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avatar dkanchev
dkanchev
17 Oct 2014

Steps to reproduce the issue

Let's say that I am a developer and I have a module which offers the users to select certain options from a list. Now suppose that this list has the multiple option enabled in the manifest XML file. In this case the list is not displayed as a drop-down menu and this is a UI issue in my opinion. The module field is list and has the multiple option enabled:

http://docs.joomla.org/Standard_form_field_types

http://docs.joomla.org/List_form_field_type

The user has to click inside the field in order to see the options in the drop-down and by default the field does not look like a drop-down.

If you don't have such a module to test with you can use the following one:

https://github.com/pfire/jgeoipfilter

Check the screenshot for more info.

Expected result

I expect a list with the multiple option enabled to be displayed as a drop-down menu.

Actual result

Right now the list is displayed as a regular text field which is kind of confusing.

System information (as much as possible)

CentOS 6
PHP 5.5
MySQL 5.5

More info will be provided in needed.

Additional comments

None

avatar dkanchev dkanchev - open - 17 Oct 2014
avatar dkanchev
dkanchev - comment - 17 Oct 2014

Here is a screenshot.

screen shot 2014-10-17 at 06 01 22

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avatar dimitargsg
dimitargsg - comment - 17 Oct 2014

I recreated this on my end as well:

http://awesomescreenshot.com/09b3og5e20

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avatar brianteeman brianteeman - change - 17 Oct 2014
Status New Confirmed
avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 17 Oct 2014

Setting to confirmed - thanks

avatar Bakual
Bakual - comment - 17 Oct 2014

That is actually done by the chosen JavaScript we use and apply generically on every select.
It's raised multiple times in different contexts that we can't disable or change that behavior easy.

One way to deal with this would be my PR #3721. There may be other ways. For now, there is still no easy solution to this.

avatar dimitargsg
dimitargsg - comment - 17 Oct 2014

@Bakual - Yes - your fix worked for me:

http://awesomescreenshot.com/0183ogrg43

avatar Bakual
Bakual - comment - 17 Oct 2014

Yes - your fix worked for me:

My PR only deals with the menu item form. And does some generic stuff in the fields. So it shouldn't change anything for modules like described in this issue.
However the same thing could be applied here and it would solve the issue. But it would also remove the "chosen" styling from the field, making it look different from the other dropdowns.

avatar brianteeman brianteeman - change - 3 Jan 2015
Labels Added: ?
avatar brianteeman brianteeman - change - 10 Mar 2016
Category Administration Modules UI/UX Administration Fields Modules UI/UX
avatar brianteeman brianteeman - change - 8 May 2016
Status Confirmed Closed
Closed_Date 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2016-05-08 10:21:26
Closed_By brianteeman
avatar brianteeman brianteeman - close - 8 May 2016

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