https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populating-a-field-with-category-names Gravity Support Forums Topic: dynamically populating a field with category names en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:36:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populating-a-field-with-category-names#post-31903 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:20:21 +0000 Chris Hajer 31903@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Here's a screenshot of configuring this in the form editor:<br /> <a href="http://minus.com/mcGfCqx" rel="nofollow">http://minus.com/mcGfCqx</a></p> <p>Add a Post Field of the type "Category", then click "Select Categories" since you just want to show children of Stores here. That will populate your drop down with just children of Stores and when selected by your visitor will populate the category for the post.</p> <p>You can see this in action in a sample form here:<br /> <a href="http://gravity.chrishajer.com/submit-a-store-review/" rel="nofollow">http://gravity.chrishajer.com/submit-a-store-review/</a></p> <p>After your submission, you will see the post on the home page of the site in the category you selected: <a href="http://gravity.chrishajer.com/" rel="nofollow">http://gravity.chrishajer.com/</a></p> <p>If you have any more questions, please let us know.</p> <p>Please note: if you add child categories under "Stores" at some point, you will need to manually add them to this form (edit the field and check the new categories to include them.) New children will not appear in the form drop down automatically. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populating-a-field-with-category-names#post-31843 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:14:57 +0000 Carl Hancock 31843@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If the Store Names are categories in your WordPress site you can use the Post Category field to display them. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populating-a-field-with-category-names#post-31789 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:56:09 +0000 baffalos 31789@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have a list of store names under a parent category stores. I want to populate a dropdown of store name choices for the user to choose from. the store name chosen will be used to determine what category the post should be in. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populating-a-field-with-category-names#post-31702 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:19:03 +0000 Chris Hajer 31702@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Do you mean you want to populate a drop down with category names, or radio buttons or checkboxes? What will your visitors do with the category names you display to them and what are you going to do with their choice? </p> <p>Please post a little more information about how you want to display your category names (I assume post categories?) and someone will be able to point you in the right direction. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dynamically-populating-a-field-with-category-names#post-31682 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:46:07 +0000 baffalos 31682@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I want to populate a field with category names, how can I do this? </p>