Bootstrap select dropdown list placeholder

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I am trying to make a dropdown list that contains a placeholder  It doesn t seem to support placeholder  stuff  as other forms do  Is there a different way to obtain a placeholder in my dropdown

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Yes just  selected disabled  in the option    lt select gt       lt option value    selected disabled gt Please select lt  option gt       lt option value    gt A lt  option gt       lt option value    gt B lt  option gt       lt option value    gt C lt  option gt   lt  select gt    Link to fiddle  You can also view the answer at  https   stackoverflow com a 5859221 1225125

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Most of the options are problematic for multi-select  Place Title attribute  and make first option as data-hidden  true    lt select class  selectpicker  title  Some placeholder text     gt       lt option data-hidden  true  gt  lt  option gt       lt option gt First lt  option gt       lt option gt Second lt  option gt   lt  select gt

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Using bootstrap  if you need to also add some values to the option to use for filters or other stuff you can simply add the class  bs-title-option  to the option that you want as a placeholder    lt select class  form-group  gt      lt option class  bs-title-option  value  myVal  gt My PlaceHolder lt  option gt      lt option gt A lt  option gt      lt option gt B lt  option gt      lt option gt c lt  option gt   lt  select gt    Bootstrap adds this class to the title attribute

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Use hidden    lt select gt       lt option hidden  gt Display but don t show in list lt  option gt       lt option gt  text 1  lt  option gt       lt option gt  text 2  lt  option gt       lt option gt  text 3  lt  option gt   lt  select gt

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Add hidden attribute    lt select gt       lt option value    selected disabled hidden gt Please select lt  option gt       lt option value    gt A lt  option gt       lt option value    gt B lt  option gt       lt option value    gt C lt  option gt   lt  select gt

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dropdown or select doesn t have a placeholder because HTML doesn t support it but it s possible to create same effect so it looks the same as other inputs placeholder   x000D   x000D         select   change function     x000D       if    this  children  option first-child   is   selected      x000D           this  addClass  placeholder    x000D         else   x000D          this  removeClass  placeholder    x000D         x000D          x000D   placeholder color  grey   x000D  select option first-child color  grey  display  none   x000D  select option color   555      bootstrap default color x000D   lt script src  https   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 2 1 1 jquery min js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   lt select class  form-control placeholder  gt  x000D      lt option value    gt Your Placeholder Text lt  option gt  x000D      lt option value  1  gt Text 1 lt  option gt  x000D      lt option value  2  gt Text 2 lt  option gt  x000D      lt option value  3  gt Text 3 lt  option gt  x000D   lt  select gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    if you want to see first option in list remove display property from css

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Try this    lt select class  form-control  required gt   lt option value    selected hidden gt Select    lt  option gt    when using required   value    then user can not select it using hidden will make it hidden from the options list  when the user open the options box

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lt option value    defaultValue disabled gt  Something  lt  option gt    you can replace defaultValue with selected but that would give warning

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Using Bootstrap  This is what you can do  Using class  text-hide   the disabled option will be shown at first but not on the list    lt select class  form-control   gt     lt option selected disabled class  text-hide  gt Title lt  option gt     lt option gt A lt  option gt     lt option gt B lt  option gt     lt option gt C lt  option gt   lt  select gt

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All this options are     improvisations  Bootstrap already offers a solution for this  If you want to change the placeholder for all your dropdown elements you can change the value of      noneSelectedText   in the bootstrap file    To change individualy  you can use TITLE parameter   example    lt div class  form-group  gt             lt label class  control-label col-xs-2  id  country  gt Continent  lt  label gt             lt div class  col-xs-9  gt               lt select name  zones    class  selectpicker  title  All continents  id  zones  multiple  gt                 lt option value  Africa  gt Africa lt  option gt                 lt option value  Asia  gt Asia lt  option gt                 lt option value  North America  gt America North lt  option gt                 lt option value  South America  gt America South lt  option gt                 lt option value  Antarctica  gt Antarctica lt  option gt                 lt option value  Australia  gt Australia lt  option gt                 lt option value  Europe  gt Europe lt  option gt               lt  select gt             lt  div gt           lt  div gt

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I think  the Dropdown box with a class and JQuery code to disable the first option for user to select  will work perfectly as Select Box placeholder    lt select class  selectboxclass  gt      lt option value    gt - Please Select - lt  option gt      lt option value  IN  gt India lt  option gt      lt option value  US  gt America lt  option gt   lt  select gt    Make the first option disabled by JQuery     lt script gt     select selectboxclass option first   attr  disabled   true    lt  script gt    This will make the first option of Dropdown as Placeholder and user will no longer able to select the first option   Hope It helps

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This is for Bootstrap 4 0  you only need to enter selected on the first line  it acts as a placeholder  The values are not necessary  but if you want to add value 0-    that is up to you  Much simpler than you may think   lt select class  quot custom-select quot  gt      lt option selected gt Open This lt  option gt      lt option value  quot  quot  gt 1st Choice lt  option gt      lt option value  quot  quot  gt 2nd Choice lt  option gt   lt  select gt   This is link will guide you for further information

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If you are initializing the select field through javascript  the following can be added to replace the default placeholder text  noneSelectedText   Insert Placeholder text   example  if you have    lt select class  picker  gt  lt  select gt    in your javascript  you initialize the selectpicker like this      picker   selectpicker  noneSelectedText   Insert Placeholder text

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The right way to achieve what you are looking for is to use title  quot Choose    quot  for example   lt select class  quot form-contro selectpicker quot  name  quot example quot  title  quot Choose    quot  gt       lt option value  quot all quot  gt All Affiliate lt  option gt   lt  select gt   check the documentation for more info about below ref  custom-button-text

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Bootstrap select has an noneSelectedText option  You can set it via data-none-selected-text attribute  Documentation

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Solution for Angular 2  Create a label on top of the select   lt label class  hidden-label  for  IsActive       ngIf  filterIsActive    undefined  gt Placeholder text lt  label gt   lt select class  form-control form-control-sm  type  text  name  filterIsActive        ngModel    filterIsActive  id  IsActive  gt       lt option value  true  gt true lt  option gt       lt option value  false  gt false lt  option gt   lt  select gt    and apply CSS to place it on top   hidden-label       position  absolute      margin-top   34rem      margin-left   56rem      font-style  italic      pointer-events  none      pointer-events  none allows you to display the select when you click on the label  which is hidden when you select an option   angular html css

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Try  title    stuff   It worked for me

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in bootstrap-select js Find title  null   and remove it  add title  YOUR TEXT  in  lt select gt  element  Fine        Example     lt select title  Please Choose one item  gt       lt option value    gt A lt  option gt       lt option value    gt B lt  option gt       lt option value    gt C lt  option gt   lt  select gt

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For  html page   lt select gt       lt option value    selected disabled gt Please select lt  option gt       lt option value    gt A lt  option gt       lt option value    gt B lt  option gt       lt option value    gt C lt  option gt   lt  select gt    for  jsp or any other servlet page    lt select gt       lt option value    selected  true  disabled  true  gt Please select lt  option gt       lt option value    gt A lt  option gt       lt option value    gt B lt  option gt       lt option value    gt C lt  option gt   lt  select gt

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Here s another way to do it   lt select name  GROUPINGS xxxxxx   style  width  60    required gt       lt option value    gt Choose Platform lt  option gt   lt option value  iOS  gt iOS lt  option gt       lt option value  Android  gt Android lt  option gt       lt option value  Windows  gt Windows lt  option gt   lt  select gt     Choose Platform  becomes the placeholder and the  required  property ensures that the user has to select one of the options   Very useful  when you don t want to user field names or Labels

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