If field is a dropdown and it is inline editable, then display the dropdown.
As it is now, if the dropdown value is not sent, in list view you just see an empty space and you need to double click to make the drop down show up.
The drop down code is already in the page, just hidden. If it’s inline editable, why not just display the drop down and to edit it, you just click once on the drop down to drop it down and select a new value?