Better Select Control

A small plugin for Frappe that adds the support of option groups to the select control.

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Usage

1. Go to Customization > Customize Form
2. Enter the form type/name (ex: 'User')
3. Scroll down to the form fields area and edit the select fields you want
4. In the options property of the fields, add a hashtag # before the option text to make it a group label
5. To close a group just add a single hashtag # in a new line
6. Add an exclamation mark ! before a hashtag # at the beginning of the option text to stop it from being used as a group label

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⚠️ Important ⚠️

You can't modify the original fields of a doctype, so create a new field or clone and modify the entire doctype.

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Examples

Single Option Group

• Options:

One
Two
#Three
Four
Five

• Result HTML:

<option value="One">One</option>
<option value="Two">Two</option>
<optgroup label="Three">
    <option value="Four">Four</option>
    <option value="Five">Five</option>
</optgroup>

Multiple Option Groups

• Options:

#One
Two
Three
#Four
Five
Six

• Result HTML:

<optgroup label="One">
    <option value="Two">Two</option>
    <option value="Three">Three</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Four">
    <option value="Five">Five</option>
    <option value="Six">Six</option>
</optgroup>

Normal Options After Option Group

• Options:

One
Two
#Three
Four
Five
#
Six

• Result HTML:

<option value="One">One</option>
<option value="Two">Two</option>
<optgroup label="Three">
    <option value="Four">Four</option>
    <option value="Five">Five</option>
</optgroup>
<option value="Six">Six</option>

Empty Option Group Label

• Options:

One
Two
#
Three
Four
Five
#
Six

• Result HTML:

<option value="One">One</option>
<option value="Two">Two</option>
<optgroup label="">
    <option value="Three">Three</option>
    <option value="Four">Four</option>
    <option value="Five">Five</option>
</optgroup>
<option value="Six">Six</option>

Placeholder Option

• Options:

$Select..
One
Two
#Three
Four
Five
#
Six

• Result HTML:

<option disabled hidden="" selected value="">Select...</option>
<option value="One">One</option>
<option value="Two">Two</option>
<optgroup label="Three">
    <option value="Four">Four</option>
    <option value="Five">Five</option>
</optgroup>
<option value="Six">Six</option>