Catching both values in a dropdown selection

You can add a label field with visibility condition which will work as hidden field and check dependent on other field option for this and add macro in display field something like

{% dropdown.Value |(identity)GlobalAdministrator%}

Other solution is to use Jquery, add change event to your dropdown field and then update your hidden field value

$("#dropdown").change(function () {
    $("#hiddenfield").val($(this).val());
});

Thank you for your answer Arun,

i hope i understood everything:

when the field name of the dropdown is call "Prefstore" i have to define the default value of the hidden field with following macro:

{% Prefstore.Value |(identity)GlobalAdministrator%}

Am i correct? Sadly i am getting nothing. No StoreID, no address.

Have you tried second option with JQuery?

Hey Arun,

sorry for responding so late. I had to look into JQuery to understand your suggested solution in the first place. Now I also know specifically what i want to accomplish.

What i would like to get into the hidden field is not the value of a selection but its text. So the function has to look more like this:

$("#dropdown").change(function () {
    $("#hiddenfield :selected").text($(this).val());
 };

Right? Alsoo, where do i need to put this code in kentico?

You need to put this code on same page where you have embedded your form. Just add Javascript web part there and this code or you can just use Javascript webpart directly on master page template as well.

To get dropdown text use below code

$("#dropdown").change(function () {
    $("#hiddenfield").val($("#dropdown option:selected").text());
 };

okay...after several days of trying different things i think i am almost there. here is what i came up with:

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.0.min.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){

    $("#p_lt_ctl05_pageplaceholder_p_lt_ctl01_firm_BizForm_viewBiz_Prefstore_dropDownList").change(function(){
    var selectedaddress = $('#p_lt_ctl05_pageplaceholder_p_lt_ctl01_firm_BizForm_viewBiz_Prefstore_dropDownList option:selected').text(); 


        alert(selectedaddress);
        $("#p_lt_ctl05_pageplaceholder_p_lt_ctl01_firm_BizForm_viewBiz_storeaddress_txtText").val(selectedaddress);
    });

    });
    </script>

I've just added the alert to show if anything happens...and YES...it shows the TEXT of my selected item of the dropdown. so i must be close right?

The formfield called storeaddress which is going to contain the TEXT simply does not change its default value. I am at a loss right now :(

Oh and i've tried the equivalent of your idea Arun, no difference

 $("#dropdown").change(function () {
    $("#hiddenfield").val($("#dropdown option:selected").text());
 };

Instead of using the dynamics generated id, you can define your custom control classes in form fields settings and use that. What's the type of your storeaddress field? Is it a text field and what's the control type? Label? Text?

Thank you so much for the tip regarding the custom form classes. Going to apply that asap.

And yes storeaddress is a Text field with the control Type text

Sooo...i did it. Big thanks to you Arun!

Here is the code:

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.0.min.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
 $(".storedropdown").change(function(){
 var selectedaddress = $('.storedropdown option:selected').text(); 
 var storeid = $('.storedropdown option:selected').val();
 var combination = "Store: " + storeid + ", " + selectedaddress;
    $(".storeaddress").val(combination);
}); 
});
</script>

.storedropdown is the class of the dropdown from which the user selects the store

.storeaddress is the class of the hidden field that is populated by the choices value and text. This is then submitted eventually.