How to create a cascaded list |
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Suppose you want to load the items in a list based on another list. Cascaded list is the solution. Cascaded list is very useful if your form involves complex selections.
For example, a 'City' list that loads based on a 'State' list  Cities in arizona  The cities reloaded
Creating a cascaded list.
First create the parent list (The 'State' list in this example)  Parent list Enable "Load from database" option.
Add the items. List of U.S. states in this case :  Add items in the list
Create the 'child' list - a dropdown list of the cities in our example.
 Create the child list
Choose the 'Load from database' option and the 'Cascaded list' option. Then choose the parent list.
Now we will add the list items.  List items follow a format
Enter the child list items in this format Parent_item1> { child item 1 child item 2 child item 3 } Parent_item2> { child item 1 child item 2 child item 3 child item 4 }
and so on
For the State->City example:
Arizona> { Phoenix Tucson Mesa Chandler Glendale } California> { Los Angeles San Diego San Jose }
Now proceed with uploading your form.
 Edit cascaded list online
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Cascaded list requires database support. The lists are saved in to the database and are loaded dynamically. So, in the "Take the code" step, it will ask for a MySQL database login even if you have not selected any other database option.
