Sideview Utils: When all items are selected in CheckboxPulldown, can I have the result set to "*" instead of full OR-linked list?

[greg]

By default, the CheckboxPulldown module returns the result of "Select All" as a full list separated by specified token (e.g. OR).

When there are a lot of items in the list, the returned string is huge and it is inserted to the search text "as is".
Though it could be just "*".

Is there any way for the CheckboxPulldown to turn on such 'smart' recognition mode of "Select All"?

[sideview · Accepted solution]

At present, not without writing a CustomBehavior and putting it into application.js. However this is a very reasonable request and I've actually run into this myself and have a couple customBehavior's out there doing similar things.

I have gone ahead and added the feature, testcases and docs and it will release in the next version of Sideview Utils to go out, probably in a few weeks and currently slated to be 3.3.9 although the exact version number is subject to change.

Add yourself to the release notes mailing list if you aren't already. ( http://sideviewapps.com/apps/sideview-utils/mailing-list/ )

If you would like to test out the feature in advance of the next version, email me at nick [at] sideviewapps.com and I can send you a build of the app.

[greg]

Thanks so much for including this feature into upcoming release!
It will be really handy and much appreciated not only by me but other users as well.