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Status Future consideration
Categories Notes & Cases
Created by Guest
Created on May 22, 2023

Set default for drop-down form element

When creating a dynamic form with a drop-down form element, allow me to select the default option so I can have an option displayed by default rather than "choose an option".
App Type TheraNest App
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    May 12, 2023
    With the new implementations and feature sin the Dynamic Forms, the way Dropdowns work have changed slightly. Before, Dropdown menus would default to their first option. This made using Dropdowns in Progress Notes a great way to answer commonly used questions such as suicide/homicide screening/assessments. In this case these would default to 'not warranted' rather than 'Choose an option'. While the Dropdowns still save time in the process of filling forms of notes, this change makes them less useful. A way to resolve this would be to restore the previous behavior - the first option is the default option. Alternatively, an option could be added to the Dynamic Form creator to select the default.