I have created a custom object and I want to use a picklist in a formula field. All I really want to do is display this field on my custom object. Is there a way to do that without using a Formula field since I cannot use a picklist in the way I want. I do not want to override the pages with visualforce I know this is one way to just put an output field of the picklist on the page.

This is all I am trying to do: Account__r.Operational_Status__c.

Where Operational_Status__c is a custom picklist.  I just want the value that is selected in this picklist to appear on a different object's detail view.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

ok, here goes another attempt at getting some help with this.

Steps:

1) Custom object is created.

2) Custom tab for custom object is created.

    a) This tab shows the default view, just showing a list of object/record names.

3) I click Edit next to "View: All [Go!]" to customize the view.

HOWEVER, in order to get to my customized view the user must click [Go!] after opening the tab. How do I get my custom view to display by default?