Tutorial App: AJAX Selectbox is a form field demonstration and developer tutorial application that illustrates dynamic option fetching, live text filtering, and datalist-driven select box population on Joget v6 and Joget DX 7.

Application developers, form designers, and workflow architects struggle to configure responsive multi-select drop-down menus when managing large data registries across standard static select fields. Static drop-down components force users to scroll through long, unindexed options, causing selection errors and slow form interaction on mobile screens. Software creators lack reference integration templates demonstrating how to execute AJAX queries inside Joget Form Builder elements without writing custom client-side JavaScript.

Key Features

• Fetches select box option choices dynamically from underlying datalists as users key in search terms using asynchronous background requests.

• Bundles the pre-packaged ajax_selectbox-7.0.2.jar Form Field Element plugin ready for immediate Form Builder deployment or Plugin Manager import.

• Supports multi-selection tag chips, allowing form submitters to pick, view, and remove multiple category selections within a single input element.

• Manages master option categories through dedicated setup forms detailing category names and record entries.

• Renders searchable demonstration datalists to display submitted AJAX select box choices alongside requester names.

• Provides responsive mobile web views to evaluate live AJAX search filtering on smartphones and tablet devices.

• Exports master category listings and submission logs into CSV, Excel, XML, and PDF formats.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Tutorial App: AJAX Selectbox populate option choices dynamically?

Tutorial App: AJAX Selectbox utilizes the AJAX Select Box Plugin (ajax_selectbox-7.0.2.jar) to query target datalists in real time as users type search characters into the field, returning matching option tags asynchronously.

What should developers do if the AJAX Selectbox element is missing from the Form Designer?

Form designers can download the AJAX Selectbox plugin directly from the Joget Marketplace and upload the file using the Joget Plugin Manager.

Which Joget platform versions support Tutorial App: AJAX Selectbox?

Tutorial App: AJAX Selectbox runs on Joget v6 and Joget DX 7 platforms across Enterprise and Professional editions.

What's New

• 02-Apr-2020 Updated with a bug fix on record retrieval.
• 30-Jun-2021 Updated with minor fix on datalist filtering.
• 07-Dec-2021: Fixed to cater for security changes in Joget DX v7.0.25.