How to make "Blank" as default option in a "dropdown without none" having reference specification.

[Divi]

Hi all,

Wanted to set the field "state" with blank as an option using the "drop down without none" (for eg: in incident table state field).Tried to modify in the dictionary of state, setting the default value as empty but still it is displaying none as an option.Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Shane J]

Isn't 'None' the equivalent of 'blank'?

[Divi]

I want to display like the above image,but when the user clicks the dropdown the other choices should be visible.

not like this!

I chose the dropdown without none,and made default value blank but still its not working.

[johnfeist]

Hi Divi,

Since your field is a reference, you need to have that value in whatever table/column you are referencing which is a really bad idea.  For a field like state, having no value also makes no sense since every object with a state property must be in some state.  If you want to allow a no value for state, I'd suggest changing it to dropdown with none and making the field not mandatory.

As Shane pointed out, none is the functional equivalent of blank.

Hope that helps.

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[Divi]

Hi,

State was just an example, actually had a field named "type" which is mandate but when the none is displayed it is automatically taking as type field filled ,thats the reason i wanted to display blank so that type field will be mandatory to fil.