Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property limits the number of choices shown in dynamic drop-downs, enhancing user experience by preventing excessively long lists. |
| What area does it affect? |
Dynamic drop-downs |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "15", which sets the baseline numeric behavior for this property. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when optimizing user interfaces or adjusting data options in applications. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
glide.xmlhttp.max_choices |
| Sys ID |
efc7c2adc611227a00c37f314c50fe8b |
| Type |
integer |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
15 |
| Description |
Maximum number of items to show for a dynamic drop-down choice list: |
| Updated |
2024-05-25 04:30:25 |
Sources
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... This property affects the entire instance, however you can override this property on an individual field by using the max_ref_dropdown dictionary attribute. Modifying dictionary attributes requires the personalize_dictionary role. The glide.xmlhttp.max_choices system property determines how many choices display on a choice list. This property has a value of 15 by default, however, when the property is not present on the instance, ...
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