Drop Down tool not dynamic enough- is there a workaround?

[ohnesorgejm]

Using the drop down tool if I type the first letter of the item I want it goes to that section (Yay!) but if I type a second letter it goes to the section of the second letter.

I want Google from the list

Type G -> goes to G section

Type O -> goes to O section not to “GO” section

Is there a way to set it up to filter the list based on what I’m typing?

Is there a way to show more than one column in the drop down?

If no to both of the above - how would you recommend asking a user to select a apecific item from a list of 2k+ items in an analytic app?

[apathetichell]

https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/interface-tools/tree-tool.html

[ohnesorgejm]

Oh nice!  that fixes the typing issue completely.

Is there a way to order the results?  I assume it's sorting based on the Key column which is a hex code but I want it to sort on the name.

What about showing more than one column? Is that a thing?

Let me know if I should post this as a new question.

[apathetichell]

Yup. and yup. you can keep it in this question. check out help -> sample workflows - learn one tool at a time - interface - tree tool

then check out the use custom file for an example.

the tricks are 1) generating the file (I often use a chained app to create the file for the interface and a match file)

2) parsing the response (it can be multiple lines so - text input -/text to columns--- and then apply your parsing).