Drop down field

Use Drop down when the respondent must select one value from a compact list.

Example: department

1. Open Fields > General and select Drop down.
2. Select the field and open Edit.
3. Set the label to Select your department.
4. Set Name to department.
5. Make the first choice Select a department.
6. Add each real department as a separate choice underneath it.
7. Enable the setting that treats the first choice as a placeholder.
8. Turn on Required Field.
9. Set Custom error text to Select a department.
10. Preview. Confirm that the first prompt is not accepted as a real submitted answer and each department can be selected.

Settings

Control	What it changes
Choices	The list shown in the drop down.
Empty (tooltip: First choice has no value)	Makes the first item an empty instruction rather than a submitted value. The switch is shown only beside choice 1.
Required Field	Requires a real selection.
Label / Name	The visible question and internal reference.
Unique Value	Restricts reuse of a selected value; use only for a real one-per-submission constraint.
Custom error text	Explains what the respondent needs to select.

Import a preset choice list

The selected Drop down field has a small folder/open icon at the end of its choices editor. Its tooltip is Import. Select it to open Import choices, then choose a preset to preview its values. The v2 dialog includes Days of week, Months of the year, Degrees of probability, Degrees of satisfaction, Currencies of the world, Countries of the world, Continents of the world, and States of USA.

To add the world continents:

1. Select the Drop down field and open Edit.
2. In the choices list, select the folder/open Import icon.
3. Select Continents of the world. The preview shows Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
4. Select Save in the dialog. The preset replaces the current choices; use Cancel if you only wanted to inspect it.
5. Review the imported choices, set the first-choice placeholder only if appropriate, and preview the form.

The same Import choices toolbar is available for Single Choice and Multi Choice. Importing also clears an enabled “Other” choice and may adjust the choice layout to fit the field width.

Expected result

The first visible item is Select a department, but it is not a valid answer. A respondent must choose a real department before submitting.

First choice is empty

The Empty switch is a small toggle beside the first choice—not a setting in the main drawer. Turn it on when the first label is an instruction such as Select a department; v2 stores that option with no value, so Required Field rejects it. Turn it off when the first choice is a real answer that should be submitted. Test both states in Preview, especially after importing a preset.