> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.hiredata.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Multiple Choice and Dropdown > The option field in a HireData form. Multiple Choice lists the options, Dropdown hides them in a menu, and both can take their options from a data source. Multiple Choice and Dropdown are one field type with a switch between them. Multiple Choice lists every option on the screen, so the respondent sees all of them at once. Dropdown puts them behind a menu, which is the better shape once the list gets long. Both sit in the **Choice** group of the **Add Content** palette. The button at the bottom left of the card switches between them. ## Settings The card carries the [settings every field shares](/reference/forms/overview#settings-every-field-shares). The options themselves and three more settings belong to this type. * **Options**, the list the respondent picks from. * **Add Data Source**, above the list, which fills the options from a saved list your workspace already keeps instead of options you type. See [Data sources](/reference/forms/data-sources). * **Conversational Button Text**, the label on the button that opens the list in a WhatsApp conversation. The box shows "Choose" as its placeholder. * **Placeholder**, on Dropdown only, the text in the closed menu before anything is picked. * The footer button reading **Single Answer** opens **Answer selection**, which holds one switch, **Allow multiple answers**. Turn it on and the respondent can pick more than one option. Each option row has the option text, a gear, a plus, and a minus. The gear opens that option's **Auto reply (on answer)**, the WhatsApp message sent when this option is chosen. The plus adds a row underneath and the minus removes one. A choice field needs two options, so the minus disappears once only two are left. A Multiple Choice field card showing Question, Description, Image, Conversational Button Text, the Options list with Add Data Source, the auto reply on invalid answer, the three evaluator switches, and a footer reading Multiple Choice, Single Answer, and Required, beside a preview listing the three options The same field as a Dropdown, which adds a **Placeholder**: A Dropdown field card with a Placeholder setting above Conversational Button Text and a footer reading Dropdown, Single Answer, and Optional, beside a preview showing a closed menu ## What it stores The chosen options, as a list. A single-answer field stores a list of one. ## Logic operators | Operator | Matches when | | --------------- | -------------------------------------------- | | has response | the respondent picked anything | | is equal to | the answer is the option you picked | | is not equal to | the answer is any other option | | is one of | the answer is any of the options you picked | | is not one of | the answer is none of the options you picked | **is one of** is the one that saves rules. Three options that all lead to the same follow-up need one rule, not three. The Logic tab with the operator picker open on a Multiple Choice condition, listing has response, is equal to, is not equal to, is one of, and is not one of ## Evaluation Switch **Criteria**, **Scoring**, or **Skills** on for the form in the [Evaluation tab](/reference/forms/evaluation/overview) and each one gets a switch on this card. A choice field is the easiest to score, because you already know every answer it can give. Points per option is a rule you can write once and trust. ## Related * [Form builder overview](/reference/forms/overview) covers the builder, the shared settings, and every field type. * [Logic](/reference/forms/logic) covers the operators, the branching patterns, and what to check when a rule does not fire. * [Data sources](/reference/forms/data-sources) explains filling the options from a saved list. * [Yes/No](/reference/forms/fields/yes-no) is the field to use for a plain yes or no. ## Related topics - [Data sources](/reference/forms/data-sources.md) - [Logic](/reference/forms/logic.md) - [Time](/reference/forms/fields/time.md) - [Net Promoter Score and Opinion Scale](/reference/forms/fields/net-promoter-score-and-opinion-scale.md) - [Form builder overview](/reference/forms/overview.md)