# Automatically selecting a dropdown value on a form

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/automatically-selecting-a-dropdown-value-on-a-form/16188>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/automatically-selecting-a-dropdown-value-on-a-form/16188 "2020-09-18T15:07:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MBConsultingUK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mbconsultinguk/32/1255_2.png) [@MBConsultingUK](https://forum.mautic.org/u/MBConsultingUK)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/automatically-selecting-a-dropdown-value-on-a-form/16188/1 "2020-09-18T15:07:22Z")

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Hey all,

Is there a quick way to set a select field on a form when calling it via the javascript “auto-include”?

I’m hoping I can do something like `form/generate.js?id=8&dropdown_select_value=value_3` or similar?

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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/automatically-selecting-a-dropdown-value-on-a-form/16188/2 "2020-09-18T15:18:07Z")

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Hi, did you try Default value?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/c/c345bcc27e9ac229148a41f373340e3a05c25fdb.png)

Thx,  
Joey

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**Author:** ![MBConsultingUK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mbconsultinguk/32/1255_2.png) [@MBConsultingUK](https://forum.mautic.org/u/MBConsultingUK)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/automatically-selecting-a-dropdown-value-on-a-form/16188/3 "2020-09-18T15:29:18Z")

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Yeah, but that default value can change from page to page.

The form remains the same, but the value of the select box changes if that makes sense?

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**Author:** ![MBConsultingUK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mbconsultinguk/32/1255_2.png) [@MBConsultingUK](https://forum.mautic.org/u/MBConsultingUK)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/automatically-selecting-a-dropdown-value-on-a-form/16188/4 "2020-09-18T15:31:26Z")

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As an example, the form collects whether someone is interested in our Environmental monitoring, Broadband, WiFi, or something else.

On the Environmental page I want it to select “Environmental monitoring” as the default, but it should be “WiFi” on the page about our managed networks.

I don’t want four forms, because everything apart from this field is the same on all the pages

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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/automatically-selecting-a-dropdown-value-on-a-form/16188/5 "2020-09-19T18:42:55Z")

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I don’t think this is possible out of the box, you’d need to add some javascript code.