Learn how to use the Dropdown block to add a question with drop-down answer options to your pages or forms.
Overview
Our form blocks are great for getting survey-based information from your page and form visitors. Use the drop-down block to add a question with drop-down answer options that your visitors can use to submit information.
Before you start
Things you need to know:
- This article assumes you are either editing or creating a new page or form.
To learn how, check out the Pages and forms section Create, view, and edit.
Step 1: Add a Dropdown block
To add a Dropdown block to your page or form:
- Expand the Form block menu, then drag the Dropdown block onto the EasyEditor canvas.
- On the Dropdown block, select Type question here and enter your own question.
Step 2: Edit the block settings
To edit your dropdown block setting:
- Select the block to open the settings menu.
- If an answer is required, select the Required answer check box.
- If you want to show a default value on the drop-down menu, select the Show empty value check box. Then in the Empty value text box enter your default value.
- If you want to add an Other option and text box to your drop-down menu, select the Allow other check box. Then in the Allow other text box, enter the text for your other option.
- If you want to add a watermark to the text box, in the Watermark box, enter the text you want to use.
Step 3: Add drop-down options
You can choose either predefined options or create your own custom ones.
Pre-defined options
The predefined options let you create popular drop-down options quickly. You can choose pre-defined options for:
- Age groups
- Cities in the UK
- Counties in the UK
- Countries in the World
- Days
- Duration
- Frequency
- Months
- Strongly disagree to Strongly agree
- Timezones
- US states
To add predefined options to your drop-down menu:
- Select the block to open the settings menu.
- From the Settings menu, select Choose a predefined list.
- From the Choose a predefined list side-panel, expand the Choose a list drop-down menu.
- Select the predefined list you want to use.
- Select Apply.
- If you want to add a default option, in the settings menu, expand the Default selection drop-down menu and choose a default option.
Create a custom list
Sometimes you might need a list that isn’t in the predefined options. To create your own custom list:
- Select the block to open the settings menu.
- From the Settings menu, select Edit list.
- From the Edit list side-panel, in the Edit your list box, enter a list item.
- Select the +.
- Repeat for all your custom list items.
- Select Apply.
That’s it! Continue editing your page or form.