Use an option selection element
An option selection element can only be added to an authoring template. You create a predefined set of values for content creators to select from when creating a content item.
- Open or create an authoring template.
- Click Manage Elements .
- Select Option Selection as the element type.
- Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.
- Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.
- Click OK. The option selection element is added to your form.
- Go to the Default Content tab.
- Go to the option selection element you created.
- To display the element as a required field select Identify this as a required field.
- To hide a field on the content form from all users select Hide field. You must specify a default value if the field is a required field.
Administrators and managers can choose to display hidden fields and elements in a content item by clicking Show hidden fields.
- Select whether to allow content creators to be able to select multiple options, or just a single option. If using multiple select, you can also specify the minimum and maximum selections a content creator can make.
- Type the options in the user defined field, one on each line, in exactly the order you want them to appear on the content form.
- The options can be displayed as either radio buttons, a drop-down list or a paged table. You can also select to "automatically select the most appropriate option". If there are five options or less, radio buttons are used. If there are more then five, but less than twenty-one, a dropdown list is used. If there are more than twenty options, a paged table is used.
- Select the users or groups you want to grant edit access to a field or element by clicking Select Editors.
- Select the users or groups you want to grant view access to a field or element by clicking Select Viewers.
- Type field specific help into Field help text. This displays above the element in the content form.
- Save the authoring template.
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Work with elements