diff --git a/config/Migrations/20221028000000_MetaFieldSaneDefault.php b/config/Migrations/20221028000000_MetaFieldSaneDefault.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b59149c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/Migrations/20221028000000_MetaFieldSaneDefault.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+use Phinx\Db\Adapter\MysqlAdapter;
+
+
+class MetaFieldSaneDefault extends AbstractMigration
+{
+
+    public $autoId = false; // turn off automatic `id` column create. We want it to be `int(10) unsigned`
+
+
+    public function change()
+    {
+        $exists = $this->table('meta_template_fields')->hasColumn('sane_default');
+        if (!$exists) {
+            $this->table('meta_template_fields')
+                ->addColumn('sane_default', 'text', [
+                    'default' => null,
+                    'null' => true,
+                    'limit' => MysqlAdapter::TEXT_LONG,
+                    'comment' => 'List of sane default values to be proposed',
+                ])
+                ->addColumn('values_list', 'text', [
+                    'default' => null,
+                    'null' => true,
+                    'limit' => MysqlAdapter::TEXT_LONG,
+                    'comment' => 'List of values that have to be used',
+                ])
+                ->update();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Model/Entity/MetaTemplateField.php b/src/Model/Entity/MetaTemplateField.php
index 7baf30a..570fef9 100644
--- a/src/Model/Entity/MetaTemplateField.php
+++ b/src/Model/Entity/MetaTemplateField.php
@@ -7,5 +7,32 @@ use Cake\ORM\Entity;
 
 class MetaTemplateField extends AppModel
 {
+    protected $_virtual = ['form_type', 'form_options', ];
+
+    protected function _getFormType()
+    {
+        $formType = 'text';
+        if (!empty($this->sane_default) || !empty($this->values_list)) {
+            $formType = 'dropdown';
+        }
+        return $formType;
+    }
+
+    protected function _getFormOptions()
+    {
+        $formOptions = [];
+        if ($this->formType === 'dropdown') {
+            $selectOptions = !empty($this->sane_default) ? $this->sane_default : $this->values_list;
+            $selectOptions = array_combine($selectOptions, $selectOptions);
+            if (!empty($this->sane_default)) {
+                // $selectOptions['_custom'] = __('-- custom value --');
+                $selectOptions[] = ['value' => '_custom', 'text' => __('-- custom value --'), 'class' => 'custom-value'];
+            }
+            $selectOptions[''] = __('-- no value --');
+            $formOptions['options'] = $selectOptions;
+            // $formOptions['empty'] = [['value' => '', 'text' => __('-- select an options --'), 'hidden disabled selected value']];
+        }
+        return $formOptions;
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Model/Table/MetaTemplateFieldsTable.php b/src/Model/Table/MetaTemplateFieldsTable.php
index 626a96c..857361c 100644
--- a/src/Model/Table/MetaTemplateFieldsTable.php
+++ b/src/Model/Table/MetaTemplateFieldsTable.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class MetaTemplateFieldsTable extends AppTable
         $this->hasMany('MetaFields');
 
         $this->setDisplayField('field');
+        $this->getSchema()->setColumnType('sane_default', 'json');
+        $this->getSchema()->setColumnType('values_list', 'json');
         $this->loadTypeHandlers();
     }
 
diff --git a/templates/MetaTemplateFields/index.php b/templates/MetaTemplateFields/index.php
index 4071d13..5f41b21 100644
--- a/templates/MetaTemplateFields/index.php
+++ b/templates/MetaTemplateFields/index.php
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ echo $this->element('genericElements/IndexTable/index_table', [
                 'data_path' => 'multiple',
                 'field' => 'textarea'
             ],
+            [
+                'name' => __('Sane defaults'),
+                'data_path' => 'sane_default'
+            ],
+            [
+                'name' => __('Values List'),
+                'data_path' => 'values_list'
+            ],
             [
                 'name' => __('Validation regex'),
                 'sort' => 'regex',
diff --git a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/Fields/dropdownField.php b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/Fields/dropdownField.php
index 26e8e88..b8d81b2 100644
--- a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/Fields/dropdownField.php
+++ b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/Fields/dropdownField.php
@@ -1,14 +1,87 @@
 <?php
-    $controlParams = [
-        'options' => $fieldData['options'],
-        'empty' => $fieldData['empty'] ?? false,
-        'value' => $fieldData['value'] ?? null,
-        'multiple' => $fieldData['multiple'] ?? false,
-        'disabled' => $fieldData['disabled'] ?? false,
-        'class' => ($fieldData['class'] ?? '') . ' formDropdown form-select',
-        'default' => ($fieldData['default'] ?? null)
-    ];
-    if (!empty($fieldData['label'])) {
-        $controlParams['label'] = $fieldData['label'];
+$seed = 's-' . mt_rand();
+$controlParams = [
+    'type' => 'select',
+    'options' => $fieldData['options'],
+    'empty' => $fieldData['empty'] ?? false,
+    'value' => $fieldData['value'] ?? null,
+    'multiple' => $fieldData['multiple'] ?? false,
+    'disabled' => $fieldData['disabled'] ?? false,
+    'class' => ($fieldData['class'] ?? '') . ' formDropdown form-select',
+    'default' => $fieldData['default'] ?? '',
+];
+if (!empty($fieldData['field'])) { // used for multi meta-field form
+    $controlParams['field'] = $fieldData['field'];
+}
+if (!empty($fieldData['label'])) {
+    $controlParams['label'] = $fieldData['label'];
+}
+if ($controlParams['options'] instanceof \Cake\ORM\Query) {
+    $controlParams['options'] = $controlParams['options']->all()->toList();
+}
+if (in_array('_custom', array_keys($controlParams['options']))) {
+    $customInputValue = $this->Form->getSourceValue($fieldData['field']);
+    if (!in_array($customInputValue, $controlParams['options'])) {
+        $controlParams['options'] = array_map(function ($option) {
+            if (is_array($option) && $option['value'] == '_custom') {
+                $option[] = 'selected';
+            }
+            return $option;
+        }, $controlParams['options']);
+    } else {
+        $customInputValue = '';
     }
-    echo $this->FormFieldMassage->prepareFormElement($this->Form, $controlParams, $fieldData);
+    $customControlParams = [
+        'value' => $fieldData['value'] ?? null,
+        'class' => 'd-none',
+    ];
+    $controlParams['class'] .= ' dropdown-custom-value' . "-$seed";
+    $adaptedField = $fieldData['field'] . '_custom';
+    $controlParams['templates']['formGroup'] = sprintf(
+        '<label class="col-sm-2 col-form-label form-label" {{attrs}}>{{label}}</label><div class="col-sm-10 multi-metafield-input-container"><div class="d-flex form-dropdown-with-freetext input-group">{{input}}{{error}}%s</div></div>',
+        sprintf('<input type="text" class="form-control custom-value" field="%s" value="%s">', h($adaptedField), h($customInputValue))
+    );
+}
+echo $this->FormFieldMassage->prepareFormElement($this->Form, $controlParams, $fieldData);
+?>
+
+<script>
+    (function() {
+        $(document).ready(function() {
+            const $select = $('select.dropdown-custom-value-<?= $seed ?>')
+            toggleFreetextSelectField($select[0]);
+            $select.attr('onclick', 'toggleFreetextSelectField(this)')
+            $select.parent().find('input.custom-value').attr('oninput', 'updateAssociatedSelect(this)')
+            // updateAssociatedSelect($select.parent().find('input.custom-value')[0])
+
+            // Multiple saves in dropdown doesn't work
+            // But multiple saves for custom works but save the first element as `_custom`
+        })
+
+    })()
+
+    function toggleFreetextSelectField(selectEl) {
+        const $select = $(selectEl)
+        const show = $select.val() == '_custom'
+        const $container = $(selectEl).parent()
+        let $freetextInput = $container.find('input.custom-value')
+        if (show) {
+            $freetextInput.removeClass('d-none')
+        } else {
+            $freetextInput.addClass('d-none')
+        }
+    }
+
+    function updateAssociatedSelect(input) {
+        const $input = $(input)
+        const $select = $input.parent().find('select')
+        const $customOption = $select.find('option.custom-value')
+        $customOption.val($input.val())
+    }
+</script>
+
+<style>
+    form div.form-dropdown-with-freetext input.custom-value {
+        flex-grow: 3;
+    }
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/metaTemplateForm.php b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/metaTemplateForm.php
index 0a4d934..56e0ac4 100644
--- a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/metaTemplateForm.php
+++ b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/metaTemplateForm.php
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ foreach ($metaTemplate->meta_template_fields as $metaTemplateField) {
             $metaField = reset($metaTemplateField->metaFields);
             $fieldData = [
                 'label' => $metaTemplateField->label,
+                'type' => $metaTemplateField->formType,
             ];
+            if ($metaTemplateField->formType === 'dropdown') {
+                $fieldData = array_merge_recursive($fieldData, $metaTemplateField->formOptions);
+            }
             if (isset($metaField->id)) {
                 $fieldData['field'] = sprintf('MetaTemplates.%s.meta_template_fields.%s.metaFields.%s.value', $metaField->meta_template_id, $metaField->meta_template_field_id, $metaField->id);
             } else {
@@ -63,7 +67,11 @@ foreach ($metaTemplate->meta_template_fields as $metaTemplateField) {
             $fieldData = [
                 'field' => sprintf('MetaTemplates.%s.meta_template_fields.%s.metaFields.new.0', $metaTemplateField->meta_template_id, $metaTemplateField->id),
                 'label' => $metaTemplateField->label,
+                'type' => $metaTemplateField->formType,
             ];
+            if ($metaTemplateField->formType === 'dropdown') {
+                $fieldData = array_merge_recursive($fieldData, $metaTemplateField->formOptions);
+            }
             $fieldsHtml .= $this->element(
                 'genericElements/Form/fieldScaffold',
                 [
@@ -74,4 +82,7 @@ foreach ($metaTemplate->meta_template_fields as $metaTemplateField) {
         }
     }
 }
-echo $fieldsHtml;
\ No newline at end of file
+$fieldContainer = $this->Bootstrap->genNode('div', [
+    'class' => [],
+], $fieldsHtml);
+echo $fieldContainer;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldButton.php b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldButton.php
index c7c778b..9cfd348 100644
--- a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldButton.php
+++ b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldButton.php
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ $seed = 'mfb-' . mt_rand();
             $clonedContainer
                 .removeClass('has-error')
                 .find('.error-message ').remove()
+            $clonedContainer
+                .find('label.form-label').text('')
             const $clonedInput = $clonedContainer.find('input, select')
             if ($clonedInput.length > 0) {
                 const injectedTemplateId = $clicked.closest('.multi-metafields-container').find('.new-metafield').length
@@ -54,18 +56,21 @@ $seed = 'mfb-' . mt_rand();
             }
         }
 
-        function adjustClonedInputAttr($input, injectedTemplateId) {
-            let explodedPath = $input.attr('field').split('.').splice(0, 5)
-            explodedPath.push('new', injectedTemplateId)
-            dottedPathStr = explodedPath.join('.')
-            brackettedPathStr = explodedPath.map((elem, i) => {
-                return i == 0 ? elem : `[${elem}]`
-            }).join('')
-            $input.attr('id', dottedPathStr)
-                .attr('field', dottedPathStr)
-                .attr('name', brackettedPathStr)
-                .val('')
-                .removeClass('is-invalid')
+        function adjustClonedInputAttr($inputs, injectedTemplateId) {
+            $inputs.each(function() {
+                const $input = $(this)
+                let explodedPath = $input.attr('field').split('.').splice(0, 5)
+                explodedPath.push('new', injectedTemplateId)
+                dottedPathStr = explodedPath.join('.')
+                brackettedPathStr = explodedPath.map((elem, i) => {
+                    return i == 0 ? elem : `[${elem}]`
+                }).join('')
+                $input.attr('id', dottedPathStr)
+                    .attr('field', dottedPathStr)
+                    .attr('name', brackettedPathStr)
+                    .val('')
+                    .removeClass('is-invalid')
+            })
         }
     })()
 </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldScaffold.php b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldScaffold.php
index 3a73125..89b405c 100644
--- a/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldScaffold.php
+++ b/templates/element/genericElements/Form/multiFieldScaffold.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if (!empty($metaFieldsEntities)) {
                 $metaFieldsEntity->meta_template_field_id,
                 $metaFieldsEntity->id
             ),
+            'type' => $metaTemplateField->formType,
         ];
         if($metaFieldsEntity->isNew()) {
             $fieldData['field'] = sprintf(
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ if (!empty($metaFieldsEntities)) {
         if ($labelPrintedOnce) { // Only the first input can have a label
             $fieldData['label'] = false;
         }
+        if ($metaTemplateField->formType === 'dropdown') {
+            $fieldData = array_merge_recursive($fieldData, $metaTemplateField->formOptions);
+        }
         $labelPrintedOnce = true;
         $fieldsHtml .= $this->element(
             'genericElements/Form/fieldScaffold',
@@ -49,14 +53,19 @@ if (!empty($metaTemplateField) && !empty($multiple)) { // Add multiple field but
     $metaTemplateField->label = Inflector::humanize($metaTemplateField->field);
     $emptyMetaFieldInput = '';
     if (empty($metaFieldsEntities)) { // Include editable field for meta-template not containing a meta-field
+        $fieldData = [
+            'label' => $metaTemplateField->label,
+            'field' => sprintf('MetaTemplates.%s.meta_template_fields.%s.metaFields.new.0', $metaTemplateField->meta_template_id, $metaTemplateField->id),
+            'class' => 'new-metafield',
+            'type' => $metaTemplateField->formType,
+        ];
+        if ($metaTemplateField->formType === 'dropdown') {
+            $fieldData = array_merge_recursive($fieldData, $metaTemplateField->formOptions);
+        }
         $emptyMetaFieldInput = $this->element(
             'genericElements/Form/fieldScaffold',
             [
-                'fieldData' => [
-                    'label' => $metaTemplateField->label,
-                    'field' => sprintf('MetaTemplates.%s.meta_template_fields.%s.metaFields.new.0', $metaTemplateField->meta_template_id, $metaTemplateField->id),
-                    'class' => 'new-metafield',
-                ],
+                'fieldData' => $fieldData,
                 'form' => $form,
             ]
         );