Drop down list in SearchBuilder

straetch

I have a long table.
When I want to search in a column on a numeric field that contains a unique value, a very long drop down list pops up that contains the values for all rows if I choose "Equals to" as a condition. It should simply be an empty edit box where the user should fill in the value.
With condition "Between" two edit boxes are shown, which is what I need.
Is there an option to control this behaviour?

colin

This thread should help, it's asking the same thing. The example in Allan's first reply is similar to what you're after.

Cheers,

Colin

straetch

I wonder whether this complexity is needed: the explanation and the examples pertain to Custom conditions. I do not need to add/change the condition itself, but only the way to present the value in a simple edit box rather than a drop down list.
The behaviour to present the values for "Equals to" should be the same as for the "Between" condition.

allan

You are right - we have intrinsically linked the presentation of the input value with the way the matching is done. That was done because they typically are dependent on the other. There isn't a non-trivial way to separate them at the moment.

I've been wondering if the datalist element might be a really good option here, but unfortunately it doesn't really do label / value separation (for cases where the search term is different from what is shown in the list - orthogonal data).

There has to be a better way, but I'm not yet sure what it is.

Allan