Obscure (And Not So Obscure) Bugs with Complex Dropdowns in SharePoint Forms

As I’ve written in the past, there are several types of “dropdowns” in SharePoint forms. Briefly, there are: “Simple” dropdowns – These are plain, old HTML selects; the type of dropdown you are most familiar with on the Web. SharePoint renders one of these when there are fewer than 20 options. “Complex” dropdowns – SharePoint…

Firing an Event When a User Selects a Value from a Data View Web Part Dropdown

I was skimming my old postings, and I realized that in a previous post, I had said that I would post about firing an event when a user selects a value from a DVWP dropdown.  Better late than never, I guess. When you create a dropdown type of DVWP through the UI in SharePoint Designer, the…