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Moe:
This may already be possible, but I couldn't figure it out.  It's a bit confusing to explain, I will do my best.

Using the ListItem function I am separating actors out so that their name is selectable in Theaterview. 

This is how I did it.  I start with the [Actors] field which has a value of

Mel Gibson
Catherine McCormack
Sophie Marceau
Patrick McGoohan
Angus Macfadyen
Brendan Gleeson
James Robinson
etc. etc.

Then I have five new fields with the following values

ListItem([Actors],0)
ListItem([Actors],1)
ListItem([Actors],2)
ListItem([Actors],3)
ListItem([Actors],4)

Here is an example of what the above returns



You'll notice that  Catherine McCormack's name is selected.  Right now, when I click on it, nothing happens.  If I click on Mel Gibson it will return some results, but it will only return movies where Mel Gibson is the first actor listed in the [Actors] field.

What I'd like to happen is have MC search for the selected person's name in any list field and in any position within the list.  Basically, I want to replicate the search functionality in standard view.

An even better solution would be for MC to parse a list automatically in Theaterview.  Making each list item selectable when displaying a list field so we wouldn't have to create a new field for every actor like I have done above (this is probably a pipe dream but it doesn't hurt to ask).

Moe:
Any chance of something like this happening?  It would add such a cool new way to browse movies.

JimH:
Could you bump this next week?  Matt's out this week.

Moe:
Definitely, thanks Jim.

Moe:
Bump for Matt's return.

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