juggernautsei wrote on Thursday, April 07, 2011:
Hi,
I am building an HPI note. I have been running into an issue with making multiple selections from the DROP down list box. Is there a way to change the code that multiple items can be selected from the drop down list? This would make the on screeen form look a lot better then a bunch of check boxes and streamline filling out the form by the staff.
Any input would be great!
Thanks!
Sherwin
sunsetsystems wrote on Thursday, April 07, 2011:
The HTML drop list does not support multiple selections, you need a list at least 2 items high for that (though somewhere there is probably a fancy widget that someone has invented). A workaround might be to put checkbox items into groups so they can be hidden until needed. Otherwise a new data type will need to be designed and coded.
juggernautsei wrote on Thursday, April 07, 2011:
BTW, could you tell me where the below items are stored?
// array of the data_types of the fields
$datatypes = array(
“1” => xl(“List box”),
“2” => xl(“Textbox”),
“3” => xl(“Textarea”),
“4” => xl(“Text-date”),
“10” => xl(“Providers”),
“11” => xl(“Providers NPI”),
“12” => xl(“Pharmacies”),
“13” => xl(“Squads”),
“14” => xl(“Organizations”),
“15” => xl(“Billing codes”),
“21” => xl(“Checkbox list”),
“22” => xl(“Textbox list”),
“23” => xl(“Exam results”),
“24” => xl(“Patient allergies”),
“25” => xl(“Checkbox w/text”),
“26” => xl(“List box w/add”),
“27” => xl(“Radio buttons”),
);
That would get me going, thanks!
Sherwin
sunsetsystems wrote on Thursday, April 07, 2011:
Since you have that array, you probably already know it’s in interface/super/edit_layout.php. Most of your changes will need to be in library/options.inc.php. Have fun!