Drop-down menu, users must make a selection

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Roxy

Hi all!

Is there anyway that I can place validation on a drop down
menu of choices so that users must select something. I
have not had success using validation within the form
field property. It seems to make one select one of the 6
items in the list.

Also is there a way to make the drop down menu display a
blank option? Currently it shows the first item on my
list which users could bypass and go to the next item on
the form.

Thanks.
 
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Roxy said:
Hi all!

Is there anyway that I can place validation on a drop down
menu of choices so that users must select something. I
have not had success using validation within the form
field property.
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"It seems to make one select one of the 6 items in the list."
Isn't this what you want to happen?
 
Ok let me clarify. I do want the users to select one item
from the drop down menu. Currently the first viewable
item in the list reads None. I can remove none from the
list, however, it them shows the next selection as the
default. The user can bypass that field and it will
record the viewable option as their actual response. Is
there anyway to make a blank entry so they will be forced
to select something? Thanks.
 
Yes, under the field validation for the drop down, select disallow first
choice. Normally you would see wording such as Select One as the first
choice. However doing this, a user would not be able to bypass this field
without making a selection.

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I figured out that I can do the following within FP.

Right click on the drop down menu and select form field
properties.
Click on the validate button
Put a check in disallow first choice.
 
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