Value user chooses from dropdown causes change in second dropdown's values

[fabrikg09]

Trying to figure out the logic behind this:

A User selects a value from a dropdown, say, the name of a food, thusly:

> Sandwich
> Soup
> Drink
> Dessert

Each of these values has its own further dropdown, once selected - let's say the user has selected "Sandwich". After he has chosen Sandwich," the second dropdown is populated:

> Cheese
> Peanut butter
> Ham

Similarly, if the user selects "Soup," he gets a different dropdown:

> Bean
> Chicken
> Tomato

Can anyone help with the logic of how to set this up? I think it's probably a JS thing, but I haven't done enough with Fabrik of late to be able to figure out how to go about setting this up.

TIA!

 

[startpoint]

You must use dropdown element + cascading dropdown element.
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/cascading-dropdown-element/

 

[fabrikg09]

Thanks. I guess I didn't see it as that particular dropdown is apparently not part of the ordinary Fabrik download package. I just downloaded it and enabled; not the most intuitive interface, but I'll figure it out!

 

[startpoint]

I recommend you do a full update.
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/update-from-github/#download-and-extract-a-zip-file

 

[fabrikg09]

I have gone over the documentation, including a 3-year-old + tutorial on the cascading dropdown element, and I must admit I find the interface to configuring the cascading dropdown to be pretty much nonintuitive. This will take some more work on my part before I can implement this feature.