Showing Pics or Icons for Drop Down Options

liz.mayeux

This may be a stretch, but I vaguely remember attending a SmartSheet Webinar where the guest customer speaker had drop downs that were actually pictures vs. words.

When asked to explain how to create a drop down like that, he showed how he created a "letter type" or "font"(?) that was the picture and then was able to use that as the drop down.

This was definitely during early covid when I attended the webinar, but I cannot find my notes listing the instructions or even which webinar I attended.

Does anyone else know how to do this? This is very much needed for forms and intake sheets I'm working on right now.

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/137848/showing-pics-or-icons-for-drop-down-options

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

You can use other symbols such as UNICHAR, CHAR, or Emojis.

More info:

https://help.smartsheet.com/function/unichar

https://help.smartsheet.com/function/char

https://getemoji.com/

Great resource that Paul Newcome put together

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=82f8fe0936a54758a3afa4b584acde07

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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liz.mayeux

But how can you use this new "character" as a drop down?

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/478527#Comment_478527

You'd add them to the drop-down list.

Something like this.

Make sense?

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liz.mayeux

Sorry very close, but I need to figure out how to make my own emoji to be the picture example.

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/478538#Comment_478538

Unfortunately, I don't think that is possible.

Please submit an Enhancement Request when you have a moment

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