Dropdown (Bootstrap)

Description

Toggleable, contextual menu for displaying lists of links.

When the control is created, selection is set to undefined.

Two onclick events happen when a Dropdown is clicked. When the control is initially clicked, an event is sent. When the user makes a selection, onclick is called again with the text of the selection.

Popovers and Tooltips are supported.

Properties and Methods

Standard properties are supported, plus:

addItem(item, type)	Adds an item to the end. type can be "checked" or "disabled" . Runtime.
appearance	Appearance of the alert. Can be success, info, warning, danger.
badge	Adds a Badge to the control. Design Time and Runtime.
clear	Clears all items. Runtime.
grouping	Is this control part of a group? Choices are No, Start Horizontal, Start Vertical, Middle and End.
groupStyle	The styling to apply to the entire group.
icon	An optional icon to appear at the top of the list. Design Time and Runtime.
items	Items to show, one per line. Prefix * for disabled, > for selected, ! for heading (not all controls support headings). Design Time.
length	Current number of items. Runtime.
selection	Get the value of the selection (after an item is selected). Runtime.

Events

Standard events are supported. For this control, the onclick event will be most useful.

Example (Basic)

Go through all the checkboxes and see which ones have been chosen.

Function Dropdown1_onclick(s)
  If typeof(s)="object" Then return
  MsgBox s & " " & Dropdown1.selection & Dropdown1.value
End Function

Example (JavaScript)

Go through all the checkboxes and see which ones have been chosen.

Checkbox1.onclick = function() {
    var choices = "Choices: ";
    for (i = 0; i <= Checkbox1.length - 1; i++) {
        if (Checkbox1.getValue(i)) {
            choices = choices + i + " ";
        }
    }
    NSB.MsgBox(choices);
};