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• allan Posts: 63,494Questions: 1Answers: 10,470 Site admin

  April 2019

  Yes - use dependent() on your Select2 field to set the label of the selected value as a hidden field. dependent() will run whenever the Select2 value changes, so they two will always be in sync.

  Allan
• allan Posts: 63,494Questions: 1Answers: 10,470 Site admin

  April 2019

  p.s. Would a join not be a better option for this?
• Detlef Jaeger Posts: 11Questions: 2Answers: 0

  April 2019 edited April 2019

  Hello Allan,

  thanks for the quick reply and the helpful hint.
  I think I'm on the right path (or miles away ;-)).

  My current attempt:

  editor.dependent( 'MyFieldWhitSelect2', function ( val, data ) {
  if (val == null || val == ""){
  } else {
  var Text = editor.field('MyFieldWhitSelect2');
  editor.field('MyHiddenTextField').val( Text.? );
  }
  });

  How can I read the text of Select2 in the editor?

  PS: Inner Join is for a variety of reasons probably more a problem (free text input must also be possible).
• allan Posts: 63,494Questions: 1Answers: 10,470 Site admin

  April 2019

  That looks about right. In the [Select2 documentation
  (https://select2.org/programmatic-control/retrieving-selections#using-a-jquery-selector) you would use something like:

  $('#mySelect2').find(':selected').text();
  

  Use field().input() to get the html element for the field.

  Allan
• Detlef Jaeger Posts: 11Questions: 2Answers: 0

  April 2019

  Hello allan,

  many many thanks!
  I could finally implement with your help a very good solution.

  Another problem has now emerged.
  If an entry of select2 contains a very long text and this is selected, the edit-window is widened across the screen width and the user can’t save anymore.
• Detlef Jaeger Posts: 11Questions: 2Answers: 0

  April 2019

  I still need help regarding the problem with the window width.
  What is the event that trigger the window width when selecting an item in select?
• allan Posts: 63,494Questions: 1Answers: 10,470 Site admin

  April 2019

  Select2 has a width option which would seem to be ideal here. Set it to be element perhaps.

  Allan
• Detlef Jaeger Posts: 11Questions: 2Answers: 0

  April 2019

  Thanks for the feedback. I could solve it by another, very special way (no return of the selected text).