Okay I gave it a shot, and I've got a dropdown, and the values that appear 
look right, but when I select and item it doesn't update the field in said 
tiddler.

On Monday, 24 October 2016 14:54:56 UTC-4, Mark S. wrote:
>
> Try something like:
>
> \define myfilt() <option value="""[field[$(currentTiddler)$]]"""><$view 
> field='title' /></option>
> <$select tiddler="SERP - Database Analyst - Net Tech - MIS - Help Desk" " 
> field='dassection' default="-">
> <option>-</option>
>    <$list filter='[tag[section]]'>
>       <<myfilt>>
>    </$list>
> </$select>
>
> Note the "-" hyphen used as the default. This forces the user to make a 
> selection. If the user doesn't change the settings of the drop-down, 
> nothing happens. Obviously, you would want to change the filter that I made 
> up.
>
> Good luck,
> Mark
>
> On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 11:28:20 AM UTC-7, leeand00 wrote:
>>
>> I have a dropdown...
>>
>> <$select field='dassection'>
>>    <$list filter='[tag[section]]'>
>>       <option><$view field='title' /></option>
>>    </$list>
>> </$select>
>>
>> It currently populates the option labels, but not the values...
>>
>> I'd like the values to be populated with the title field, I thought 
>> {{!!title}} would work but it didn't.
>>
>> I'd also like the <$select> to trigger a macro that will set a field with 
>> the value of the selected option when it is selected in the <$select>...
>>
>> So far I have this:
>>
>> \define updateSERPField()
>>   <$action-setfield $tiddler="SERP - Database Analyst - Net Tech - MIS - 
>> Help Desk" $field="dassectionfilter" $value="">
>> \end
>>
>> and I imagine that if I fill in the actions attribute of my <$select> 
>> with <<updateSERPField>> it will make the call, but I don't really know how 
>> to connect the two...
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>>
>>

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