Dropdown empty option

Question

in order for my client to have the choice of selecting options or not, I entered an empty (blank) option in a dropdown field.

In the frontend, I use this code:

{% if entry.dropdownFieldHandle|length %}
<dt>Title</dt>
<dd>{{ entry.dropdownFieldHandle }}</dd>
{% endif %}

The problem is even if the client chooses the blank option, it still makes the code appear.

Where am I wrong?

Answer 1

If the client selects an empty value you probably will get an empty value back.

Try this:

{# Make sure we have a value #}
{% if entry.dropdownFieldHandle != "" %}
    <dt>Title</dt>
    <dd>{{ entry.dropdownFieldHandle }}</dd>
{% endif %}