Title: Dropdown menu selection validation
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Dropdown menu selection validation

 *  Resolved [seyquindaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seyquindaro/)
 * (@seyquindaro)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-selection-validation/)
 * How do I set the select box so that it requires a user to make a selection before
   submitting a form?
 * I am using the free version of VFB
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/visual-form-builder/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/visual-form-builder/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Matthew Muro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmuro/)
 * (@mmuro)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-selection-validation/#post-3614564)
 * Add a blank option to the first in the list and make the field required. That
   will force the validation to fire because a value isn’t selected.
 *  Thread Starter [seyquindaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seyquindaro/)
 * (@seyquindaro)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-selection-validation/#post-3614596)
 * Thanks!
 *  [iskolastiko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iskolastiko/)
 * (@iskolastiko)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-selection-validation/#post-3614700)
 * is it possible to modify the validation on this one?
 * say, the first option is Select?
 * how could i modify the validation?

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 * Last reply from: [iskolastiko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iskolastiko/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-selection-validation/#post-3614700)
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