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Set Default Selected Value of DropDown

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Posted on by 3,294 Most Valuable Professional

You would think this would be simple as setting the default value to an ID of the drop down but aparently it's not that easy. 

 

Anyone know how I can set the default value that shows in the drop down or basically the selected Item on the dropdown control. It always shows the first value no matter what and the only way I can get it to show the value is using Filter, which does no good when you go to change the value. 

 

Is there a special value you have to pass into Default other than primary key value for it to know which record to use? 

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  • cwebb365 Profile Picture
    3,294 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Solved it, Default property needs set to Lookup(datasource,ID = ThisItem.ID,Name) 

    Was missing the ,Name part which is what is showing in the Dropdown field. 

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    RandyHayes Profile Picture
    76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @cwebb365 

    Yes, for a DropDown, the Default must be the same as the field that you are displaying in the dropdown.

    So, if you are displaying Name in the DropDown, then you set the default to whatever text value you want for that field.  In your case, you're looking up the value and assigning name to the default...all is good.

     

    By the way, the DropDown retains the fields of the record,  so elsewhere, you can get to the DropDown.Selected.ID or any other field in the record.

     

    Glad you resolved it.

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