Drop down help

[nlmacdonald]

I've created a number of abilities that I want as options when selecting a feat. The abilities represent auras. So each ability has a unique id starting with xAura in the naming. As I understand with custom expressions, I should be able to show these things with syntax like:

~ the idea is get any thing that has a naming pattern of xAura
thingid.xAura?

~ second attempt
component.Ability & thingid.xAura?

~ I created a custom tag for the Aura and tried that
Aura.MyTag

~ And lastly I tried
component.Ability & Aura.MyTag

None of these worked. I've written custom expression that work with game components like spell, weapons, etc.. and haven't had any problems. I believe that the syntax above is fine. Are there certain resources that cannot be added to the drop down? I tried working with both Abilities and Class Special picks and neither worked for me. Is there some setting or tag that I need to add to get abilities to show in the drop down?

Some additional information.
Select From... was set to -None-
Restrict First List To.. was set to -None-

As a secondary question. When working with abilities, I've noticed that the abilities that I bootstrap to class specials do not:
* Show in activate abilities (when I configure the ability to show)
* Nor in the in-play tracked resources

Is this a bug? I configure a class special to show in activate abilities and it does. I use the same configuration for the ability and doesn't. The same is true for tracked resources.

Thanks

[Mathias]

"None of these worked" - what do you mean by this? Are you getting the wrong list? If so, what's showing there? Or is there something else not happening?

[nlmacdonald]

Thanks for the response. I'm getting - Nothing to Select -.

[nlmacdonald]

Update: I figured out what the problem was. it was connected to "Restrict First List To.. was set to -None-." "-None-" seems to default to picks on the hero. The auras had not been bootstrapped to the hero and because of this they did not appear in the drop down. I need to change the option to "All Things."

This raises the question about the "-None-" option. It seems to do the same as "Picks on Hero." Can someone provide me some details on how they are different.

Thanks

[Mathias]

It's because picks on hero is the most common choice we find ourselves using, so that's the default - you can leave it blank and get the most common choice.

[nlmacdonald]

Thanks for the feedback.