# Dropdown Field API

| **Dropdown field**                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *\<field type=”dropdown” name=”string” placeholder=”string” roleId=”id” optional=”boolean” allowCustomValue=”boolean” multiSelect=”boolean” search=”boolean”>\<option>string\<option>…\<option>string\<option>\</field>* |

#### Dropdown Field attributes

* **type** — define if this field is dropdown type, mandatory attribute.
* **name** — string, length from 1 up to 128 symbols, restricted symbols &, “, <, >, field name used to fill in on envelope, unique for document, mandatory attribute.
* **placeholder** — field placeholder displayable on template and envelope, length from 0 up to 1024 symbols, if empty on envelope will be displayed field name, optional attribute.
* **roleId** — id of the role who should fill field on envelope, mandatory attribute.
* **optional** — boolean, defines if field to be filled in optionally or not on envelope, if not set default value false, optional attribute.
* **allowCustomValue** — boolean, defines if custom value would be acceptable on envelope, allowCustomValue and multiSelect is not possible in the same time (only one attribute can be applied), optional attribute.
* **multiSelect** — boolean, defines if multiselect will be available on envelope, allowCustomValue and multiSelect is not possible in the same time (only one attribute can be applied), optional attribute.
* **search** — boolean, defines if field is searchable on envelope search or not, if not set default value false, optional attribute.

#### Field options

Max quantity of options 100:

* **\<option> value** — string, min quantity 1 symbols and max quantity 50 symbols, mandatory value.


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