Select all checkbox UiPath.Forms.Activities

[Stephanie_Rimel (Rimel, Stephanie)]

I am creating a form using selectboxes using UiPath.Forms.Activities, and I need to have a checkbox called selectAll that will check all of the selectBoxes which are populated by a list of strings, but I cant figure out how to do this. I have tried conditionals:

“conditional”: {
“calculateValue”: “value = true”,
“when”: “data.selectAll”
“eq”: “true”
},

and…
“conditional”: {
“calculateValue”: “value = true”,
“when”: “data.selectAll”
“eq”: true
},

and advanced logic…
“logic”: [
{
“name”: “if true”,
“trigger”: {
“type”: “simple”,
“simple”: {
“value”: true,
“when”: “selectAll”,
“eq”: “true”
}
},
“actions”: [
{
“name”: “then true”,
“type”: “value”,
“value”: “true”
}
]
}
],

but I can’t get it. Does there need to be a javascript onChage function or something to check the state of the selectAll checkbox? If the selectAll checkbox is successfully able to use the conditionals on the display property, shouldn’t it be possible to assign the truth value to the selectBoxes in the same way? This doesn’t work though. I’ve noticed that lots of other people have asked this question, and gotten no solution. Please help

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[Nithinkrishna]

The select all button will be an external button or inside drop-down?

[jeevith (Jeevith Hegde, Ph.D.)]

Hi @Stephanie_Rimel ans @Nithinkrishna ,

I have been trying to find a solution on this, but as of now I don’t see any possible workarounds.

The Form Designer documentation is definitely poorly written and does not provide much help in understanding the syntax to be used for Json triggers or to modify json component via JavaScript.

I have also gone through numerous threads in the forum all of them are dead ends. I am sure that such a basic function definitely exists ( choose one select box and rest of the unselected once are selected) but sadly the documentation does not help us much.

1. There is an excellent starter tutorial on using form designer by @rahulsharma

UiPath Forms - Conditions | Simple & Advanced using JavaScript

UiPath Form is a great feature mainly for Attended Automation. The input stage can be transformed to be extremely interactive and easy to use with this amazing feature. I have been fortunate enough to have hands-on this feature since the very beginning and in this tutorial, we will see how can one add a simple and advanced condition using JavaScript on a component. What are Conditions in UiPath Form Conditions are the rules we want to apply to a component to alter its property. The condition…

Orphan thread
2. How do I make a "Select All" checkbox with Forms?

Not exactly what you are looking for
3. UiPath Form with Checkboxes to be filled with multiple values - #2 by andrey.egorov
4. How to use select boxes? - #8 by AshwinS2

Nonetheless, this was an excellent question. I got to learn a lot about how UiPath.Form activities work. Thank you for that.

[Stephanie_Rimel (Rimel, Stephanie)]

I did find a workaround, it worked well enough for my purposes anyway. In the data tab of my selectboxes, I set a shortcut key that is the same for every checkbox, so I can just use ctrl+B to select all the checkboxes,

and then I created a reset all button which allows the user to deselect the checkboxes.

Not exactly what I was looking for but a suitable workaround. I hope this helps someone.

[jeevith (Jeevith Hegde, Ph.D.)]

Hi @Stephanie_Rimel,

@Stephanie_Rimel

In the data tab of my selectboxes, I set a shortcut key that is the same for every checkbox, so I can just use ctrl+a to select all the checkboxes, and then I created a reset all button which allows the user to deselect the checkboxes.

That’s great!
Could it be possible for you to share some screenshots of your workaround? I am sure many people will benefit from it.

Screenshots of your triggers and how you use the two buttons as the workaround.

[Praga_Vivek (Pragadeeswaran Vivekanandan)]

Hi @Stephanie_Rimel / @jeevith ,

This can be implemented using advanced logic. Please find the attached project containing a working example.
Sample Project.zip (14.1 KB)

I have also created a tutorial for this feature

UiPath Forms Tutorial - Check / Uncheck All Select Boxes

Hi, Recently, I came across a customer requirement where we need to check / uncheck all select boxes in an UiPath form. I am able to come up with a working solution after doing some R&D. I wanted to share the solution for the benefit of others. Below are the steps to build Check/Uncheck All option for select boxes in an UiPath form. Create a form and add a Select box and Button component Add few values to the select boxes and rename the button component like below [formDesign] Edit t…

Thanks,
Praga

[Stephanie_Rimel (Rimel, Stephanie)]

This is amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time show us how to solve this, it is greatly appreciated <3

[Stephanie_Rimel (Rimel, Stephanie)]

Hi I uploaded some documentation of my workaround but Pragadeeswaran definitely has the best solution. Thanks guys!