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Update a dropdown from another field
Change available Admin UI options immediately when an editor changes a related field.
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Change available Admin UI options immediately when an editor changes a related field.
Use this when
- make one dropdown depend on another
- show states based on the selected country
- create a cascading dropdown
- update select options while editing
Dyrected concepts
admin.hooks.options, select, siblingData
Additional packages: No additional packages.
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Complete recipe
This is the canonical source compiled and behavior-tested by @dyrected/knowledge.
import { defineCollection, defineSelectField } from "@dyrected/core";
export const Locations = defineCollection({
slug: "locations",
fields: [
defineSelectField({
name: "country",
label: "Country",
required: true,
options: [
{ label: "Nigeria", value: "ng" },
{ label: "United States", value: "us" },
],
}),
defineSelectField({
name: "region",
label: "State or region",
required: true,
options: [],
admin: {
hooks: {
options: ({ siblingData }) => {
if (siblingData.country === "ng") return ["Lagos", "Abuja", "Oyo"];
if (siblingData.country === "us")
return ["California", "New York", "Texas"];
return [];
},
},
},
}),
],
});