case, I would expect it to use the "title" field from symposia. Is this not what is happening? Or have I misunderstood and there is something else you're trying to do?

Thanks,

Hi Daniel. I have not explained my question well enough.

I am aware that the menu shows the labels in the drop down. However, the filtering process is accomplshed on "match" and based upon the index num of the record.

My client wants to know if we can arrange for her to skip the scroll through a long list of such labels by creating another text field in which she can search by the text of the labels.

So, if there were a list that had index / values such as

1 | Functional endoscopic Sinus Surgery

2 | Transoral Microsurgery

3 | Laparoscopic Colectomy

she wants to have a separate searh field that allows her to put in a query with the text(label) of each option and still accomplish the filtering

e.g. if she put in "colectomy" she would get index 3.

Hi pgplast,

Thanks for the additional detail - I understand now! Unfortunately, I don't think this is possible with the current section search functionality. I think this would be a good feature for us to add at some point, but currently, a custom plugin appears to be necessary. The simplest way I can think of is to have a plugin save the label text to a hidden field any time the record is updated, and set up the filter to search that hidden field instead. It duplicates some data, but would be pretty quick to create.

Let me know if you have any questions! Or if you'd like our help in setting this up, feel free to send us an estimate request: https://www.interactivetools.com/estimate/

Thanks,