Making Select field mandatory

Hi @just10mninutes

You just need to include a blank option – otherwise your select field will select “07th October 2017” as the value, meaning it can never be blank, and won’t trigger a required field rule.

Your code should be:

[md-select label=”Which session would you like to join?”]
[select menu-1 include_blank “07th October 2017” “14th October 2017” “21st October 2017” “28th October 2017”]
[/md-select]

Thanks,
Angus

@angus,

Thank you for your response. looks like you misread my question or I am understanding your answer incorrectly.

I want that this field should be mandatory and not including blank. so I do not want to include include_blank option.

Regarding your point

otherwise your select field will select “07th October 2017” as the value, meaning it can never be blank

In this case I get my field label(Which session would you like to join?) as menu-1 value when the form gets submitted and email is sent

[md-select label="Which session would you like to join?"]
[select menu-1 "07th October 2017" "14th October 2017" "21st October 2017" "28th October 2017"]
[/md-select]

Please let me know if I am not clear with my question.

Thank You

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by just10mninutes.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by just10mninutes.

Hi @just10mninutes

Mandatory/required literally means “not blank”. If you don’t add include_blank to your field, then it can never be blank, which means it doesn’t make sense for the field to be mandatory/required.

In other words, if you don’t add include_blank and someone fills out the form but leaves the select field, it will still have a value (not blank) – which in your case is “07th October 2017”.

Let me know if I’m still misinterpreting your question.

Thanks,
Angus

@angus,

I understood your point of making select field as mandatory or non-mandatory.

Now what I am trying to say is, when I make the field as mandatory and person does not select the option, the form sends email with select field label value instead of first option of menu.

Below is the sample email received after filling form. I was expecting to receive 07th October 2017 in front of Workshop Date: since user did not select any option.

Hi Team,

We have a new Registration for the workshop

WorkShop Date : Which session would you like to join?
Name : tre
Email : <[email protected]>
Contact Number: 3456

Thank you

Hi @just10mninutes

I see your problem now. You found a bug. I’ve updated the plugin with a fix, please update and let me know if your problem is resolved.

Thanks,
Angus

@angus,

Just updated and verified, no changes in the behavior.

I still get the label as menu value.

Thanks

Hi @just10mninutes

Do you have a live url I can see your form at?

Thanks,
Angus

@angus,

Here is the link.

https://olifant.co.za/datansh/popi-compliance/

Form is available under register tab.

Note: The site is still under construction.

If you register you will get the email with the details which has been submitted.

Thank you

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by just10mninutes.

Hi @just10mninutes

It doesn’t look like it’s currently set to mandatory, but when I filled out the form and left that field blank, I got a blank field in the email (not “Which session would you like to join?”), which seems correct.

You may just need to clear your browser’s cache and retry. Can you let me know if that fixes the problem?

https://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/

Thanks,
Angus

@angus,

You are right, i had not put select*.

Now everything is fine.

Thanks a lot for your support