How to set values for options in select dropdown

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I have a select dropdown in a form. For the options that are listed, I need the displayed value to be different than than the option value. How can I attain that with Formify? When I edit a select field, the options are entered into one large textarea. In the attached screenshot, I want to put in an email value that doesn't display for each newline.

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PhilYoung replied on at Permalink Reply
PhilYoung
Hi,
I read your post and I am not sure what you are trying to achieve, you can change the default value for the select drop down but that does not seem to be what you mean.

Do you mean you want a select drop to be a list of email addresses that each relate to some other hidden value?

Best
Phil
creativeculture replied on at Permalink Reply
creativeculture
Hi Phil, thanks for your reply. I'm assuming you're familiar with Formify. In a form, an option under a select dropdown can have a different value than the text displayed. For example, consider the following code:
<select>
    <option value="">--Choose a person to email--</option>
    <option value="stanleyh11@hotmail.com">Stanley Hudson</option>
    <option value="jhalpert@gmail.com">Jim Halpert</option>
    <option value="scrantonboss@dundermifflen.com">Michael Scott</option>
</select>

The text explains the option, but the value passed to the form is different and usable for an action in the following steps. I'm just wondering if there is a way to do that in Formify. It doesn't seem possible currently.
PhilYoung replied on at Permalink Reply
PhilYoung
Hi,
I tried a number of ways of going this without luck then I found out that you can do what you want with a checkbox or radio button

Simple use this in the options fields

<a href="stanleyh11@hotmail.com">Stanley Hudson </a>

These 2 field types seem to accept html code. You may be able to modify the select field set up by checking why the radio and select box allow html and changing the select one accordingly

Best
Phil
creativeculture replied on at Permalink Reply
creativeculture
Hi Phil, thank you for investigating this for me. I appreciate it and I look forward to testing your solution out. Yes, it’s interesting that the select doesn’t seem to have this behavior, but perhaps the code may be manually edited to have it as well.
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