https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/force-a-selection-in-drop-down Gravity Support Forums Topic: Force a selection in drop down. en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:29:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/force-a-selection-in-drop-down#post-19367 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:38:48 +0000 Carl Hancock 19367@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Glad that took care of it! Thanks :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/force-a-selection-in-drop-down#post-19365 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:34:30 +0000 browncow 19365@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>that did it. thanks for the reply!<br /> what a great product....well worth the money spent... </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/force-a-selection-in-drop-down#post-19351 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:02:40 +0000 Carl Hancock 19351@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You do this by turning on the value option on the drop down and then giving the first option in the list a label of "Select a Coach" (or whatever you want) but leaving it's value blank. Then set the field to required.</p> <p>See this screenshot which shows the proper configuration:</p> <p><a href="http://grab.by/98Jw" rel="nofollow">http://grab.by/98Jw</a></p> <p>Since "Select Coach" has no value, it won't pass the required field validation. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/force-a-selection-in-drop-down#post-19349 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:55:50 +0000 browncow 19349@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Right now, it seems that the first option listed for dropdown is the default option.<br /> How can I make it so they the user must select something other than the default value?</p> <p>Right now I have:</p> <p>Select Coach name<br /> Coach Steve<br /> Coach John<br /> Coach Mike</p> <p>I'd like "Select coach Name" to be displayed, but I'd like the actual selectable values be any of "Coach Steve, John Or Mike" but not "Select Coach Name"</p> <p>Does this make sense? Can I do this? </p>