Multi select in Lightswitch Html Client

Question

Hello to all,

i'm trying to look for a sample code or project with multi-selection listbox or with checkbox in Lightswitch HTML client but haven't found any. I hope someone out there willing to help, it would be so great and really appreciated.

Many thanks

John

Answer 1

You'll need to include a custom control on your screen, since the HTML client only has the flip-switch as the SL equivalent of the check-box.

The check box is not too fat finger friendly so it's more jQuery UI-ish than mobile-ish.  A nice 3rd party control to use is found at jQxWidgets jqxtree.  These controls are free and very easy to use; I like them a lot.

Answer 2

Thanks for this info, I will try, since I'm new to lightswitch and still learning, can you share a sample code in the custom control with jqxtree. I really appreciate it.

Many Thanks

Answer 3

Take a look at the blog post we added to the LightSwitch site today regarding multi-select in a list using the JQuery Checkbox control.  The sample should be easy enough to understand where to swap out custom controls if you want more touch friendly ones.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/archive/2013/07/15/extending-screens-for-multi-select-in-the-lightswitch-html-client-mike-droney.aspx

Hope this helps,

Mike Droney