---
title: "Important: #93331 - Description of SelectCheckBox items"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:important-93331"
source: "Changelog/10.4.x/Important-93331-DescriptionOfSelectCheckBoxItems.rst"
typo3-version: "10.4.x"
typo3-major: 10
type: "important"
issue: 93331
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/93331"
tags: ["Backend", "TCA"]
rendered: "2026-09-19T12:12:50+00:00"
---

# Important: #93331 - Description of SelectCheckBox items {#important-93331}

See [forge#93331](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/93331)

## Description {#description}

Due to the introduction of grouping and sorting for TCA columns of type
`select` in #91008, the position of the items description, also referred
as "Help text" has changed in the corresponding TCA configuration. This
previously led to misbehaviour when using `renderType=selectCheckBox`
since the old position was still checked by this FormEngine element.

Adding descriptions is now working again and it will be used when configured
at the correct position:

```php
'items' => [
    ...,
    [
        'the label',
        'the value',
        'iconIdentifier',
        'groupIdentifier',
         // The item description must be added as the fifth argument
        'item description'
    ],
]
```

It's furthermore still possible to define an array with the `title` and
`description` keys:

```php
'items' => [
    ...,
    [
        'the label',
        'the value',
        'iconIdentifier',
        'groupIdentifier',
         // The item description must be added as the fifth argument
        [
           'title' => 'Help title',
           'description' => 'Help description'
        ]
    ]
]
```

In case you are using `$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['customPermOptions']`
for defining custom permission options, nothing changes. The description has
still to be placed at the third position in each items configuration.

```php
$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['customPermOptions'] => [
   'my_custom_field' => [
      'items' => [
         'someKey' => [
            'the label',
            'anIconIdentifier',
            'item description',
         ]
      ]
   ]
]
```