# of values allowed in a dropdown

Not all of the values we put in a dropdown are showing when we go to select from it on a form.

Our guess is there is a limit to how many will actually display. I'm not able to find anything on this in the Community or Help and Learning, though.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Answers

  • Mike TV
    Mike TV ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    @allison.bastone24911

    A dropdown column can have up to 5000 entries. I created a test sheet with 200 entries in a dropdown list and created a form with it. The form's dropdown list had all 200 entries in it.

    How many entries does your form have?

  • allison.bastone24911
    allison.bastone24911 ✭✭✭✭
    edited 11/23/22

    @Mike TV 3686 values are in the dropdown box.

    However, when we open the form, there are a significant amount of values that are not included for selection.

    What's interesting it is isn't cutting off the top or bottom of the list. Random selections are missing throughout it.

  • Hi @allison.bastone24911

    The Support team received a number of similar reports on November 23rd; we applied a fix for this and you should now see all available dropdown items in your list.

    If you're still not seeing the total items, please do follow-up with Support, letting them know the issue was not resolved for your sheet.

    Cheers,

    Genevieve

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