I’m having to create a workaround for a multiple select field with custom fields. The drop downs don’t allow for multi-select, and I’m creating manual text fields where my team members can type in multiples, but that seems inefficient. WOuld it be possible to have multi-select, or be able to tie val…

May I ask is there a specific reason that the custom field is needed and that you can’t use tags for the same purpose? We use a task to describe the project in general and use custom tags for that project within that space. It also serves as a repository for documentation for the project. Just a tho…

A tag is a classification concept, not a set of inputs to a task. For example a trouble ticket with a list of software to be installed. The software could be the list of applications available and multiple could be selected. Also, using tags you would need a tag structure to account for multiple …

Honestly, how is this still not a thing more than 2 years since the OP? Multi-select of custom variables seems pretty basic, and was, for instance, already available in Airtable and Monday, your competitors’ products, back in 2017!

Agreed! This is sorely needed–especially to align with the form question functionality. Without the ability to create fields with multi-select options, I do not have a way to populate the information received through form submission into the task. This means manual work to look at the form response …

Any update on this? we talk this update for 2 years

Currently, custom fields do not allow multiple options to be selected. It would be great to have the option to turn on “allow multiple selections” when setting up/editing a new field. My organization is trying to track approvals on specific tasks, many of which require at least four separate approv…

There may be other ways but as an option to consider you can set that project up with 4 different custom fields each with the same selection options of the different approvals. Role 1: Custom Field 1 (pull down): Exec Approval/Marketing Approval/etc Role 2: Custom Field 2 (pull down): Exec Approva…

This request already exist on the forum, you can use the search engine to find it.

They are coming New custom field types Existing request Multi-select custom field?

Multiple select for custom fields

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Ali_Higgins 2 December 2019 20:59 23

Hi, is there any update on this? I’m also wondering why New Custom Field Types was closed without an explanation? does this mean dev has stopped working on all 3 custom fields? or are we tracking each custom field separately?

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Multiple select for custom fields

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