My guess as to why it happens was dead on. It's stored as a single string with \r\n for character returns. Problem is, vB strips them before I can get access to them. I know of one way to get around it, BUT... it involves recoding the whole hack and creating a new table in the database just for these fields. A little excessive IMHO.

hrm....

GREAT WORK! Your two profile mods are great. I really appreciate it. I made a dumb mistake and started feeling real dumb, but it was just I forgot to save a file before uploading it. lol

I'll have screenshots soon.

Glad to hear :)

Fair enough. Is there perhaps a way to specify a maximum width for the 'drop down', after which the text continues onto a new line ?

Cheers,
Adam.

Hi Wired1
First I had to tank you for this hack, but I got a little problem
I want to use Checkboxes for the hardware (Picture 1)
In Profil everything works fine (Picture 2)
But in Dropdown there it is wrong (Picture 3)
Are you able to help?
Thanks a lot, Mike

Arach:
I'll have to look into it when I get back later next week, but I believe vB's template format will prevent it, as there's no way to code it. If so, I may have to recode the whole thing to get around both limitations. It wasn't designed for loooooooooooong strings, mainly just for easy access to information that could be relevant in any post, for example, computer rigs.

alluidh:
WTF? First guess would be that you've got a typo in the dropdown code, although I haven't attempted to replicate the issue yet. Don't recall having an issue with the test bed though. I'll attempt to replicate it when I get back. Please hit INSTALL.

Wired, how do I remove the bold effect for the "N/A" phrase in profile view page?

Nevermind. :P

Nice Hack!

I submit following proposal: It would be nice, if a pictures could be placed in a user-field. This pic should be loaded via AJAX when the dropdown-info is opened. That would be a nice upgrade of this hack.

Greetings,
Chriss

This hack won't work on 3.0.1 though :)

That would require a different hack.