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Dropdowns for Pre-Defined Fields in Auto-Populated Playlist Rules

šŸ“‹ Summary

When creating auto-populated playlists, users currently have to manually type values into fields that already have known, pre-defined options (e.g. ā€œStatusā€, ā€œRegionā€, ā€œGenreā€). This request proposes replacing those free-text fields with dropdowns or checkbox selectors where appropriate.

šŸŽÆ Feature Overview

  • For fields with known, finite values (like Status, Region, Genre, Play Mode, etc.), show:

    • A dropdown list of options when using ā€œEqualsā€ or ā€œNot Equalsā€

    • A multi-select checklist when using ā€œHas At Least One Ofā€ or ā€œHas None Of The Valuesā€

  • Automatically format selected values into the correct input format (e.g. Value 1; Value 2)

šŸ›  Example Use Case

  • When creating a playlist filtered by ā€œStatusā€, the user sees a dropdown with:

    • ā€œNot Playedā€, ā€œIn Progressā€, ā€œCompletedā€, etc.

  • For a ā€œHas At Least One Ofā€ comparison on genres, a user checks ā€œJRPGā€ and ā€œTurn-Basedā€ from a list, instead of typing manually.

šŸ“¦ Benefits

  • Prevents formatting errors and typos when building rules

  • Makes rule creation much faster and more intuitive

  • Provides better visibility into what values are valid or available in each field

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
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    Jul 22, 2025

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    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

  • VodkaParalyzer

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    Jul 22, 2025

    When Defining Rules for an Auto-Populated Playlist, Provide Dropdown List, for Fields That Have Pre-Defined Values

    When defining rules in an Auto-Populated Playlist, much like when selecing a Field that is either True or False and you provide a Checkbox to indicate the value to filter on, it would be great if when working with a field that has a pre-defined list of values, like the In Progress field, that you have to select from just those values. Likewise, when selecting the Comparison methods of ā€œHas At Least One Ofā€ or ā€œHas None of the Valuesā€, to show a Checked Dropdown List where you can select the values that you want, and they’ll be populated into the text field in the correct format ā€œValue 1; Value 2ā€