Title: Required Select Empty Validating as Valid
Last modified: September 19, 2016

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# Required Select Empty Validating as Valid

 *  [dylanfitzger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dylanfitzger/)
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 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/required-select-empty-validating-as-valid/)
 * Required drop-down inputs with an blank value are validating incorrectly because
   the blank value has a value of “—“. Blank values should be empty.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/required-select-empty-validating-as-valid/)
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