So…(assuming you are using the dropdown to filter a view of some list based on the Title field)
- Within your site, create a new page using any standard page layout
- Open your site in SharePoint Designer
- Detach the page you created in step 1 from the page layout by right clicking on the page and selecting Detach from Page Layout
- Within the Task Panes, select Data Source Library
- Click the list you want to use as the source of the dropdown and select Insert Data Source Control
- With the Task Panes menu select Toolbox and insert a standard asp.net dropdownlist control
- Click the OOUI and select Choose Data Source
- Select the SPListDataSourceControl and click OK
- Check the box to enable autopostback
- Insert the list you want to filter the data on and set the following filter:
Title == [Create new Parameter]
Param name: Param1
Source: Control
ControlID: dropdownlist1
Default: foo
Save the page. When you change the dropdownlist value, it should show the selected value.
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Hello First of all thanks for posting this. I have created a blank aspx page within a SharePoint test site, have not yet applied a master page and have performed the steps above using a data view as the list. I try to filter on Title however does not appear to work. Any ideas waht I could be doing wrong?
Hi Mark, have you enabled autopostback on the drop down list? if you sent me a copy of your page, i could have a look for you. or post a bit of code so i can see where you’re at.
Thanks mark. Iit took a lot of search to find this simle and helpful post. I am new to sharepoint.
Now I have done this. I have a next question. I want to populate the field with the users from sharepoint.the list that gets popoualted in people picker. How do i make this drop down populated with that.
Thx