setOptions

Description

Allows users to set a value to a component.

Input / Parameter

Name	Description	Input Type	Default	Options	Required
component	The name of the component.	String/Text	-	-	Yes
data	The id of the component.	Array/List	-	-	Yes
valueField	The name of the attribute from the list of options (from data parameter) to be as the value of the dropdown options.	String/Text	-	-	Yes
displayField	The name of the attribute from the list of options (from data parameter) to be as the display of the dropdown options.	String/Text	-	-	Yes

Output

Description	Output Type
Returns the formatted information.	Object

Note: The component will be updated to show the value that has been set to it.

Object

Key	Description	Output Type
success	Boolean value to denote whether the function was executed successfully.	Text
message	The message to print.	Text
data	Any additional message or data to print.	Text

Example

In this example, we have a button (in blue) that when clicked will populate the dropdown of the component.

Steps

1. First, we drag a button and a dropdown input onto the Editor.

   
2. Select the button and under the 'Actions' tab, drag the Component.setOptions into the flow for the button.

   
3. Under the inspector for this function, select the component whose dropdown you would be populating, which in this example is Dropdown411, and then fill in valueField and displayField

   
4. Add the function Conversion.toList in the 'data' parameter using the 'function' parameter type.

   
5. Then add Conversion.toObject inside each parameter of the Conversion.toList function. The object must follow valueField and displayField that has been set

   

Result

1. Save and preview your app.

2. Now when you click the button, it will set the dropdown of Dropdown411.

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Related Information

See also:

• Components

  • Dropdown