From 18c0889966c2ac76533d32f3f9794125212ae8cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Kalscheuer <stefan@stklcode.de>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 13:11:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: remove empty option from datalists (#387)

An empty option serves no purpose in a datalist. Valid entries are
dynamically added via JavaScript. Remove it avoids unnecessary markup.
---
 views/view-dashboard.php | 4 +---
 views/view-referrers.php | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/views/view-dashboard.php b/views/view-dashboard.php
index 2bc03670..982a0379 100644
--- a/views/view-dashboard.php
+++ b/views/view-dashboard.php
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@
 		?>
 		<label for="statify-dashboard-post"><?php esc_html_e( 'Post/Page', 'statify' ); ?></label>
 		<input id="statify-dashboard-post" name="post" type="text" list="statify-dashboard-posts" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $selected_post ); ?>">
-		<datalist id="statify-dashboard-posts">
-			<option value=""></option>
-		</datalist>
+		<datalist id="statify-dashboard-posts"></datalist>
 		<button type="submit" class="button-secondary"><?php esc_html_e( 'Select post/page', 'statify' ); ?></button>
 	</form>
 
diff --git a/views/view-referrers.php b/views/view-referrers.php
index 3e82f589..50fac8d3 100644
--- a/views/view-referrers.php
+++ b/views/view-referrers.php
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@
 
 		<label for="statify-dashboard-post"><?php esc_html_e( 'Post/Page', 'statify' ); ?></label>
 		<input id="statify-dashboard-post" name="post" type="text" list="statify-dashboard-posts" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $selected_post ); ?>">
-		<datalist id="statify-dashboard-posts">
-			<option value=""></option>
-		</datalist>
+		<datalist id="statify-dashboard-posts"></datalist>
 		<button type="submit" class="button-secondary"><?php esc_html_e( 'Select post/page', 'statify' ); ?></button>
 	</form>