Title: Making Dropdowns required
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Making Dropdowns required

 *  [patrickbjohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickbjohnson/)
 * (@patrickbjohnson)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-dropdowns-required/)
 * Can’t seem to find too much about this problem but noticed its extremely difficult
   to make a dropdown form required with Contact Form 7.
 * The only successful scenario seems to be requiring the select, and making the
   first option blank.
    `[select* menu-596 "" "Item 1" "Item 2"]`
 * Using `include_blank` doesn’t seem to allow the validation to work.
    `[select*
   show-recipient include_blank "Patrick|pjohnson@enkshows.com" "Conrado|cvillazor@enkshows.
   com""Jen|jpun@enkshows.com"]`
 * Using the listo extension also doesn’t allow for a required state.
    `[select*
   location-state include_blank class:input-120 data:us_subdivisions.states]`
 * Considering this, it seems a bit off? Maybe I’m executing incorrectly?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-dropdowns-required/#post-5118231)
 * There is a known issue around the include_blank option and it has been fixed 
   in the [development version](http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/developers/).
   Wait for the next release (3.9.1) or try the development version.
 *  Thread Starter [patrickbjohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickbjohnson/)
 * (@patrickbjohnson)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-dropdowns-required/#post-5118275)
 * Any idea on when 3.9.1 will be released?
 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-dropdowns-required/#post-5118282)
 * In a couple of weeks. Maybe.

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 * [validation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation/)

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 * Last reply from: [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-dropdowns-required/#post-5118282)
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