Changing SPFieldMultiChoice style on display form

[Paul Lynch]

Multi choice fields (SPFieldMultiChoice) look terrible in display form (just a basic array separated by a semicolon ;)..

Choice 1;Choice 2;Choice 3

I know JSON can do it in a list view, is there a way to at least separate them into a new line in the Display form?

Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3

[Alexander Bautz]

You can straighten it up by using this code:

function fixMultichoiceDisplay(fin){
    var p = jQuery("#dffs_"+fin+" td.ms-formbody")
    p.html(p.text().split("; ").join("<br>"));
}
// Use it like this
fixMultichoiceDisplay("Your_Field_Internal_Name");

Alexander

[Paul Lynch]

Awesome just what I wanted thanks

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Paul Lynch.

[Paul Lynch]

Hi Alexander,

This has been working great, but did cause an issues in another rule we did not immediately notice.

The rule checks the multi-choice field (same internal field name used in the code above)
IF XXX equals one of the values XXX, it hides/shows a tab.

When I add this JavaScript, the rules stops working.
If I remove it, the rule works again.

I guess once the choices have a <br> inserted instead of ; it breaks the rule somehow.

Any quick workarounds you could suggest?

Kind Regards,
Paul

[Alexander Bautz]

Hi,
I think you can work around this by delaying the fixMultichoiceDisplay function until after the processing of the rules have finished.

Try it like this:

function dffs_ready(){
    fixMultichoiceDisplay("Your_Field_Internal_Name");
}

Let me know how this works out.

Alexander

PS: Thanks for the donation!

[Paul Lynch]

Fantastic thank you worked like a charm

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