### [How to Change the No Results Found Text in the Modern Dropdown Field](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-change-the-no-results-found-text-in-the-modern-dropdown-field/)

**Published:** September 17, 2020
**Author:** Umair Majeed

**Excerpt:** Would you like to change the Modern Dropdown text that appears in the  form field when there are no results found?

**Content:**

Would you like to customize the text that appears when no results are found in a Modern Dropdown field? With a simple code snippet, you can modify the default **No results found** message and make it translatable for multi-language sites. This feature is particularly useful for improving user experience by providing more contextual feedback when search results are empty.

By default, visitors will see the **No results found** message when their search yields no results in your dropdown.

![A message of No Results Found will display in the search box when the term isn't found inside the dropdown](https://wpforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/wpforms-no-results-default-message.jpg)In this tutorial, we’ll provide the PHP code you need to change this text and guide you through each step.

## Setting Up Your Form

First, we’re going to create a new form and add our form fields which will include at least one **Dropdown** field.

Once you’ve added the **Dropdown** form field to your form, click on the **Advanced** tab and select **Modern** from the **Style** dropdown.

![Add a modern dropdown field to your form](https://wpforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wpforms-select-modern-dropdown-1.jpg)If you need help creating a form, please see our guide on [creating your first form](https://wpforms.com/docs/creating-first-form/).

## Customizing the No Results Text

To change the default message, add this code to your site. If you’re not sure how to add custom code, please see our [guide on how to add code snippets](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-add-custom-php-or-javascript-for-wpforms/).

This snippet will only be applied to the form ID **1369** and will change the default **noResultsText** message and replace it with what we’ve added.

If you need help finding your form ID, check out our [guide on how to find form and field IDs](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-locate-form-id-and-field-id/).

## Customizing Both No Results and Selection Text

You can also customize the “Press to select” hover text at the same time:

```

/**
 * Change both No Results Found and Press to select text
 *
 * @link https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-change-the-no-results-found-text-in-the-modern-dropdown/
 */
function wpf_dev_change_modern_dropdown_noresults_text( $config, $forms ) {
    // Change 1369 to an ID of your actual form
    if ( array_key_exists( 1369, $forms ) ) {
        $config[ 'noResultsText' ] = __( 'Apologies, your search term was not found', 'your-text-domain' );
        $config[ 'itemSelectText' ] = __( 'Choose this option.', 'your-text-domain' );
    }
    return $config;
}
add_filter( 'wpforms_field_select_choicesjs_config', 'wpf_dev_change_modern_dropdown_noresults_text', 10, 2 );
```

And that’s all you need! Now instead of seeing **No Results Found**, users will see your personalized message.

Next, would you like to show all of your completed form fields inside your confirmation message? Take a look at our tutorial on [How to Show All Fields in Your Confirmation Message](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-show-all-fields-in-your-confirmation-message/ "How to Show All Fields in Your Confirmation Message").

## Reference Filter

[wpforms\_field\_select\_choicesjs\_config](https://wpforms.com/developers/wpforms_field_select_choicesjs_config/ "Using the wpforms_field_select_choicesjs_config filter")

**Categories:** Extending

**Tags:** PHP

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