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title: "Search Bar: Why is the state input is showing as a text field?"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/search/search-bar-why-is-the-state-input-is-showing-as-a-text-field/"
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![Search Bar configuration for the State/Province field](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/file-IXz7pVIngX.png) The Search Bar allows you to define what type of search fields are displayed per form input. If your Address Type is United States or Canadian (see the image below)
*, your defined Search Bar setting will be used. There is an exception, however:*
 **When an Address field in Gravity Forms has the "Address Type" setting of "International", GravityView will always display a text input on the front end to search the "State/Province" input.**

 To get around this, you may use the [Gravity Forms gform\_address\_types filter to add more country values](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_address_types/). This will allow the front-end search input type to be displayed correctly because Gravity Forms will provide a list of states to populate.

![Address field settings with "United States" selected under Address Type](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-UQtjlMdGPK.png)