Nested Dropdowns

[collie]

This is a chicken and eggs question....

If you have a dropdown which has other dropdowns inside it, is there a rule as to where to start?

Should you make the big dropdown first, and then make little ones inside it.... or should you make the little ones first and then enclose them in one big one? Does it matter?

[DocuWil]

As far as I can see Collie it makes no difference, but if you make the big one afterwards you first have to create a paragraph before the dropdown to embed with the little ones. If you just select the small dropdowns you will not be able to insert the dropdown.

Tip:
I always use a kind of test project to create such things and to look what is the easiest way to work around.

[Cecily]

I don't know if there is a rule, and I don't think I'm consistent.

The "quirk" I encounter is if you have a dropdown and then want to insert something immediately after (or immediately before) it that is not part of the dropdown. This is especially awkward if one dropdown is immediately followed by another. In such cases I always have a blank paragraph between them; that may be bad practice, but I find it works.

And if things get really tricky in a topic, I take all the dropdowns off and start again.

[trent the thief]

You could also send the file into the text editor to add something in the right spot. That's how I do it when I needed. Flare's WYSIWIG can be very tricky around dropdowns.