https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-require-user-to-choose-an-option Gravity Support Forums Topic: dropdown - require user to choose an option en-US Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:10:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-require-user-to-choose-an-option#post-46472 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:11:34 +0000 kubawolf 46472@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This helped for me as well, thanks for the well-explained and documented solution. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-require-user-to-choose-an-option#post-41418 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:49:39 +0000 Chris Hajer 41418@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What do you mean Miramedia? What Carl describes is available in the plugin. Are you looking for functionality not described here? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-require-user-to-choose-an-option#post-41399 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:37:06 +0000 Miramedia 41399@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks, this was really useful. Would be great if this could be included in the plugin as an option. </p> <p>Keep up the good work! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-require-user-to-choose-an-option#post-29008 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:18:51 +0000 FanaticWeb 29008@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Glad someone flagged this, and glad I looked it up prior to posting it :) Thanks csleh and Carl! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-require-user-to-choose-an-option#post-28732 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:52:23 +0000 Carl Hancock 28732@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If you want to force a user to make a selection, and not allow them to select the first option which would act as a placeholder and say "Select One" you can do so by following these instructions.</p> <p>- Edit your form<br /> - Add a Drop Down field to your form<br /> - Edit this new Drop Down field<br /> - Give this field a Field Label<br /> - Check the "enable values" checkbox<br /> - Give the very first choice in the list of choices a label of "Select One" and leave it's value EMPTY<br /> - Make sure all choices below it have the value field populated for each choice<br /> - Check the "Required" checkbox under the Rules<br /> - Save your form</p> <p>These same steps apply if you have an existing drop down you want to modify to do this.</p> <p>What this does is it makes the field required, which means the choice selected must have a value. Because the first choice is a placeholder that says "Select One" (or whatever you want it to say) and does not have a value... it won't allow the user to select it and will force them to make a selection.</p> <p>I am including a screenshot of a Drop Down configured following these instructions. You can view it here: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/JEObb.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/JEObb.png</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-require-user-to-choose-an-option#post-28707 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:43:28 +0000 csleh 28707@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I've created a dropdown with a few options, no choices are checked by default, and made it a required field. However, the first option is automatically selected -- even if the visitor hasn't selected it themselves.<br /> How can I add something like "---" or "please select..." as a default, so the visitor will have to select one of the actual choices? </p>