Explanation of the data type *lookup*

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The custom field “Title” is of data type lookup. I can see that it takes “options” or values such as “Mr”, “Mrs”, or “Miss”, but that upon presentation of a contact form containing this field, the user is able to enter values other than the pre-defined options. I would like to know more about the proper use of this data type, particularly as opposed to, for example, the data type Select. I would be grateful for a pointer to documentation or an explanation here. I have searched the forum and documentation to no avail.

Context: I am thinking of using this “Title” field to hold values other than the default ones, and want to avoid any pitfalls.

Thank you for your help.

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Any answer there so far? I’m facing the same issue, no documentation that I found regarding the difference lookup/selection.

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I think it should be like an autosuggest.
But right now it seems broken.
Joey

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could you ignore the (non-deletable) system ‘title’ field and assign your own ‘title-field’ with a ‘selection’ (= drop-down) field and manually assign the salutations there…or will this affect something elsewhere? Many thx.

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Sure you can. It won’t break Mautic.

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