On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Robert Hamon wrote:

>  
> Thanks for such a quick reply!
> A text field is unfortunetly not an option.
> We could possibly divide it by logical group using 3 or 4 drop down list,
> but we cant have more then one drop down list associated with the same
> field.
> It would really make our lives easier to have the limit removed for our
> installation.

do you have a cvs checkout that you ant compiled or do you have the tar.gz 
distribution from the website? If its the former I can just tell you which 
file to edit and you recompile.

cheers
Damian


> 
> Robert
>  
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Damian Smedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Envoyé : 2 avril 2007 09:43
> À : Robert Hamon
> Cc : [email protected]
> Objet : Re: [mart-dev] MartEditor "Make Drop down" limited to ~250 entries
> 
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Robert Hamon wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I'm trying to build a new biomart filter with a drop down menu that 
> > has just over 500 entries but it won't show more then about 200-250 in 
> > the editor or the biomart page.
> 
> yes - there is a hardcoded limit as we were running into usability options
> with massive chromosome menu drop downs for some species. The best thing we
> always found was to change these filters to be simple textfield ones. 
> Would this be an option for you? Otherwise I can try and help you up the
> hardcoded limit to get all your 500 odd entries
> 
> best wishes
> Damian
> 
> 
> > 
> > Is there a hardcoded limit for drop down menus?
> > 
> > Thanks
> >     
> >     Robert.
> > 
> 

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