How to select intermediate/parent nodes in Cascader?

💬 App Building
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I want to use the Cascader component to allow selections at both the deepest level and at intermediate levels. In either case, I want to be able to use nameOfCascader.value to retrieve the selected item.

The default configuration forces me to drill down all the way to the last level. I cannot find a way to stop and select a value at an intermediate level.

Looking at the docs, I see there is a property called checkStrictly [1] that seems to solve this, but I cannot find the setting for it in the component inspector panel.

Data Context:

The data I want to present comes from a single database table of the format:

id name parent_id
1 foo 1
2 bar 1
3 baz 2
4 whizz 3
5 buzz 4
6 fizz 4

Right now, I can only select buzz and fizz, but I need to be able to select foo, whizz, etc., as well.

References:

[1]: The Cascader component for Retool Apps | Retool Docs

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Hi @Chitram_Dasgupta, the way that the cascader works is that it only recognizes a change event when a value at the deepest level is clicked. Unfortunately that means that there isn't a way to retrieve intermediate values from a cascader while you are using this component in particular.