How to get the display values of a choice list field in Jelly

[nathanfirth]

So I am rendering a choice list field in a UI macro. I am able to get the element and O can call .getChoices() which returns the internal values of the choices. But what about the display values for the choices? Any ideas?

  <g:evaluate jelly="true">

      var element = gr.getElement(jelly.jvar_field);

      var elemDesc = element.getED();

  </g:evaluate>

<j:if test="${elemDesc.isChoiceTable()}">

  <select>

  <j:forEach items="${j2js(element.getChoices())}" var="jvar_choice">

      <option value="${jvar_choice}">${jvar_choice}</option>

  </j:forEach>

  </select>

</j:if>

I've tried using getChoiceValue() and getDisplayValue but both return null

[wshekyls]

Hi Nathan,

Did you ever solve this issue?

[nathanfirth]

Warren,

I did. I dont think it's documented anywhere and I forget how I found it, but I believe you have to ditch the "getChoices()" method and use the following instead:

                          <select name="" class="form_field">

                              <j:forEach items="${GlideScriptChoiceList.getChoiceList(gr.getTableName(), element.getName())}" var="jvar_choice">

                                  <option value="${jvar_choice.value}">

                                      ${jvar_choice.label}

                                  </option>

                              </j:forEach>

                          </select>

[adiddigi]

WOW, this is a lifesaver. I saved 20+ hours of my life.

[nm13]

Requesting your attention to this post Nathan. Kindly take a look:

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=486d5571db246f802be0a851ca961952