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Hey there i have a field with up to 50-80 options to select from. I need a toolset field where the user can select multiple options.
Maybe you can imagine that a multi checkbox field is not an eye candy with those big number of options.
So i need a multiselect dropdownfield.
I used select2 to to get this working with a toolset select field. And it works great on frontend.
But in the backend of course the selectfield is not a multiselect field.
So how can i set this up?
To wrap it up:
i need a multiselect dropdown field in frontend and backend because of a big number of options.
How can i achieve this with toolset?
thanks
Hello, unfortunately there is no multiselect custom field type in Toolset, so implementing something like this would require extensive custom programming to manipulate some other field type that allows multiple selections, like a checkboxes group. You would have to use PHP to enqueue your own custom JavaScript and CSS in the post editor pages where the checkboxes group field(s) appear(s), and implement something like select2.js in those fields to transform the checkboxes into some type of multiselect dropdown display.
Other more straightforward options that don't require extensive programming:
- Use a taxonomy instead of a custom field. Taxonomies are more easily managed than custom fields in wp-admin using a "typeahead" interface in conjunction with checkboxes. Taxonomy-based post queries are faster than custom field-based post queries because of how the WordPress database is architected, too, so you'll have better performance in filtered Views.
- Use a post reference field instead, where each option exists as a post in some custom post type. Post reference fields use a typeahead feature too, making it easier to manage these references.
- Use a M2M post relationship instead, where each option exists as a post in some custom post type. When searching for related posts, you can use the typeahead feature.
My issue is resolved now. Thank you!
