eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.help/html/gettingstarted/adding_new_options_to_drop-down_menus.html

   1 <h3>Adding New Options to Drop-Down Menus</h3>
   2
   3 <p>For some data fields in a Taxonomic Database there are so many possible options that it is impractical to add all of them by default. Therefore there may be occasions where you wish to be able to apply a value to a data field but do not have an option to do so within the drop-down list for that data field, or there is no data field to accommodate the information you wish to enter.</p>
   4
   5 <p>To allow for this, some fields allow for new options to be added:</p>
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   7 <ul>
   8         <li><strong>Description:</strong> You can add a new data field to the Descriptive panel.</li>
   9         <li><strong>Features:</strong> the features you would like to include in your taxon descriptions, for example "common name", "distribution" and "ecology".</li>
  10         <li><strong>Named Area Type:</strong> you can add a new data option to the Named Area Type field drop down box found in the Details sheet.</li>
  11         <li><strong>Extension Types:</strong> You can add a new data option to the Extension Type field drop-down box found in the Supplemental Data panel.</li>
  12         <li><strong>Marker Types:</strong> You can add a new data option to the Marker Type field drop-down box found in the Supplemental Data panel.</li>
  13 </ul>
  14
  15 <p>The procedure is the same for all fields:</p>
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  17 <ol>
  18         <li>Open the <strong>Preferences</strong> pop-up box (<strong>Toolbar > Window</strong> menu > <strong>Preferences</strong> option).</li>
  19         <li>Navigate to the element you wish to change by expanding the <strong>Taxonomic Editor > Description</strong>  menu found in the Taxonomic Editor menu:
  20                 <p><img src="../img/4_1d.jpg" alt="" /></p>
  21         <li>
  22         <li>Click on the data field you would like to add to from the menu on the left hand side of the pop-up. The existing options associated with the drop-down list for that data field will appear in the main panel of the pop-up box. The example shown below is adding a new feature or data field to the overall Description.</li>
  23         <li>Click the <strong>New</strong> button.</li>
  24         <li>Give the new data field a Label, an abbreviation if desired and a description if desired. Only the data label is mandatory.</li>
  25         <li>Click the <strong>Finish</strong> button.</li>
  26 </ol>
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  28 <p><img src="../img/4_1e.jpg" alt="" /></p>
  29
  30 <p>Your new data option will be added to the drop-down box for the selected data field in the Properties Sheet.</p>
  31
  32 <p><strong>Please Note:</strong> The <strong>Remove</strong> option is not yet functional in this version of the Editor.</p>