tzapu/WiFiManager

Dropdowns?

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#805 opened on Jan 11, 2019

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Description

I understand that adding custom dropdowns is more difficult than radio buttons or text, but I need about 40 fields, and they would be a better choice, especially the way they are displayed on iPhones using Safari. Would it be possible to add an example dropdown to the 'advanced' example sketch, including how the selection is saved to a variable?

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Tech stack
cpphtmlcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
ESP8266 boardArduino IDE setupWiFiManager library
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Review the 'Advanced' example sketch in the examples directory. Understand how the library handles custom parameters via the 'addParameter' method. For a dropdown, you would need to create an HTML <select> element and capture its value on form submission. Look at similar implementations in other IoT libraries or comments in this issue (though none detailed). The key files are WiFiManager.h and the advanced example sketch.