Attributes Common to All Multi-Select Elements

type

Text

Field identifier.

UID

Character string

Unique identifier.

label

Text

Words that display above the element in the Edit tab.

readonly

true, false

When true, element is visible, but grayed out and unable to be modified without permission to modify read-only elements.

hidden

true, false

When true, hidden from groups without permission to view hidden elements.

required

true, false

When true, the page cannot be checked in without a value in the element.

true, false

default

selected value

Presets the element with a specific value on page creation. Set more than one choice with a pipe-delimited list. The value(s) can be overwritten in the Edit tab.

PageSize

number

Sets the number of choices listed per page in the choice selection dialog.

MaxChoices

number

Sets the number of options that can be selected from the given choices. If a user attempts to select more than the allowable value, a message pops up reading: "This field only allows up to [MaxChoices] choices".

Character string

Content Unit ID.

Hard-Coded

Values

Choice1|Choice2|Choice3|Choice4|Choice5

Specifies the list of options from which a user can select choices. The list must be pipe-delimited.

DBQuery

DSN

DSN

Define the data source name (DSN) used to access the specified database.

SQL

select Column1 from data

Define a select statement returning one or more columns from a database.

CMS node set

Query_PageType

Schema Name

Determines the type of page or component to be included in the result set.

Query_LocationRoot

xID

Determines the location in the Site tree from which items should be retrieved.

Query_SelectedFields

@Name|@ID

Determines which fields in the items should be returned as the selector's result set value. Use a pipe character to add multiple attributes.

AdditionalFilter_XPathQuery

XPath query

Allows the element to filter results based on an XPath query.

External Scripting