https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/true-multiple-choice Gravity Support Forums Topic: True "Multiple" Choice en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:51:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/true-multiple-choice#post-19356 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:48:10 +0000 Carl Hancock 19356@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The Ready Classes that are helper CSS classes are only available in Gravity Forms v1.5 which is currently a development release so be sure that you are running that development release before using them. The development release is available on the Downloads page.</p> <p>The Ready Class documentation can be found here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/css-ready-classes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/css-ready-classes/</a></p> <p>There is a ready class for scrolling text called gf_scroll_text but it was designed primarily for section breaks for displaying text content and isn't going to work in this situation so it will require a little bit of custom CSS.</p> <p>Here is a quick example to get you started.</p> <p>Add this CSS to your themes stylesheet:</p> <p>.field_scroll .ginput_container {width: 500px!important;; height: 200px!important;; overflow: auto!important;}</p> <p>Then apply this custom class to your checkbox field by editing your checkbox field and going to the Advanced tab and entering this in the Custom Class name:</p> <p>field_scroll</p> <p>If you want to apply this AND a Ready Class such as the 4 column list Ready Class you would enter both of them in the Custom Class field like so:</p> <p>gf_list_4col field_scroll</p> <p>With a space between them. Like so:</p> <p><a href="http://grab.by/98P4" rel="nofollow">http://grab.by/98P4</a></p> <p>Doing this correctly will product the following results:</p> <p><a href="http://grab.by/98P7" rel="nofollow">http://grab.by/98P7</a></p> <p>You can adjust the width and height of the scrolling div to suit the site design, this example has them set to 500px wide and 200px tall.</p> <p>That should be enough to get you started. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/true-multiple-choice#post-19354 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:30:31 +0000 Cheryl 19354@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for your quick reply! And I agree that the multi-select box is not the best option, but it IS what the client requested. So I am going to build the list using checkboxes as you suggest and see how the client reacts. </p> <p>Ok, so here is where I am currently... using checkboxes and gf_2col CSS class to make it a 2-column list. Is there a class already built within the CSS that will give me a scrollable container? If so, I cannot find it. If not, I will have to do some research as I am not adept at writing CSS... that is why I bought your software!! :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/true-multiple-choice#post-19340 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:04:50 +0000 Carl Hancock 19340@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Multiple Choice are radio buttons. The term Multiple Choices comes from the testing world where a Multiple Choice Test or Quiz consists of multiple answers with only one correct answer and you pick the one that is correct.</p> <p>What you are referring to is called a multiple-select field and it is a variation of the Select field that has multi-select enabled. </p> <p>Gravity Forms does not support a multi-select Select field because of the fact the average internet user does not understand they can select multiple items holding down the control button while making multiple selections and the fact that it is poor UI because if they have select multiple and then click on another without holding down CTRL it clears our all their other choices. It's a terrible UI for a field and is why we have chosen not to introduce it.</p> <p>However, there is no reason why you can't use a checkbox field. There are a few different things you could do as far as your checkbox field goes to make it more user friendly if you have a large number of checkbox items.</p> <p>Using CSS you can make the checkbox items display horizontally instead of vertically, saving some space. You can also use CSS and make the container the checkboxes are in act as a scrollable div... which in effect will make it similar to the multi-select field you described only much more user friendly as it would use checkboxes rather than CTRL-click actions.</p> <p>The link you provided didn't work, returned a page could not be found error.</p> <p>But what you want to do can be done using the checkbox field and some minor custom CSS to make it more user friendly with that many checkboxes. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/true-multiple-choice#post-19338 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:56:39 +0000 Cheryl 19338@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have a client who is requesting, as part of a request form, a list within a scrolling box. Within that box, the person submitting the request needs to be able to select multiple items by holding down their Ctrl key while making selections. I purchased Gravity Forms today because I saw the "Multiple Choice" as a default field, but does not have the functionality I was hoping for. And I cannot do checkboxes as the list of items numbers over 100. Here is an example of a form that has what I am looking for... <a href="http://georgino.com/literature.html" rel="nofollow">http://georgino.com/literature.html</a><br /> Is this doable in Gravity Forms? If so, how? And if not, how do I go about getting a refund? </p>