Multi Select

Summary

The Multi Select field allows users to select multiple options available in the multi select box. It is available under the Standard Fields section within the form editor.

GForms Multi Select Field Icon

Multi Select field as displayed in the Field Library

GForms Multi Select Field

Multi Select field as displayed in the Form Editor.

Important: If your choice labels contain any HTML or special characters such as ampersands, commas, hyphens or brackets of any type, you MUST enable the show values feature and give each choice a simple and unique value which does not contain any special characters. Failure to configure values could cause issues for features such as calculations, conditional logic, dynamic population, and validation.

Common Settings

This field uses only common field settings for the Advanced settings. For a description of each of the common field settings, refer to this article. Below you will find description of specialty settings that are particular to this field.

General Settings

Click the Edit Choices button under Choices to open the Edit Choices flyout.

Image showing the Multiple Choice field flyout options.
SettingDescription
ChoicesAdd Choices to this field. You can mark each choice as checked by default by using the checkbox that appears to the left of each choice. Add a new choice by clicking the PLUS (+) icon and delete a choice by clicking the DELETE (-) icon.
Clear default choicesAllows you to clear the choice set as default. Only available when a choice has been selected as the default choice.
Show ValuesChecking this option will allow you to specify a value for each choice. Choice values are not displayed to the user viewing the form but are accessible to administrators when viewing the entry.
Bulk Add / Predefined ChoicesAllows you to select a category and customize the predefined choices or paste your own list to bulk add choices. See note 1.

Notes

1. See this article for more information.

Appearance Settings

SettingDescription
Enable enhanced user interfaceChecking this option enables enhanced functionality to make this more user-friendly.

Merge Tags

For more information on the use of merge tags, refer to these articles.

Usage

{Field Name:2}

Modifiers

This merge tag does not have any modifiers.