Need to have colon : in a custom select field - Escaping characters?

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March 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM #47930

Sebastian
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I'm creating a site where the user will be picking what assignments each and one has. For ease of use I've chosen to go with select elements.
The problem here is that many times the assignments are actual company names that has colons in the name, making this a problem since colon is used to separate Label:value, making this quite a deal breaker.

So, I've searched and found nothing about escaping characters used in a select field, but I assume there are options for this?

Thank you

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March 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM #47931

Sebastian
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Ok, I figured it out myself. You just need to write it in hex : and it prints just like it should 😊

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March 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM #47933

Sebastian
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I put the hex inside code tags and believed it would render the hex code but it didn't. So another try here :

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March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM #47934

Sebastian
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I give up. Look for colon as hex if you run in to the same problem.

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March 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM #47940
Peter
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Hello,

If you use the builder to create the custom field, you need to use the format value: Label for the select option. For the label, you can add any characters there. For example:
```
red1: Red: 1
red2: Red: 2
red3: Red: 3
```
Please check this screenshot https://imgur.com/eVoleqB

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March 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM #47949

Sebastian
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Oh right! Didn't think of that 🙂 Thanks!!

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