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eddiebouncer
(@eddiebouncer)

11 years, 2 months ago

Hi there,

I would like to give a dropdown field filled with either a placeholder or include_blank to not be validated.
But it has content (with include_blank it’s “—“) it passes validation.

code-snippet:
[select* your-day include_blank “1” “2” “3” “4” “5”]

How can this be corrected? Thanks, Ed’

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Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi
(@takayukister)

11 years, 2 months ago

But it has content (with include_blank it’s “—“) it passes validation.

When you use include_blank option, this is not true. The first option that the include_blank adds has an empty value (even if its label displays “—“) so if you choose it, validation will fail.

See Checkboxes, Radio Buttons and Menus for details.

Thread Starter eddiebouncer
(@eddiebouncer)

11 years, 2 months ago

Hey,

My concern is that the first field-option is “—” (or a placeholder text) and when a visitor skips the field by accident the validation passes because there is content in the form.

Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi
(@takayukister)

11 years, 2 months ago

Try first_as_label option.

Thread Starter eddiebouncer
(@eddiebouncer)

11 years, 2 months ago

Hi, no change when i trying that. If i try first_as_label then the field is prefilled with “1” and passes validation.

Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi
(@takayukister)

11 years, 2 months ago

What does the [select] tag look now?

Thread Starter eddiebouncer
(@eddiebouncer)

11 years, 2 months ago

[select* your-day include_blank “1” “2” “3” “4” “5”]

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