---
title: "Use the dropdown format for user fields"
description: "Turn supported user fields into a controlled list of values in Signitic forms, without blocking data coming from connectors."
url: https://support.signitic.com/en/articles/9561116-use-the-dropdown-format-for-user-fields
collection: "Users & data"
updated: 2026-10-16
language: en
alternates: [fr, de, it, pt]
---

# Use the dropdown format for user fields

Turn supported user fields into a controlled list of values in Signitic forms, without blocking data coming from connectors.

> **Info:** The **Dropdown - suggested values** format lets you turn supported user fields into a controlled list inside Signitic.

## **❶** Where to configure the format

Go to **Settings > Attributes**.

Supported fields show an **Edit** button that opens the field configuration.

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## **❷** Enable dropdown mode

In the field edition modal for a field such as **Department**, use the **Forced format** setting.

You can choose:

-   **No forced format** to keep free text input.
    
-   **Dropdown - suggested values** to force users to pick from a list.
    

When dropdown mode is enabled, the **Suggested values** field expects one value per line.

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## **❸** Which fields are supported

This feature mainly applies to:

-   **Department / Unit**
    
-   **Title / Position**
    
-   **ExtraOne** and other **extra** fields
    

Dedicated phone formats are not replaced by this dropdown mode.

## **❹** Where the behavior changes

Once configured, the dropdown appears in several Signitic forms:

-   the form preview in **Settings > Attributes**
    
-   the admin user edit form
    
-   the user self-edit form
    
-   the public profile edit form
    

## **❺** Important rules to know

-   The dropdown applies only to Signitic forms.
    
-   Updates coming from a connector are not blocked by this constraint.
    
-   Dropdown mode requires at least one configured value.
    
-   If a user already has an older value that no longer exists in the list, that value is still offered to avoid data loss.
    

> **Warning:** **Important:** this feature does not change the data stored in the source connector. It only changes input behavior inside Signitic.

> **Info:** **Good to know:** keeping **No forced format** is still useful when a field must stay flexible for some business cases.

> **Success:** **Keep in mind:** the dropdown format is mainly useful to standardize values in Signitic without having to clean the source directory first.