The dropdown option when dynamic only shows the options If the dropdown is not required, the blank option would only show a blank space. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to set the ‘blank’ option into a name so users can know what a blank option would represent (ie “All options”, “none”, etc)

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Sure, It will be Nice. Sometimes I do what I explained to you before, to achieve a similar effect: [ezgif.com-video-to-gif] or you can use a record in your database called “All Users” or your specific name, but you will need another actions or conditionals if you’re filtering or doing other workf…

But the user still only see blank on the display of the menu and not the label “All Users” As I said, it’s a simple feature and going through a lot of workaround will definitely add workflow and weight on the app.

Sure, it will be very useful when bubble give us a native way to do it and display it perfectly :ok_hand:t2:.

THE OPTION THAT SHAL NOT BE NAMED ! I’ve been putting this off… Now I gotta deal with it. Did you ever find a solution? Please let me/us know.

Thanks @lottement.md, this is a great work around. A bit cumbersome, yet effective. Thanks again for sharing. Does anyone know if bubble is working for correct this?

This was super helpful! Thanks! For others interested in this approach, I adapted it to a filtering system using multiple dropdowns, like this: $("option[value*=’“BLANK_’]”).each((i, cell) => { if (cell.parentElement.id == “dd-filter-event-type”){ cell.innerHTML = “All Event Types” } else if (…

@launchable Didn;t work for me. “All Locations” should show in Location dropdown, but it isn’t showing. It is showing with the original script shared above as solution but not with multiple dropdown approach you shared.

Give a "Blank option name" for dropdown options

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