Manage dropdown choices

A list keeps wording consistent. Staff choose Pale ale instead of typing a different spelling for every drink.

Before you begin, add a detail with Pick from a list, or use a template that already includes choices.

Add a choice

1. Open Beverage types → Manage details for your type.
2. Find the list detail under Your details.
3. Open its Actions menu and choose Manage choices.
4. Under Add option, enter a Label, such as Pale ale.
5. Choose Add option. Repeat for each choice you need.

Example choices entered while creating a custom detail are only a preview. Add them here to make them available to beverages.

Rename or stop offering a choice

• Rename: open the choice's Actions → Edit, change its label, then open Actions → Save.
• Stop offering: choose Actions → Disable. Existing saved values keep their association, but disabled choices cannot be submitted for new or changed values.
• Bring it back: choose Actions → Re-enable on the disabled choice.

If a choice already exists, reuse or re-enable it instead of making a duplicate. Renaming a choice changes its shared label; it does not create a separate choice for one drink.

Close the dialog when finished. Open a beverage using this type and check its dropdown. You can also use + Add new… in a beverage dropdown when you need another choice during entry.

If an option fails to save, correct its error and try again. A disabled choice's old identity remains reserved, so re-enabling is the way to reuse it.

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You're done when: the beverage dropdown contains the active choices you want staff to use.

Next: Add a beverage and its details.

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