Title: Multiselect dropdowns?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Multiselect dropdowns?

 *  [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcutri500/)
 * (@dcutri500)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiselect-dropdowns/)
 * I like the multiselect checkboxes with an Other field. Is there any way to make
   a **grouped, multiselect dropdown** with an Other field? I have some experience
   with coding, so I’d really just need an overview or a general approach, not a
   full-fledged tutorial (although that would be nice). Any help?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/)

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 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiselect-dropdowns/#post-6499417)
 * You can group your checkboxes using an “optgroup” in your values…for example:
 * `West::optgroup,Washington::WA,Oregon::OR,Central::optgroup,Colorado::CO,Arizona::
   AZ`
 * Documentation: [Defining Participants Database Fields](http://xnau.com/work/wordpress-plugins/participants-database/defining-participants-database-fields/)
 *  Thread Starter [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcutri500/)
 * (@dcutri500)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiselect-dropdowns/#post-6499427)
 * Great. Thank you. How about the multiselect part? Is that possible?
 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiselect-dropdowns/#post-6499494)
 * Works the same for a multiselect.
 *  Thread Starter [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcutri500/)
 * (@dcutri500)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiselect-dropdowns/#post-6499506)
 * I’m sorry. No, I mean you’ve got multiselect checkboxes as an option, but no 
   multiselect dropdowns. How can I make the dropdowns multiselect?
 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiselect-dropdowns/#post-6499528)
 * I see, no, there current;y isn’t a way to do that.

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 * [multiselect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multiselect/)

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 * Last reply from: [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiselect-dropdowns/#post-6499528)
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