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A dialog for Google Sheets for selecting multiple elements in a validation lookup.
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| /* To use this in a Google Sheet: | |
| 1. Go to Tools > Script Editor. | |
| 2. Paste this script and click on the bug symbol. | |
| 3. Create an HTML page and paste the contents of page.html into the editor. | |
| 4. Authorize the script. | |
| 5. Refresh the sheet. | |
| */ | |
| /* Set up multi-select validation. Sort of. There will be a validation error, | |
| but this does allow you to select multiple items. | |
| */ | |
| function onOpen(e) { | |
| SpreadsheetApp.getUi() | |
| .createMenu('Options') | |
| .addItem('Multi-Select Dialog', 'showDialog') | |
| .addToUi(); | |
| } | |
| function showDialog() { | |
| var html = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('Page').evaluate(); | |
| SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showSidebar(html); | |
| } | |
| var valid = function(){ | |
| try{ | |
| return SpreadsheetApp.getActiveRange().getDataValidation().getCriteriaValues()[0].getValues(); | |
| } | |
| catch(e){ | |
| return null | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function fillCell(e){ | |
| var s = []; | |
| for(var i in e){ | |
| if(i.substr(0, 2) == 'ch') s.push(e[i]); | |
| } | |
| if(s.length) SpreadsheetApp.getActiveRange().setValue(s.join(', ')); | |
| } |
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <base target="_top"> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <div> | |
| <? var data = valid(); ?> | |
| <form id="form" name="form"> | |
| <? if(Object.prototype.toString.call(data) === '[object Array]') { ?> | |
| <? for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { ?> | |
| <? for (var j = 0; j < data[i].length; j++) { ?> | |
| <input type="checkbox" id="ch<?= '' + i + j ?>" name="ch<?= '' + i + j ?>" value="<?= data[i][j] ?>"><?= data[i][j] ?><br> | |
| <? } ?> | |
| <? } ?> | |
| <? } else { ?> | |
| <p>May be current cell havn't the <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/139705?hl=en">Data validation...</a></p> | |
| <? } ?> | |
| <input type="button" value="Fill Current Selections" onclick="google.script.run.fillCell(this.parentNode)" /> | |
| <!-- | |
| <input type="button" value="Validation From Existing Selections" onclick="google.script.run.showDialog()" /> | |
| --> | |
| </form> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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