---
title: "Displaying the text label (not the value) of a dropdown field"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/displaying-the-text-label-not-the-value-of-a-dropdown-field/"
---

The default behavior of GravityView is to display the value (not the label) of a selected option in a dropdown field.

To change this behavior for all your Views, just place the following code into [your theme's functions.php file](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/where-to-put-code-samples/):

```
add_filter( 'gravityview/fields/select/output_label', '__return_true' );
```

```
add_filter( 'gravityview/fields/select/output_label', '__return_true' );
```

## Enable it for a specific Form ID

If you only intend to enable the option's label in the Views associated with a certain Form ( `MY_FORM_ID` below) then use the following code snippet:

```
add_filter( 'gravityview/fields/select/output_label', 'gv_my_form_dropdown_output_label', 10, 3 );
function gv_my_form_dropdown_output_label( $show_label, $entry, $field ) {
	if( !empty( $entry['form_id'] ) && MY_FORM_ID == $entry['form_id'] ) {
		return true;
	}
	return $show_label;
}
```

```
add_filter( 'gravityview/fields/select/output_label', 'gv_my_form_dropdown_output_label', 10, 3 );
function gv_my_form_dropdown_output_label( $show_label, $entry, $field ) {
	if( !empty( $entry['form_id'] ) && MY_FORM_ID == $entry['form_id'] ) {
		return true;
	}
	return $show_label;
}
```

## Enable it for a specific View ID

If you pretend to enable the option's label in a specific View ( `MY_VIEW_ID` below) then use the following code snippet:

```
add_filter( 'gravityview/fields/select/output_label', 'gv_my_view_dropdown_output_label', 10, 3 );
function gv_my_view_dropdown_output_label( $show_label, $entry, $field ) {
	if( function_exists( 'gravityview_get_view_id' ) && MY_VIEW_ID == gravityview_get_view_id() ) {
		return true;
	}
	return $show_label;
}
```

```
add_filter( 'gravityview/fields/select/output_label', 'gv_my_view_dropdown_output_label', 10, 3 );
function gv_my_view_dropdown_output_label( $show_label, $entry, $field ) {
	if( function_exists( 'gravityview_get_view_id' ) && MY_VIEW_ID == gravityview_get_view_id() ) {
		return true;
	}
	return $show_label;
}
```