How can I choose a specific Search Mode when opening a Search Dialog via Method?

RE: How can I choose a specific Search Mode when opening a Search Dialog via Method?

lyraellington12 — Fri, 16 May 2025 10:20:34 GMT

Thanks for the update — your new approach sounds like a smart workaround! Starting from the latest item and programmatically gathering previous versions makes sense, especially when multiple revisions are involved. It keeps the UI cleaner and avoids relying on dropdown behavior that’s hard to control. animal rampage 3d

I’m also curious about your controlled float strategy — are you planning to log user decisions when they choose to float or not? Would love to hear more about how you’re implementing that logic.

RE: How can I choose a specific Search Mode when opening a Search Dialog via Method?

AngelaIp — Tue, 13 May 2025 15:20:23 GMT

Thanks for your fast help! I have to admit, you answered my question very accurate and precisely! Unfortunately, my screenshot was a bit misleading. Here's what I'm was actually looking for:

I don´t think it´s possible to pre-select the search mode in the dropdown. But - good news: I think it was a bad idea from the start and I currently don´t need a solution anymore!

The use case was related to a custom change management process. For a very specific scenario users should select only previous item revisions.

But now I will just start from the latest item and than automatically collect previous versions and let user decide if they want to do an update/float of the items. There are more than one previous item versions anyway.

The whole idea is related to this post to achieve a controlled float behavior: How can I control/track floating behavior of Parts?

RE: How can I choose a specific Search Mode when opening a Search Dialog via Method?

Kalaiselvan NP — Tue, 13 May 2025 07:47:41 GMT

Hi Angela,

I usually try to use 'Default Search' option on item_number property

Which result in search window like below:

Not sure this helps with your requirement