# Add a on option to disable a select UI element when the list of options are empty + add a empty list display string **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the community\ **Created:** [February 17, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.appfarm.io/t/add-a-on-option-to-disable-a-select-ui-element-when-the-list-of-options-are-empty-add-a-empty-list-display-string/1645 "2025-02-17T14:06:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lynfot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.appfarm.io/lynfot/32/857_2.png) [@Lynfot](https://community.appfarm.io/u/Lynfot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.appfarm.io/t/add-a-on-option-to-disable-a-select-ui-element-when-the-list-of-options-are-empty-add-a-empty-list-display-string/1645/1 "2025-02-17T14:06:45Z")
Hi See image and title. Not my code, so the suggestion is to move the filter marked with 1 in the image to the data connector and then use the built in isEmpty on the same class, but there might be cases that’s not possible. In the image the filter in 1 is the same for fields marked 2 and 3. 2 decides if the dropdown shall be disabled and 3 what helper text to display. Please concider adding built in functionality to disable the dropdown if it is empty in runtime and additionally a string to display (a new field that will be visible at the same location and override any value given by the helper text field) Kind regards ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/appfarm/original/2X/2/298e7064f519baa1801121fb4ebcc57d8b6ce5ba.png) ---
**Author:** ![Shahitha](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.appfarm.io/shahitha/32/66_2.png) [@Shahitha](https://community.appfarm.io/u/Shahitha)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://community.appfarm.io/t/add-a-on-option-to-disable-a-select-ui-element-when-the-list-of-options-are-empty-add-a-empty-list-display-string/1645/2 "2025-02-18T07:50:10Z")
Hi! Thanks for reaching out! We’ve already logged this request internally. While I can’t give you an ETA right now, but we’ll let you know once it is on the roadmap. ---
**Author:** ![Olav](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.appfarm.io/olav/32/63_2.png) [@Olav](https://community.appfarm.io/u/Olav)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://community.appfarm.io/t/add-a-on-option-to-disable-a-select-ui-element-when-the-list-of-options-are-empty-add-a-empty-list-display-string/1645/3 "2025-09-19T07:09:57Z")
Hi! An option to display a custom string when the option list in Select/Multi Select has been implemented in [Release 121](https://community.appfarm.io/t/release-notes-121/2037).