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- What is the best way to make sure the user actually has selected one of the valid items not left the default item through validation?
use case issue:
using drop down menu
ex. 1
item1
item2
item3
issue:
1. some users leave the default item selected when it's not what they wanted
2. form doesn't have a way to make sure that the user actually selected an item
workaround kind of
ex. 2
Please select
item1
item2
item3
issue:
1. form allows "Please select" as a valid entry
If you want to stop Please Select from being a valid entry, have a look at the following hook:
http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_field_validation
I will ping the developers about this to see if we can come up with a built-in solution in the future.
Some people like setting the default options so that people don't have to enter data on a long form with multiple selections. So we would have to decide some sort of UI for controlling this effectively.
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Built-in functionality or perhaps a true "developer eddition" will plugin support to allow any changes to work when you upgrade.
"Some people like setting the default options so that people don't have to enter data on a long form with multiple selections. "
Yes, unfortunately that doesn't provide accuracy if you truly require absolute validation of the data.
suggestion would be a not allowed input option.
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Until the developers provide a solution referencing http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_field_validation where in form_display.php would you insert the example code to make it work. This would help to assure that the code is placed correctly.
any assistance would be appreciated.
Yes, you could create an option in your drop down called "Select Below" then validate using the hook you pointed out creating an error if they leave it on "Select Below".
You could not, however, determine if they have opened the field or not though using PHP. You could use some form of JavaScript validation, but you would have to write this yourself (JS is my weak point)
You can create a drop down, with the first option to be: "Select Below" or "Please Select". Then enable values on the field, but leave a blank value for the "Select Below" option.
