Select Items in Drop-down List Fields

A drop-down list field contains a list of options or values from which you can select. Drop-down list fields are usually indicated in the user interface with a down arrow icon on the right of the field.

Some drop-down list fields display a fixed list of options, or options based on a list that is customised in the List Editor.

Many drop-down list fields display objects that you create in MineMarket. For example, when you create a sales contract, you can select an organisation from the organisations that you have set up in the Solution Explorer.

You can enter text to filter the displayed items of the following lists throughout the MineMarket user interface:

• Products and brands
• Locations
• Organisations and companies
• Vessels
• The Object Type search criteria in the Audit Explorer
• The Person In Charge and Trader associated with Sales and Purchase Contracts

In some other drop-down list fields, you can enter text to scroll to that point in the list; for example, when selecting a city for an address.

Important: In any field where selecting an item or items filters a search or the applicability of an object, leaving the field blank (or selecting the (None) option) is the equivalent of 'All'.

Activity Steps

1. To select an item or items from a list:
   1. Click the arrow in the drop-down list field.
   2. Expand categories as required.
   3. Click the required item, or for multi-select lists, click the checkbox for the required items.
2. To filter items in a list:
   1. Position the mouse cursor in the drop-down list field.
   2. Enter text.

      Only items that contain the text display in the list.

   3. Select the item(s) as required.
3. To undo filtering in a list:
   1. Position the mouse cursor in the drop-down list field.
   2. Press Delete or Backspace.

      Note: For more keyboard shortcuts, see User Interface General Principles.