# Choice component not displaying correctly

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-not-displaying-correctly/5246>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-not-displaying-correctly/5246 "2020-03-06T17:20:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BobbyG77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@BobbyG77](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BobbyG77)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-not-displaying-correctly/5246/1 "2020-03-06T17:20:58Z")

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I have a choice component that allows the user to select a Payment Type when making an expense report entry. The sheet containing the options only has a heading and 3 values: Amex, Cash, Personal Card. When I use a Choice Component to present the 3 possible values it actually presents 4 values - the first of which is simply a blank with what looks like a hyphen in the middle. It does this for both types of Segmented Selection Types (list or buttons).

Here is the column presenting the values from the source sheet:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/6/6c7c842eac72997c0562b11c780cae145aa35476.png)

Here is what the user sees on the app screen:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/3/33b48bb9010ee50696455f3f0201e85be1afe271.png)

Any idea as to why the first value is showing? How do I get rid of that? I’ve used the same Choice Component - with the same Payment Type source - in other screens within the same app and there is no blank value displayed.

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**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-not-displaying-correctly/5246/2 "2020-03-06T17:27:32Z")

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Check the Required in the Choice component options and it will go away.

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**Author:** ![BobbyG77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@BobbyG77](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BobbyG77)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-not-displaying-correctly/5246/3 "2020-03-06T17:30:56Z")

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Bullseye! Thank you sir.