need some help .. $mform->addElement('select', ...);

need some help .. $mform->addElement('select', ...);

by vishnu narayanan -
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Hi I am new to moodle. I need some help regarding 'select' drop down. is there any attributes to make this drop drown box to fetch values on typing. I know by default it point to similar words if typed. what i want is to make the entire drop down box to displayed like a normal text box while typing, and display matching words dropping down below.

$select = $mform->addElement('select', 'profile_field_rslstate', 'State', $state);
$mform->addRule('profile_field_rslstate', get_string('required'), 'required', null, 'client');

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Re: need some help .. $mform->addElement('select', ...);

by Benjamin Ellis -
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Hi,

Try AutoComplete - https://docs.moodle.org/dev/lib/formslib.php_Form_Definition#autocomplete
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Re: need some help .. $mform->addElement('select', ...);

by vishnu narayanan -
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
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Re: need some help .. $mform->addElement('select', ...);

by Benjamin Ellis -
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No Problem, you welcome.

You said you are new to Moodle development so you should try and get more knowledge, which apart from the development pages here on moodle.org, there a couple of development books – see https://moodle.org/books including my book ‘Introduction to Moodle 3.9+ Plugin Development‘ (https://books2read.com/m39plugindevelopment) and a number of courses -Moodle Plugin Development Basics (https://moodle.com/news/learn-moodle-plugin-development/) (free), the MoodleBites for Developers Level 1 – expensive – (https://www.moodlebites.com/mod/page/view.php?id=24546) and a few short specific ones on Udemy (https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?src=ukw&q=moodle+development).

Have fun!
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