# Adding New Option to Custom Select Field **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [May 11, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726 "2016-05-11T17:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Steven)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/1 "2016-05-11T17:41:41Z")
When creating a new custom field and giving it a “Select” data type, making it a drop-down menu, you’re given the ability to add option values to to the drop-down menu. After saving this field and then attempting to edit it, there appears to be no way to add to, remove from, or modify these option values. Am I missing something; is there a way to modify these option values and, if so, how? I’d like to be able to perform this action. Note, when I click on the custom field in order to edit it, the option values are displayed for a split second as the page loads, but are then removed and cannot be found even if inspecting element via chrome. Using server-side installation of Mautic v1.4.0. ---
**Author:** ![Steven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Steven)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/2 "2016-05-11T17:41:41Z")
When creating a new custom field and giving it a “Select” data type, making it a drop-down menu, you’re given the ability to add option values to to the drop-down menu. After saving this field and then attempting to edit it, there appears to be no way to add to, remove from, or modify these option values. Am I missing something; is there a way to modify these option values and, if so, how? I’d like to be able to perform this action. Note, when I click on the custom field in order to edit it, the option values are displayed for a split second as the page loads, but are then removed and cannot be found even if inspecting element via chrome. Using server-side installation of Mautic v1.4.0. ---
**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/3 "2016-05-12T11:08:19Z")
I’m able to replicate. Prepared a fix: [https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/1733](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/1733) ---
**Author:** ![teamtmedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@teamtmedia](https://forum.mautic.org/u/teamtmedia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/4 "2016-05-18T04:43:21Z")
I have just applied the fix but it doesn’t seem to have solved the problem for me. Custom “select” field under “professional” with 2 values. Attempt to edit, can’t apply or save any changes or see the values. Logout, apply changes, clear app cache, login. No change to my situation. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/5 "2016-05-18T06:42:32Z")
You’d have to run Mautic in dev mode which is not possible with production package as I’m aware. I should have mention that. The change was made in the JS source files which are concatenated and minified for each production version. Oh, wait. Maybe there is a solution. If you can run commands, run ```auto /path/to/mautic/app/console mautic:assets:generate ``` (change the path/to/mautic to point to the Mautic root dir) Or try to rename media/js/app.js file (to create a backup if anything goes wrong). Mautic should generate the JS file if missing. ---
**Author:** ![teamtmedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@teamtmedia](https://forum.mautic.org/u/teamtmedia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/6 "2016-05-18T07:42:05Z")
Nope. Really bad. No my Mautic instance won’t load. I appear to login and then I get a “page unresponsive” error. I have tried clearing the app/cache and clearing my browser history but no go. Oh… ---
**Author:** ![teamtmedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@teamtmedia](https://forum.mautic.org/u/teamtmedia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/7 "2016-05-18T07:44:59Z")
Hang on…might have been a server thing. It appears to be back. Let me prod and poke and I’ll get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![teamtmedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@teamtmedia](https://forum.mautic.org/u/teamtmedia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/8 "2016-05-18T07:45:37Z")
Bingo. Maybe that command took longer to run than the output message suggested. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![teamtmedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@teamtmedia](https://forum.mautic.org/u/teamtmedia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/9 "2016-05-18T07:46:31Z")
For other people following this I did not terminal in but simply ran a CRON job one time. Being that I have my cPanel CRON job window open whilst fiddling in Mautic it was the obvious choice. ---
**Author:** ![Steven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Steven)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/adding-new-option-to-custom-select-field/3726/10 "2016-06-21T16:37:35Z")
Sorry for the late response… Confirmed the fix.