https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populate-dropdown-via-shortcode Gravity Support Forums Topic: Dynamically populate dropdown via shortcode en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:26:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populate-dropdown-via-shortcode#post-50238 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:55:17 +0000 Carl Hancock 50238@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It is not possible to dynamically populate a drop down this way. It's only possible to use the shortcode to pre-select an existing value. The shortcode does not support it.</p> <p>It can be done using custom PHP. What you could do is store the value of the 2 contacts as custom fields with the post that you create. Then you could write custom PHP to dynamically populate the drop down with those values when the form is displayed.</p> <p>You can find information on how to dynamically populate a drop down here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populate-dropdown-via-shortcode#post-49596 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:50:14 +0000 sproutlet 49596@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Just want to reply and say that I requested this but there was an issue with my account so it must have not linked to my new login. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populate-dropdown-via-shortcode#post-49537 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:06:32 +0000 Anonymous 49537@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Is it possible to dynamically populate a dropdown with multiple key value pairs from the shortcode? The scenario I have is multiple State pages and for each state there are contacts. So for example, the NJ state page may have 2 contacts: 1) Lisa, <a href="mailto:lisa@gmail.com">lisa@gmail.com</a> and 2) John, <a href="mailto:john@gmail.com">john@gmail.com</a>. All of these state pages use the same exact form except where the email is sent to. So each page could have a shortcode calling the same form but passing a different array of values for the email dropdown.</p> <p>This is a bit more complicated so I don't expect shortcodes to handle this. I will probably have to use the pre_render filter and populate the dropdown like that. If I go that route, I would have to find an easy way for the user to add/edit/update values to populate the dropdown (label and value pairs). </p>