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Re-select current user's last selection in a dropdown *which uses separate values*.

By: Dick Wynne | Asked: 12/22/2025
Forums › Category: How-to › Re-select current user's last selection in a dropdown *which uses separate values*.
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Dick Wynne asked 4 weeks ago

I'm restoring a search form's state when 'gone back to' after submission. I have it working for all field types except dropdowns with separate values. Any ideas? Or is there a more general way to restore a form's previous state? I haven't been able to find one. Thanks!

Victor Font
Staff replied 4 weeks ago

I use browser local storage. You can see how it works here: https://formidable-masterminds.com/developers-directory/. Toggle Data Persistence to Enable This works with any field..

Dick Wynne
replied 4 weeks ago

Many thanks Victor, useful to know as I'd like to let a visitor save their search preferences without resorting to cookies. I was actually trying to work around an inability to hit the back button to revise/resubmit a search without that pesky form resubmission message, but I seem to have cracked that now.

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Dick Wynne answered 4 weeks ago

[frm-field-value field_id=<field_id>show="value" ip=1] -- works for single and multiple selections in the dropdown.

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