Make custom select field repeatable.

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Problem:
Is it possible to make Types select fields repeatable?

Solution:
No, individual select fields don't have that option.

But, since Types 3, you can create repeatable field groups, so you can create such a group and add a select field to it, and then add as many instances of the field (via its group) as needed.

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Last updated by Nigel 6 years, 5 months ago.

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June 20, 2018 at 12:05 pm #915799

Himanshu Agarwal

I have a custom select field.

I want to make it repeatable like Single Line field, i know this is not a default functionality for select.

But is there any way to make select repeatable.

June 21, 2018 at 8:41 am #916154

Nigel

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You are correct that you cannot have repeatable select fields, but what you could do is to add a repeatable field group and include the select field inside the repeatable field group (even if you only include that one field). Then you can insert as many of the select fields as you want.

Do bear in mind that repeatable field groups are currently supported in Toolset Forms for front-end submission, and that such fields are no longer stored directly against the relevant post but instead stored against a linked repeatable-field-group post which acts as a container for the group of fields, and so to output them you need to use a View, you can't insert the field directly in the template for the original post.

See this page for details of how to display RFGs: https://toolset.com/documentation/getting-started-with-toolset/creating-and-displaying-repeatable-field-groups/