Drop-Down Lists (Pickers)

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Editor windows often specify information using drop-down lists, also known as pickers. For example, the "Requestor" field in a work request editor is a drop-down list:

As shown above, a drop-down list ends with three symbols:

The left-most arrow displays a list of available values for the field. In the case of "Requestor" this will be a list of the people whom you've authorized to submit work requests.

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The "..." opens a window showing the complete table. For example, if you click the "..." for "Requestor", you get the Requestors table. Click an entry in the table, then click Select to fill in the original field.

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The right-most arrow of the drop-down list opens a menu that gives you a number of options. For example, if you click this arrow for the "Requestor" field, you'll see the following:

Browse lets you look at the existing Requestors table, just like the "..." button. Edit lets you edit the selected requestor record, while View lets you look at the record (but not change it). New Requestor lets you create a new requestor record; if you do this, the requestor will be filled into the original "Requestor" field once you save and close the new record. This makes it easy to create new records as needed if you don't already have an appropriate record. Refresh lets you update the drop-down list of Requestors to show any changes since you first opened the current window.

If you want to delete (clear) the value that's currently shown in this kind of field, right-click on the field itself and choose Clear. (With drop-down lists, the Clear option only shows up in non-mandatory fields; you can't clear the value of a mandatory drop-down list once it's been given a value, although you can give the field a different value.)