Why cannot remove a dropdown by DropDown Editor

**PanJun** · 2011-09-09, 08:26 AM

Hi,

I just can not figure out why an admin user can Add DropDown in the DropDown Editor while can not remove it after. Anybody know the reason?

Thanks.

**sts** · 2011-09-09, 08:38 AM

You should be able to do that. In DropDown Editor there is a trashbox icon on the right side of each item where you can remove this item (see screenshot).

**PanJun** · 2011-09-09, 08:54 AM

Remove all the items and leave an empty dropdown list which is not useful anymore ?

I can unset in the dropdown array by coding, but I can not prevent admin user create new empty dropdown by mistake and just leave it.

**sts** · 2011-09-09, 09:16 AM

Yes, the dropdown list itself cannot be removed by Dropdown Editor. I think this is because any field could still use this list. If you're sure that the list isn't used anymore you could delete it's entry manually from file custom\include\language\en_us.lang.php. It should look like

PHP Code:

 $GLOBALS['app_list_strings']['MY_EMPTY_DROPDOWN_LIST']=array (

);

**PanJun** · 2011-09-09, 09:32 AM

Thanks, now I understand.

I hope someday DropDown Editor can detect the list which is not in use, and enable a button Delete DropDown, that will be perfect