Describe the problem to be solved
Hello everyone,
Here is the issue I’m facing:
Context :
To work around the lack of conditional dropdown lists in Grist forms, I created a column that concatenates the country name and the city name (e.g., “France - Paris”, “France - Lyon”, “Spain - Madrid”, etc.). This way, in the form, users see an alphabetically sorted list that naturally groups cities by country.
The problem :
On a computer, when the list is long, users can type the first few letters on the keyboard to quickly jump to the desired entry. However, on a smartphone, this option is not available: users have to scroll through the entire list manually, which quickly becomes tedious.
Exemple:
My question :
Is it possible, when using a Grist form on a smartphone, to bring up the keyboard to search within a dropdown list? If so, how?
I’ve already come up with a partial workaround—it's not ideal.
When filling out the form on a smartphone, you can open the browser options (the three dots in the top-right corner) and enable “Desktop site”.
The display is less user-friendly (you need good eyesight 😅), but it gives access to the dropdown menu with the search option.
📌 Note: If you switch back to the mobile version, everything you previously entered is lost, and you have to start over 😓
Thank you in advance for your help!
Describe the solution you would like
To enable the dropdown list with the search option on smartphone versions.
Describe the problem to be solved
Hello everyone,
Here is the issue I’m facing:
Context :
To work around the lack of conditional dropdown lists in Grist forms, I created a column that concatenates the country name and the city name (e.g., “France - Paris”, “France - Lyon”, “Spain - Madrid”, etc.). This way, in the form, users see an alphabetically sorted list that naturally groups cities by country.
The problem :
On a computer, when the list is long, users can type the first few letters on the keyboard to quickly jump to the desired entry. However, on a smartphone, this option is not available: users have to scroll through the entire list manually, which quickly becomes tedious.
Exemple:
My question :
Is it possible, when using a Grist form on a smartphone, to bring up the keyboard to search within a dropdown list? If so, how?
I’ve already come up with a partial workaround—it's not ideal.
When filling out the form on a smartphone, you can open the browser options (the three dots in the top-right corner) and enable “Desktop site”.
The display is less user-friendly (you need good eyesight 😅), but it gives access to the dropdown menu with the search option.
📌 Note: If you switch back to the mobile version, everything you previously entered is lost, and you have to start over 😓
Thank you in advance for your help!
Describe the solution you would like
To enable the dropdown list with the search option on smartphone versions.