# How to change placeholder text on a Select

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/how-to-change-placeholder-text-on-a-select/21155>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [May 3, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-to-change-placeholder-text-on-a-select/21155 "2026-05-03T21:12:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![SynopsisLabs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@SynopsisLabs](https://community.weweb.io/u/SynopsisLabs)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-to-change-placeholder-text-on-a-select/21155/1 "2026-05-03T21:12:16Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to figure out how to change the placeholder text in a select. Under Edit, there are only settings for the font, etc. and I don’t see anything under settings.

Thanks  
Steve

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**Author:** ![jptrinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/jptrinh/32/1493_2.png) [@jptrinh](https://community.weweb.io/u/jptrinh)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-to-change-placeholder-text-on-a-select/21155/2 "2026-05-04T08:38:29Z")

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Hey @SynopsisLabs 👋

You’ll find that in the Settings tab hidden in the Trigger section 🙂

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