Using Option sets with dropdown in Bubble

Option sets are basically a static list of choices that are global to your app. You just have to define them once and use them wherever you need a custom data type.

They behave like a Data type of their own but are significantly faster to load. You can use Option sets with dropdowns, and radio buttons or even use them to create a menu in your Bubble app.

Option Sets in Bubble for beginners

In this short Bubble tutorial, we are going to learn what Option Sets are and how to start using them in your Bubble application.

NocodeAssistantHimanshu Sharma

The most common place where you'd use them is with Dropdowns.

Defining the Option set

Creating an Option set is easy. It is quite similar to the way you create a new Data type and its Fields.

To create or view an Option set, go to the Data tab of your applications. Then open the Option sets subtab. You'll be able to see all your Option sets over here and edit them.

To create a new Option set, give it a name and click Create button. For this tutorial, I'll be creating a new Option set called Subscription Plan with 4 choices. Each choice will also store a few attributes (fields).

An Attribute is similar to a Field in a Data type. You can define an attribute to hold a certain value and use it wherever the Option set is being used. I have added some attributes which I can use later on for custom logic.

For example, each Subscription status has an attribute "No of users". I can apply a check on a workflow when they are inviting new users to run the workflow only when Current User's Subscription Status No of Users < Current User's Invited Users.

Using Option sets as the choice source

Create a dropdown and change the Choice style to Dynamic. We don't need a static Choice style. The Type of Choice will be the name of the Option set.

You now have a dropdown with Dynamic data source and the choices of this dropdown can be conveniently updated from the backend.

The biggest benefit of using Option sets is that they are faster to load as compared to fetching data from Data types. And instead of having to manually update every dropdown whenever you want to change the choice source, you can update them once and all the dropdowns will be automatically updated.

Option Sets in Bubble for beginners

In this short Bubble tutorial, we are going to learn what Option Sets are and how to start using them in your Bubble application.

NocodeAssistantHimanshu Sharma

Dropdown that filters another dropdown in Bubble.io

You can create dropdowns which filter another dropdown based on the option selected in the first dropdown. This Bubble tutorial will quickly show you how to create such cascading dropdowns.

NocodeAssistantHimanshu Sharma

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