Hello! I like using the Dropdown Menu w/ "multiple" command wherein I select multiple boxes of comments.
When the snippet goes into my document, it separates each comment with a comma.
Is there a way to keep each of those selected items listed on a separate line?
Thank you!
Hey Sarah,
Welcome to the community!
When you have a form menu that allows for multiple selection, re-using the formmenu's variable will display the selected options as a list, [formatted,like,this]. You'll see it show up like this:
The first use of my formmenu is formatted naturally: {formmenu: multiple=yes; default=first entry; default=second entry; default=third entry; fourth entry; fifth entry; name=example}
I gave that formmenu a name of "example". Re-using the example variable will display the selected values as a list: {=example}
To have the list be parsed more naturally, you'll need to use the join command. Here's an article that explains exactly how in detail. I've also provided some examples below:
The first use of my formmenu is formatted naturally: {formmenu: multiple=yes; default=first entry; default=second entry; default=third entry; fourth entry; fifth entry; name=example}
Using join to separate the values by commas, but remove the brackets: {=join(example,", ")}
Using the special "BLAZE_AND" join formatting: {=join(example,"BLAZE_AND")}
Using the special "BLAZE_OR" join formatting: {=join(example, "BLAZE_OR")}
Separating by a new line break:
{=join(example,"\n")}
Andrew,
Thank you so much for this! I appreciate your response!
Have a great day!