I'm trying to create a "please select" default value for dropdown fields that are required. CB unfortunately selects the first item on a list as the required value, e.g. if it is states, Alabama is first on the list. That one is preselected on "required" field. I would think it better if the default was "please select" which I typed into default value. CB ignores this text and uses the first value available. Most users don't realize that field isn't filled in and go past it.

Wondering if anyone else has solved this.

Just found this although it's from almost a year ago and claims a fix may have been made:

www.joomlapolis.com/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,38/func,view/id,100392/catid,99/limit,6/limitstart,6/

Not sure if hacking is a good idea right now. Wondering if there is an official solution that solves this for all dropdowns. If not required you get a blank space. If it is required, first value is automatically selected.

The Solution as per Joomlapoplis (not added into latest version released) and parts to remove commented out:



in administrator/components/com_comprofiler/comprofiler.class.php
[code:1] function selectList( &$arr, $tag_name, $tag_attribs, $key, $text, $selected, $required = 0, $htmlspecialcharText = true ) {

reset( $arr );

$id_name = moscomprofilerHTML::htmlId( $tag_name );

$html = "\n"

. '<select name="' . htmlspecialchars( $tag_name ) . '" id="' . htmlspecialchars( $id_name ) . '" ' . $tag_attribs . '>';


/* $addBlank = ( ( ! $required ) && ! ( isset( $arr[0] ) && $arr[0]->$key == '' ) ); */

$addBlank = ( ( ( ! $required ) || ( is_array( $selected ) ? ( count( $selected ) == 0 ) : ( $selected == '' ) ) ) && ! ( isset( $arr[0] ) && $arr[0]->$key == '' ) );


if ( $addBlank ) {

$html .= "\n\t<option value=\"\"> </option>";

}

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In the same directory, plugin.class.php
[code:1] function _explodeCBvaluesToObj( $value ) {
if ( ! is_array( $value ) ) {
/* $value = explode( '|*|', $value ); */

if ( ( $value === '' ) || is_null( $value ) ) {
$value = array();
} else {
$value = explode( '|*|', $value );
}


}
$objArr = array();
foreach( $value as $k => $kv ) {
$objArr[$k]->value = $kv;
$objArr[$k]->text = $kv;
}
return $objArr;
}
function _explodeCBvalues( $value ) {
return explode( '|*|', $value );
}
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