Is It Possible to Have a Dropdown Showing American States for the State Input of an Address Field? And Can One of Those States Be Selected by Default?

  • JuliaRogers
    Asked on December 20, 2015 at 4:04 PM

    Hello. I only do business in my local area.  Is there an option for pull down menu for States and Provinces in the Address field. It's just an empty box and I'd like to preset it to CA if possible.

    Please and thank you,
    Julie

  • abajan Jotform Support
    Replied on December 20, 2015 at 5:28 PM

    Hi Julie,

    It's possible to have the state input changed to a dropdown containing American states like in this JotForm. To change the text box to a dropdown, right-click the address field and then click Edit Properties:

    Is It Possible to Have a Dropdown Showing American States for the State Input of an Address Field? And Can One of Those States Be Selected by Default? Image 1 Screenshot 30

    Then select American States for the State / Province input:

    Is It Possible to Have a Dropdown Showing American States for the State Input of an Address Field? And Can One of Those States Be Selected by Default? Image 2 Screenshot 41

    However, there's currently no way in the form builder to have any of the states selected by default. For that, you would have to get the form's full source, edit it and embed it in a webpage.

    Having said that, we have a widget called Address Map Locator which may be more suitable for your requirements. Please see this guide.

    Do keep us informed on your progress.

    Thanks