The developer determines the contents of a Select Field. The user can later choose one of the options in the list.
Type
String
Prepopulation
This element can be prepopulated.
You can set a default value in the Attributes panel to be applied before displaying the form. Refer to Changing BPMN Element Attributes for more information.
You can overwrite these defaults dynamically in the Get Data execution of a user task. How to do this is explained on Using Forms.
Editing
Refer to Modeling Formsfor further information regarding editing of form elements using the context menu.
Configuration Options
Use the Attributes panel to edit the form element.
Attribute
Description
Allowed Values
Name
Technical identifier for data processing and not visible for the end user.
Alphanumercial characters and underscore.
It is not allowed to start the name with a number.
Description
A commentary field for the developer. The content is invisible to users and its sole purpose is internal documentation.
Any string.
Label
Field name shown in the form.
Any string.
Mandatory
The element must be filled or used if the checkbox is activated.
true
Element must be filled.
false
Element may remain empty (default).
Read-only
This field is write-protected. When you use the option, Read-only is added to the bottom right of the element:
true
User cannot enter values.
false
User can enter values (default).
Options
Click to open the Field Configuration editor where you can define the contents of the select field.
Any string.
Vertical Alignment
The attribute is used to adjust the position of a form element in context to a bigger neighboring element.
Example: The Radio Button GroupColor is much bigger than the ButtonNext, but the button should be shown at the bottom of the form. Therefore, the button's attribute Vertical Alignment is set to Bottom.
Top
Align the element on top of the element cell (default).
Center
Align the element in the middle of the element cell.
Bottom
Align the element at the bottom of the element cell.
CSS Class
Enables a field-acurate layout customization.
A valid CSS class.
Symbol Type
Displays the type of the form element in read-only mode.
_
Field Configuration Editor
If you click icon the Field Configuration editor opens:
Use the editor to add and manage the content of your element:
Option
Description
Click Add to insert new rows.
Use option Drag to change the order of the rows.
You can enter the options for this element as value pairs. When entering value pairs, always the first value (Value) is saved as key in the data container. The second value (Label) is used as notification to the user. The label is displayed in the form. Value pairs may also contain numbers, so that a user can chose a text option, but in the background a calculation is carried out.
Enter a Value for your element option.
It is not possible to assign the same value to different labels.
Enter a Label for your element option. The label is displayed in the form.
Use this option to set the element option as default.