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Jan 28, 2022 4:43 PM UTC
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Required Picklist Values - Customizing the helper text at the top of a required picklist

I am working on a form with picklist values and I would like helper text of "Select your role" etc to appear as the default option in the pulldown but it is not one of the actual options so I don't want the form to submit unless someone selects one of the actual roles. How do I make this helper text a value but not a selectable option to pass the form?

 

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jengcalendlyAccepted solution
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Feb 4, 2022 12:36 AM UTC

Unfortunately this did not work but I was able to click in to the top value for the picklist called Select and overwrite it so now my fields look like the attached

 

 

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SanfordWhiteman
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Jan 28, 2022 5:46 PM UTC
You want your topmost "placeholder" to have no server value (end the line with the pipe |).

Then it will not be allowed to be a final value for the Select (as long as the Select is required, of course).

Note Selects don't technically have placeholders. But this is the closest way to simulating one.
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jengcalendlyAuthorAccepted solution
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Feb 4, 2022 12:36 AM UTC

Unfortunately this did not work but I was able to click in to the top value for the picklist called Select and overwrite it so now my fields look like the attached

 

 

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SanfordWhiteman
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Feb 4, 2022 1:06 AM UTC
Looks like you did exactly what I said. What do you mean 'did not work'?
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