State Dropdown Select Is Missing On First Attempt To Create an Account

[mikeel100]

Windows 10
Newest XAMPP Local Server
PHP 8.0
Apache2
Firefox
No Plugins...fresh install

Upon creating my first catalog user account, the page has a text box for the state.

After hitting the submit button, the account creation fails and returns to the account creation page...then a drop down select appears for the state. The user has to select the state and put the new password in again. It is annoying but does not stop the account creation.

Is anyone else having this issue?

[torvista]

Related
https://github.com/zencart/zencart/issues/4858

https://github.com/zencart/zencart/issues/4191

[njcyx]

Quick fix:

Admin > Configuration > Customer Details > State field - Display as pulldown when possible?
Change it to True.

Correct way to fix:

Refer to torvista's link above to edit all 14 files...

[mc12345678]

Quick fix:

Admin > Configuration > Customer Details > State field - Display as pulldown when possible?
Change it to True.

Correct way to fix:

Refer to torvista's link above to edit all 14 files...

Something I recall from when I very first setup zen Cart many years ago, what is the impact on a store that has been operating with whatever setting is described above to then change that setting? I note that my first site setup was under zen Cart 1.3.9h and at that time I saw that there would be an issue changing a store from one to the other and so have always ensured that the setting was true. I don't recall seeing anything being incorporated to support transition from one setting to the other "mid operation".

[mikeel100]

Quick fix:

Admin > Configuration > Customer Details > State field - Display as pulldown when possible?
Change it to True.

Correct way to fix:

Refer to torvista's link above to edit all 14 files...

Thanks...will stick to the quick method for now.

[dw08gm]

I always thought the trick was to have the customer select their country first, hence the Country dropdown should be placed above the State input box/dropdown.

So perhaps to make this evident to the customer, change the default text or title of the State input box and/or dropdown to read "Please select your country before state".

Cheers

[mikeel100]

Something I recall from when I very first setup zen Cart many years ago, what is the impact on a store that has been operating with whatever setting is described above to then change that setting? I note that my first site setup was under zen Cart 1.3.9h and at that time I saw that there would be an issue changing a store from one to the other and so have always ensured that the setting was true. I don't recall seeing anything being incorporated to support transition from one setting to the other "mid operation".

I feel your pain.

1.3.8a started my journey and I always hate upgrading to a numbered change. This one is particularly tough due to the language file changes...spent all day on my admin language files today and still have not got my personal plugin to load. It installs as a tool option but that is all it does for now. I have nailed the issue down to how my absolute and relative paths are define...to be continued.

It would be nice to have a tool that compares the old db settings with the new default settings...then provide a way to make said differences the new defaults or at least provide a printout of the differences.

Rambling now...

[torvista]

have the customer select their country first, hence the Country dropdown should be placed above the State input box/dropdown.

It is above the State dropdown...however I see the State dropdown still does not update on a change on Country, as you would expect.

[njcyx]

I always thought the trick was to have the customer select their country first, hence the Country dropdown should be placed above the State input box/dropdown.

So perhaps to make this evident to the customer, change the default text or title of the State input box and/or dropdown to read "Please select your country before state".

Cheers

I just tried your way and it doesn't work for me (zc1.58).

If "State field - Display as pulldown when possible?" is set to false, no matter under shipping estimate page, nor under the create a new account page, changing the country back and forth will not help for the state/province dropbox. It will only show as a textbox.

In zc1.57d, this option "State - Always display as pulldown?" is set to false and it shows as a dropbox.

[dw08gm]

I just tried your way and it doesn't work for me (zc1.58).

If "State field - Display as pulldown when possible?" is set to false, no matter under shipping estimate page, nor under the create a new account page, changing the country back and forth will not help for the state/province dropbox. It will only show as a textbox.

In zc1.57d, this option "State - Always display as pulldown?" is set to false and it shows as a dropbox.

Oh! Perhaps something has changed since I last looked at this problem in detail. I remember doing some tweaks to this problem in pre-Covid 156 but exactly what I did I cannot recall. It has been a few years since I last played with any ZC code.