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Brass Contributor

May 24, 2017

Solved

Modern lists - missing field

Hello, I recently discovered a missing feature in the modern lists. In the classic setup you can add a field in a form with the option Allow 'Fill-in' choices: "Yes" which pops up in a form as an ad...

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Kerem Yuceturk
Jun 06, 2017
Hi UG, if you start typing right where the cursor is, it should work. I think the confusion is because we don't show the tooltip when the focus is in the field.

In this example below, I have Apple, Banana and Cantaloupe as my options, and I'm adding Tangerine as a fill-in option, and after i hit enter it gets added to the choices:

AndrewWarland

Iron Contributor

May 24, 2017

I see this option in my SPO lists. When you click the drop down options in a choice field, if 'Choose your own' is enabled, it gives me a blank field to populate. When I type that, and press enter, the new option is displayed.

Kerem Yuceturk

Microsoft

Jun 05, 2017

Thank you AndrewWarland. UG, it should work as Andrew mentioned in his post. Let us know if you are seeing something different.

UG
Brass Contributor
Jun 06, 2017
Unfortunately I see something different and can't find the option to enter own values.
- UG
  Brass Contributor
  Jun 06, 2017
  Here you see the difference
  No Client type option in the Modern view for me
  - AndrewWarland
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 06, 2017
    I agree with Kerem, can you start typing in the empty space? That's how it works for us.