Question

I have a custom edit form for some entity (not based on the CRUD module), and I would like to use a CRUD-like editor for just one specific field.

Specifically, it’s one of the fields that is actually a @ManyToOne relation to another entity:

public class Person extends Model {
  public String name;

  @ManyToOne
  public School school;  // School also extends Model

  ...
}

How do I generate an editor/picker for this specific field, while still not requiring me to extend the CRUD class or change anything else about my view form?

Answer 1

Use the select tag. The code should be something like:

#{select 'schools', items:models.School.all(), valueProperty:'id', labelProperty:'name', value:<selected_id>, class:'myCssClass', id:'schools' /}

That should generate the dropdown you are looking for