[medoman]

good morning friends
i have dropdown menu in my dynaform that id filled by an array... i put the first value in the menu (.... Please Select ....)
now i want to validate the form when the user press (submit) to prohibit selecting the (.... Please Select ....) value
i wrote this jave code

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function validate(){
        if($('#brc_advisors').getValue() == ".... Please Select ....") {
            alert('please select valid project manager')
            return false;
        }
}
$('#submit0000000001').click(validate);

but nothing happen when i press (submit) it redirects to the next step
please help me

[amosbatto]

You need to use form.setOnSubmit() to do this reliably instead of onclick. Also you need to use getText() instead of getValue() for your dropdown box.

However you don't need to use JavaScript. Simply mark the "required" option in the properties for the dropdown box. For your options in the dropdown, set the first key/value to be blank:

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Key   |  Label
--------------------------------
      | ...Please Select ...
opt1  |  Option 1
opt2  |  Option 2           

[medoman]

yes its working now simply when i added the first value with empty key.
thanks you so much

[karlosKamacho]

Hello everyone
The other way is to use the "placeholder" property and to activate the "required" property of the dropdown control.