https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/drop-down-default-questions Gravity Support Forums Topic: Drop Down Default Questions en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:26:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/drop-down-default-questions#post-21566 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:27:25 +0000 Carl Hancock 21566@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Yes, to use a placeholder that doesn't get saved, however, you'd want to make the field REQUIRED and then do the following:</p> <p>- Edit drop down field<br /> - Enable Values on the choices<br /> - For the first item give it the value "Select Your County"<br /> - Give the "Select Your County" option a blank value</p> <p>See this screenshot:</p> <p><a href="http://grab.by/9GKa" rel="nofollow">http://grab.by/9GKa</a></p> <p>If the field is required and the selection has a blank value, it won't validate. So this would force them to select one of the options and they can't select the placeholder. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/drop-down-default-questions#post-21506 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:30:55 +0000 Tom Bevington 21506@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Have a required drop down field from which user must choose one of 5 Counties.</p> <p>I don't want to pre-select a default value for any of the 5 Counties.</p> <p>I'd like to display a default message/"pseudo-value" like "PICK ONE" or "SELECT YOUR COUNTY" that's NOT treated like a valid user selection if the user ignores the field and then presses SUBMIT.</p> <p>Can I do this without cluttering up my form with a lot of FIELD DESCRIPTION text that's visually annoying? </p>