How can I have a placeholder value in a dropdown ? Something a user will be shown in a dropdown but he will not be able to 'Select' that option.
For example: I'll have a placeholder as 'Please Select an Item' as a selected text in dropdown(placeholder) but user will not be able to select 'Please Select an Item' as an item from dropdown list.
Currently I do have to use things as shown in below code
<aui:select label="" id="admin" name="optionsSelect">
<aui:option value="1">Please Select an Item</aui:option>
<aui:option value="2">Item1</aui:option>
<aui:option value="3">Item2</aui:option>
<aui:option value="4">Item3</aui:option>
<aui:option value="5">Item4</aui:option>
</aui:select>
the only option to have a select with something like a placeholder is to add as you did a first option to the select, but adding also the options "selected" and "disabled" and its value empty, that is:
<aui:select label="" id="admin" name="optionsSelect">
<aui:option value="" selected="true" disabled= "true">Please Select an Item</aui:option>
<aui:option value="2">Item1</aui:option>
<aui:option value="3">Item2</aui:option>
<aui:option value="4">Item3</aui:option>
<aui:option value="5">Item4</aui:option>
</aui:select>
Hope that help.