# Placeholder text drop down value

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/placeholder-text-drop-down-value/152182>\
**Category:** Tips\
**Created:** [May 20, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/placeholder-text-drop-down-value/152182 "2021-05-20T09:45:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tristan7577](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tristan7577](https://forum.bubble.io/u/Tristan7577)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/placeholder-text-drop-down-value/152182/1 "2021-05-20T09:45:21Z")

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Re: The problem where your dropdown just shows a blank space…and it looks hella ugly.  
Very simple…no complex stuff at all.

1. Delete all the placeholder text (we don’t need that rubbish) and put the whole dropdown inside a group.

2. Put a cheeky text element where the placeholder text would go and make it **not visible** on page load + **visible** when dropdown’s value **is empty** + **not visible** when dropdown’s value **is not empty**.

3. Pop open the champagne because baby we’re going to vegas.