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Originally Posted by xim

As I wrote in another thread, everyone in the UK has own view of the standard list of countries

Yes, they do unfortunately, but giving too much choice, or rather, uncontrolled free input choice (in this instance) isn't the best answer to that problem we think. FWIW This is not the option provided by most online companies trading in the UK. Yes there are 'issues' over preferential choice of county names but a default set of values provided via a select box is surely the best answer? (it works perfectly in lots of other countries...) Especially, when as we said, Admin may edit any default county naming list in XC5, so store owners can apply any list of 'set values' that they like, which then appear in the select box.

Originally Posted by xim

To help merchants fit buyers requests we replaced the select box with combo box. Yes, it is available to enter any county, however, the system uses Zip code for shipping calculation. Also, we recommend using zip code instead counties for zones

To be fair, zip codes or post codes as they are called in the UK and Counties are two different subjects altogether. e.g. Apart from Dublin itself, there are practically zero post codes in Ireland. A country that we (and lots of other UK companies) regularly supply. Northern Ireland does have postcodes (being part of the UK) and is right next to Ireland. However, they both have counties... Have a very close look on Google Maps and then try working that lot out... It will be even more difficult post #Brexit.

We can and occasionally do use postcodes within zones, but that alone isn't the answer either. You can have a valid UK postcode for a authorised PO Box Number. Good luck delivering to that via UPS or Fedex etc

Originally Posted by xim

However, to revert the previous behavior there is a special conf setting in the etc/config.php file. Our team will review the upgrade procedure to understand why the file was not updated during the upgrade.

Thank you. Our own choice, is that we will manually re-apply this via the special conf setting in the etc/config.php file that you mention. In the bug ticket, we did ask the question about why other countries (other than the UK) already provide the select box despite this conf setting in the etc/config.php not currently being in place. After your post, what we're assuming now, is that somewhere (i.e. somewhere else in the existing core code) the choice, between select box or combo box is being applied to country codes. Therefore, in theory in our case, the only countries that must be added into the conf setting in the etc/config.php, are those that have a valid set of counties and 'appear' to be combo box assigned when tested? e.g. The UK. All others don't need any further alterations?