Drop down menu with a button that rolls a dice

Hi, I am creating a basic character sheet for my Forged in the Dark game. I am not a coder but I have managed to make a simple sheet that does most of what I want. One thing I would like is to add is a drop-down menu for different weapon options and a button to roll a dice. i have made the drop-down menu easily enough, but I can't figure out how to make the button roll a dice. Each option in the menu has a different value - basically when you use a simple weapon like a pistol you roll a D6, and for a more powerful you might roll a d12. Anyone knows the code I could use to make a dropdown menu and button combination that does this?   <option value="zero">-</option>   <option value="d6">Pistol</option>   <option value="d8">Submachine Gun</option>   <option value="d12">Sniper Rifle</option>     </select> <button id="rollButton">Roll Dice</button>

Hi Gary, here's how you can handle button rolls on your sheet; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Button#Roll_Macro" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Button#Roll_Macro</a> Just use a basic roll button ie type="roll", and set it's value to match your select attribute.

Thank you for your reply. How do I make it roll a different dice depending on which option from the dropdown is selected?

Whatever value you have in your dropdown should be what is sent to chat.&nbsp;Given that the values in your select is "d6, d8, etc." That text is all that you will see since rolls require "/r" or an inline roll ie [[d6]], etc. So if you want to actually make a roll with only the select's value, you will need to modify the value of your options accordingly. But if your dropdown is only one component of your macro/roll, you'll need to piece everything together so that all your roll button is doing is sending your "final" macro to chat.&nbsp; Example; you might have multiple attributes that you want in your final roll. Let's say that weapon1_die is your drop-down select, and misc_mod is some other attribute and your Final roll is, &amp;{template:default} {{name=Attack}} {{roll=[[ @{weapon1_die} + @{misc_mod} ]]}} You can place that final roll in a new attribute &lt;input type="text" name="attr_weapon1_attack" value="&amp;{template:default} {{name=Attack}} {{roll=[[ @{weapon1_die} + @{misc_mod} ]]}}" /&gt; Then just use weapon1_attack as the value for your button roll. &lt;button type="roll" name="roll_weapon1_attack_roll" value="weapon1_attack"&gt;Attack!&lt;/button&gt;

Thanks for spending the time to answer. I still don't get it. At the moment nothing is being sent to chat. The button doesn't seem to do anything. I currently don't want to add any modifiers - just roll a single dice - but a different dice depending on the choice shown in the dropdown. This is my current code...&nbsp; &lt;select name="attr_rollmod"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="zero"&gt;-&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="d6"&gt;Pistol&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="d8"&gt;Submachine Gun&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="d12"&gt;Sniper Rifle&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;button id="rollButton"&gt;Roll Dice&lt;/button&gt;

Gary A. said: Thanks for spending the time to answer. I still don't get it. At the moment nothing is being sent to chat. The button doesn't seem to do anything. I currently don't want to add any modifiers - just roll a single dice - but a different dice depending on the choice shown in the dropdown. This is my current code...&nbsp; &lt;select name="attr_rollmod"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="zero"&gt;-&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="d6"&gt;Pistol&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="d8"&gt;Submachine Gun&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="d12"&gt;Sniper Rifle&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;button id="rollButton"&gt;Roll Dice&lt;/button&gt; You should read the wiki link I included above.&nbsp; ;-P The wiki will explain how your button's should be formatted to work with roll20.&nbsp; Also a must read; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Building_Character_Sheets" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Building_Character_Sheets</a> and GiG's website that includes everything you'll need to build sheets for roll20; <a href="https://cybersphere.me/roll20-sheet-author-master-list/" rel="nofollow">https://cybersphere.me/roll20-sheet-author-master-list/</a> Your button isn't named and is missing a value, so it does nothing as-is. ;-( To just get a roll out of the select and your button. (this works for one roll.&nbsp; You'll need to modify the attribute and button names to be unique for your other attacks) &lt;select name="attr_rollmod1"&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="zero" selected&gt;-&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="[[d6]]"&gt;Pistol&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="[[d8]]"&gt;Submachine Gun&lt;/option&gt; &nbsp; &lt;option value="[[d12]]"&gt;Sniper Rifle&lt;/option&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;button type="roll" name="roll_weapon1" value="@{rollmod1}"&gt;Roll Dice&lt;/button&gt;

Amazing! You're a star!