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lukasbableck/contao-select-placeholder-bundle
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This bundle adds a placeholder option to the select form fields in the Contao form generator.

1.0.2(1y ago)029LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Oct 21Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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contao-select-placeholder-bundle
================================

[](#contao-select-placeholder-bundle)

This bundle adds the option to define a placeholder for select fields in the Contao form generator.
Select fields do not have a real placeholder attribute, so a selected disabled option is added to the select field.\\

Compatibility
-------------

[](#compatibility)

Contao 5.3 and later

Example
-------

[](#example)

### Backend configuration

[](#backend-configuration)

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[](#frontend)

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###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

567d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0154055676f978a6dc41986c2923866b7d344ccfaca7fe23b4f46953d96fbec3?d=identicon)[lukasbableck](/maintainers/lukasbableck)

---

Top Contributors

[![lukasbableck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42083846?v=4)](https://github.com/lukasbableck "lukasbableck (6 commits)")

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Tags

optioncontaoformfielddropdownselectplaceholder

###  Code Quality

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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![Health badge](/badges/lukasbableck-contao-select-placeholder-bundle/health.svg)

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