Combobox saving as empty even when it shows values are selected. Coming from a select list.

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Posted on by FacundoGorla

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Kind of weird tittle.

The thing is: I have a combobox that get his choices from a sharepoint list. It have a LOT of options so I don't like to have it as a combobox, instead I would like to have it as a big list.

What I did was: put the visible field off of this combobox and then in Defaultselecteditems I put the list.selecteditems from the list that get his data from the same place that the combobox so the items are exactly the same.

The combobox shows the values as selected but when I submit the form the new element has that column empty.

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And here's how this selecteditems shows in the combobox just right, but it doesn't "Save" into the new element!

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mdevaney 29,993 Moderator on at

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You'll need to share more information but I do have a theory on why this is occuring...

In a typical edit form each input field exists within a DataCard. The DataCard holds instructions on what to do when the form is submitted in the Update property. My guess is that the new control you created does not exist within a DataCard.

If this is true, you should move the new control into the DataCard on your left hand menu. Then change the Update property of your DataCard to the following code.

ComboBox1.SelectedItems
Again I am making alot of assumptions here. If my general instructions do not work, please share your code.

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FacundoGorla 293 on at

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The thing is that the "new" control is just to be able to see and use a combobox as a list of elements because I don't like de combobox.

I read in another post that even if a choice is selected, the combobox's choices need to be picked by clicking them or they won't save so I just removed the list sadly.
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Hi @FacundoGorla ,

I cannot reproduce your issue. What is the formula that you use for the DefaultSelectedItems in combo box control?

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FacundoGorla 293 on at

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I used List1.selecteditems
was told that for the combobox to save the options you actually have to click them, even if they show as selected when I select the values in the list it won't save them if you don't click them.