Create a custom dropdown

Fabiosliva

I want to create a drop-down next to search button which should load the list items according to the drop down selected,
Is it possible?

admin

The navigation module does this and you may be able to use it as a reference. In the fuel/modules/fuel/config/fuel_modules.php file, under the navigation's module configuration, you'll see a line like the following:
'filters' => array('group_id' => array('default' => 1, 'label' => lang('form_label_navigation_group'), 'type' => 'select')),
There is also an associated javascript file loaded in using which you can do with modules 'js' parameter that facilitates the submitting of the search upon select (see the fuel/modules/fuel/assets/js/fuel/controller/NavigationController.js).

With regards to the options for your dropdown, you can hard code them in as an array or use a model's list_options method to generate them.

The next release will make the creation of options a little easier by being able to pass in a model/method to use as well as automatically submitting the form when you select a different value from the dropdown list.