5 Replies Latest reply on Jul 22, 2010 2:59 AM by jasoncadman

    Category Drop down size

    jasoncadman Expert
    jasoncadman May 24, 2010 12:24 PM

      Hi

       

      I'm trying to find whereabouts to change the width and depth of a category drop down list on our main incident window. I want to avoid the scroll bars appearing as much as possible

       

       

      It's a category list that is 2 levels deep and we need to be able to see as many of the first level list items as possible in the height of the list and the whole length of the entries in the width

       

      It is currently be displaying 10 entries, which is set at the system settings level but I could do with this drop down being longer and wider (not the others)

       

      Apparently there's a limit on the filter but I don't think this applies to my list

      http://community.landesk.com/support/message/32057#32057

      There is no default query on my object either so maybe this is an option?

       

       

      Version 7.2.3

       

       

      thanks for your help (pdf attached)

       

      Jason

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        • 1. Re: Category Drop down size
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          eric.matuszewski May 25, 2010 6:43 AM (in response to jasoncadman)

          Hi Jason,

           

          I think that you can easily change the dimensions of the box in "Window Manager" (Designers>Window Manager>Incident Management>Incident)

          Just highlight the component that you want to amend and use the mouse to change the size...

           

          Regards

           

          Eric

          • 2. Re: Category Drop down size
            jasoncadman Expert
            jasoncadman May 25, 2010 7:49 AM (in response to eric.matuszewski)

            Hi Eric

             

            It wasn't the size of the box itself, but the drop down box and the dimensions of that are the problem. And ultmately the number of entries I can see in the drop down list so I don't have to scroll to the right and to the bottom of the list

             

             

            Thanks

             

            Jason

            • 3. Re: Category Drop down size
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              eric.matuszewski May 26, 2010 1:18 AM (in response to jasoncadman)

              Jason,

               

              To change the number of records displayed you have to modify the query.

              Designers>Query and Report Designer, find out which query is assigned to

              the field/window in question and select it. Under "Query" select "General" and on the

              properties page you can then change "No. Records Displayed". Not sure how to do the same with

              lists/categories though...

              There is another option under Settings>System>Workspace>"Default Drop Down Page Size" - this might help as well

              unless overridden at Filter Query level.

               

              ...

              • 4. Re: Category Drop down size
                jasoncadman Expert
                jasoncadman Jun 1, 2010 2:26 AM (in response to eric.matuszewski)

                I've had the final answer from LANDesk on this and it's not possible. Even in the latest version. Enhancement request by the sounds of things.

                 

                thanks for your suggestions though

                 

                Jason

                • 5. Re: Category Drop down size
                  jasoncadman Expert
                  jasoncadman Jul 22, 2010 2:59 AM (in response to jasoncadman)

                  Additional info

                   

                  There is the option for changing the drop down width in 7.3.2.

                   

                  In Window Manager, if you click on the properties of the drop down list that you want to change the width of, click Properties and the option you need is Size Dropdown to Control Width. If you set this to true it will expand the dropdown to the width of the field