Force a selection on a dropdown menu

hi,

we're selling magazines using hikashop and we're using a dropdown custom field (required) in the registration form that asks users to select a start issue for their magazine subscription.

is it possible to have a value in the dropdown that says 'Select your start issue' which forces them to select one of the other options?

we want them to have to choose but we don't want them to be able to submit 'Select your start issue' as a choice. they have to choose one of the others.

any ideas?

Hi there,

Could you please post a screenshot of your custom field configuration and a link to your page?
Single dropdown custom field doesn't include the name of the custom field if I'm right so I'm not sure I see what you're talking about.

attached is a screen shot of the drop down config

you can see the drop down in action by going here: walksandwildlife.co.uk/subscribe and adding something to the basket. you'll then see the registration screen where you can see the drop down menu

thanks for the suggestion but that doesn't work as hikashop won't let me select a default field with no value attached. i get the error message: 'Please fill the Issue start date field'

looks like that worked. many thanks.