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I'm trying to create an option group for a custom data field.  It needs to be a multi-select dropdown.  An example of the HTML it should generate:

<select>
  <optgroup label="Accommodations">
    <option value="Bed & Breakfasts">Bed &amp; Breakfasts</option>
    <option value="Camping">Camping</option>
  </optgroup>
  <optgroup label="Arts & Crafts">
    <option value="Artisans">Artisans</option>
    <option value="Artists">Artists</option>
  </optgroup>
</select>
I tried using [Administer -> System Settings -> Option Groups], but any group I create there is not available from the "Multiple Choice Option Sets" dropdown when creating the custom field.  How can I implement this kind of selector?

Thanks for the quick attention.  Good and bad news, I guess.     I'll look for it in 4.4.5, and hope the client doesn't feel the optgroups are necessary in the meantime.

How can I address the other unexpected behavior I found when dealing with option group customizations?  When I create a group through the interface, it does not appear in the dropdown.  If I go into the db and manually assign it, it seems to work as expected, but it isn't selectable until I take that step.  Even worse, when I did assign it, the field's previously selected option group was deleted from the db.  Is this expected behavior?

RE: 4.4.5 vs 4.5, understood.  Thanks for the clarification.

Not so much that I didn't want that...more that I did not see a way to create the option groups in that screen, so began exploring other methods.  When I saw the is_optgroup flag in the db, I got all excited until it didn't work.    After experimenting with the interface and the db a bit, I ran into the weirdness and stopped to find out more.