FormItCountryOptions
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Learn moreWhat is FormItCountryOptions?¶
FormItCountryOptions is an assistance snippet for FormIt 1.7.0+ that will output an option list of countries in the world. It is useful for forms that need a dropdown list of countries.
Usage¶
Simply add the Snippet to your form, inside a <select> element:
<select name="country">
[[!FormItCountryOptions? &selected=`[[!+fi.country]]`]]
</select>
Note how we are passing the value of the "fi.country" placeholder (which stores the value of the country field) into the selected parameter. This tells FormItCountryOptions to select the last-selected option in the form.
FormItCountryOptions Properties¶
FormItCountryOptions comes with some default properties you can override. They are:
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| selected | The country value to select. | |
| selectedAttribute | Optional. The HTML attribute to add to a selected country. | selected="selected" |
| tpl | Optional. The chunk to use for each country dropdown option. | |
| useIsoCode | If 1, will use the ISO country code for the value. If 0, will use the country name. | 1 |
| prioritized | Optional. A comma-separated list of ISO codes for countries that will move them into a prioritized "Frequent Visitors" group at the top of the dropdown. This can be used for your commonly-selected countries. | |
| prioritizedGroupText | Optional. If set and &prioritized is in use, will be the text label for the prioritized option group. | |
| allGroupText | Optional. If set and &prioritized is in use, will be the text label for the all other countries option group. | |
| optGroupTpl | Optional. If set and &prioritized is in use, will be the chunk tpl to use for the option group markup. | optgroup |
| toPlaceholder | Optional. Use this to set the output to a placeholder instead of outputting directly. |
Prioritizing Countries¶
Sometimes you want to have certain countries appear at the top of the list, in an option group. FormItCountryOptions supports this, with the &prioritized option. For example:
[[!FormItCountryOptions?
&selected=`[[+fi.country]]`
&prioritized=`US,GB,DE,RU,JP,FR,NL,CA,AU,UA`
]]
Will output a list that looks like this:

You simply pass the ISO codes of the countries you wish to prioritize in the &prioritized parameter. You can also adjust the text of the option groups with the &prioritizedGroupText and &allGroupText properties.
See Also¶
- FormIt.Hooks
- FormIt.Validators
- FormIt.FormItRetriever
- FormIt.Tutorials and Examples
- FormIt.FormItCountryOptions
- FormIt.FormItStateOptions
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