A5 V9 feature peek #36: Field rules

One can't have too many options for your lookups, so we added more in Alpha Five Platinum. The new table lookup field rules let you display lookups as pop-up or drop-down menus.

We've made a number of improvements to our drop-down options. Previously the option to edit records in the lookup list was not supported when the lookup was displayed as a drop-down. Not anymore.

In the image below, an edit icon appears in each row. Clicking on the edit icon will close the drop-down and open the associated form to edit the lookup value.

Also, when the option to allow users to enter new records in the lookup table is enabled, a hyperlink appears at the top of the drop-down list, as shown below. Previously the entry was at the bottom of the list, and users were not likely to see it unless they scrolled the list all the way to the end.