From 0c5ce83cdf08f91cdc3db8312ec417d05086dea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Godwin <goodgodwin@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:47:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed empty option validation error

---
 app/helpers/application_helper.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 054cc52..774f346 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
 
 			# make sure that we have an empty option if the select is required
 			if options[:required] && options[:options].first.present? && options[:options].first.last.present?
-				option_list = ('<option value=""> </option>' + option_list).html_safe
+				option_list = ('<option value="">&nbsp;</option>' + option_list).html_safe
 			end
 			html += select_tag(name, option_list, input_options)
 		else