XF 2.1 Would there be any usability or performance drawbacks to setting up a thread field with thousands of choices?

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Feanor

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I'd like to set up a drop-down thread field with several thousand options. Would there be any drawback to this? If so, I would probably have to use a free text field instead, but I'd rather not.
 
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Only performance drawback I can see is loading those thousands of fields on every page load. Not sure if a multiselect script like the following helps on that front, but it does give you a search bar to make finding what you are looking for easy at least. Requires custom development to use of course.

Basic usage | Select2 - The jQuery replacement for select boxes

Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and pagination (infinite scrolling) of results.
select2.org select2.org
 
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Manster54 said:
Bet that'll be fun for mobile users!
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Damn it.

Pandemix said:
Only performance drawback I can see is loading those thousands of fields on every page load. Not sure if a multiselect script like the following helps on that front, but it does give you a search bar to make finding what you are looking for easy at least. Requires custom development to use of course.

Basic usage | Select2 - The jQuery replacement for select boxes

Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and pagination (infinite scrolling) of results.
select2.org select2.org
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What would help more is something like the follow (as an example) -
"Favorite pet breed." User selects "dog" in drop down 1. Drop down 2 now contains choices for "small dog breed, large dog breed." User selects "large." Drop down 3 now contains choices for only the large breed. Compared to jamming everything all into one drop down for the user to scroll through.
 
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