# Cannot create single-choice poll using the GUI editor
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654 "2017-03-21T21:13:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654/1 "2017-03-21T21:13:23Z")
I’m sorry if I’m missing something and this isn’t bug. I’m using 1.8.0.beta8 and when I click the gear icon to create a single-choice poll I see this:
[](https://gyazo.com/91e932b524780baa2747f0dcffe7cc38)
It doesn’t let me click on **“Insert poll”** (checking _show who voted_ makes no differentce).
I can however create a poll manually by typing it in as:
```
[poll name=bla]
- Foo bar
- Bar foo
[/poll]
```
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### Author:  [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654/2 "2017-03-21T21:41:40Z")
It is reproducible (by me in Firefox) here. But if I change the poll type to Multiple Choice, it’s okay to insert, and then I can change it back and it’s okay to insert.
```plaintext
[poll max=2]
* Enter one poll option per line
* Enter at least 2 options
[/poll]
```
But the poll inserted is not a single choice poll…
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### Author:  [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654/3 "2017-03-21T22:00:54Z")
Indeed I should have also specified that if I choose “multiple choice” then it works (Chrome)
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### Author:  [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654/4 "2017-03-21T22:38:29Z")
I was looking for a work-around and found that uncovered a different bug…
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### Author:  [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654/5 "2017-03-21T23:26:43Z")
This occurred for myself after testing the bug fix to the [ranged number issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-plugin-min-max-step-ranges/58677/5). It would seem that the value that appears in the _type_ field isn’t truly set, if you change the type and then change it back again it sets it properly.
A little like having a _Please Select_ option, with no valid value, but with the wrong name in this case.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654/6 "2017-04-05T03:58:58Z")
This is fixed on latest, thanks for the report.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-single-choice-poll-using-the-gui-editor/59654/7 "2017-04-06T03:59:21Z")
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