Change Text of Blank Option in a Rails Select Tag

The form helper select tag (ex - f.select) accepts a boolean option for include_blank, which informs the select tag to have an extra blank option. Setting include_blank: true will look like the below -

But you can also pass a string to include_blank and this will change the text content of the blank option -

<%= f.select :state, options_for_select(state_options), {include_blank: 'Select a State'} %>

https://devdocs.io/rails~7.1/actionview/helpers/formtaghelper#method-i-select_tag