3810774 - Picklist Dropdown Scroll Truncated at ~999 Items in Legacy People Profile

• A picklist field is configured with a large number of values (e.g., ~1,200).
• When opening the dropdown on the edit page and scrolling down, entries stop displaying at approximately the 999th item; values from the 1,000th onward are not visible via scrolling.
• Typing text in the field returns hidden values (index ≥ 1,000) as type-ahead suggestions, which can be selected successfully.
• This behavior is observed in Legacy People Profile.

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1.Open an edit page that contains a picklist field with more than 1,000 configured values.

2.Click the picklist field to open the dropdown list.

3.Scroll down through the dropdown to load more entries.

4.Observe that entries stop appearing at approximately the 999th item.

5.Type a partial string in the field; confirm that values beyond the 1,000th position appear as type-ahead suggestions and can be selected.

This is the current expected behavior of Legacy People Profile. The dropdown UI renders a maximum of 999 picklist values via scroll due to UI rendering limitations. This limitation does not apply to Latest People Profile, where all configured values are displayed in full.

• Use type-ahead search — Enter a partial text string in the picklist field to locate values beyond the 999th position. These values will appear as suggestions and can be selected normally.
• Clean up picklist values — Review the picklist configuration and set expired or unused values to Inactive to reduce the total active value count.
• Enable Latest People Profile — Upgrading to Latest People Profile removes the 999-item scroll limitation and displays all picklist values in the dropdown.

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