# Creating Dropdown list made from folder names

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-dropdown-list-made-from-folder-names/94839>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-dropdown-list-made-from-folder-names/94839 "2024-08-19T21:27:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ignition123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ccd318/32.png) [@ignition123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ignition123)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-dropdown-list-made-from-folder-names/94839/1 "2024-08-19T21:27:56Z")

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trying to figure out how to populate a dropdown with folder names. I have a folder that contains 30 folders each of which is named to a part number. I would like to create a dropdown that allows me to select any of the 30 part numbers so I can set a tag to the selected part number. any ideas? thank you.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-dropdown-list-made-from-folder-names/94839/2 "2024-08-19T21:55:10Z")

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Are these _tag_ folders? Is this Perspective, or Vision? Which 30? What have you tried already? Does it need to be dynamic, or can you hardcode it in once?

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**Author:** ![ignition123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ccd318/32.png) [@ignition123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ignition123)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-dropdown-list-made-from-folder-names/94839/3 "2024-08-19T21:59:17Z")

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They are tag folders on perspective. The process would need to be dynamic. I am fairly new to Ignition, so I have not tried anything that was very successful.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-dropdown-list-made-from-folder-names/94839/4 "2024-08-19T22:26:20Z")

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What is the original problem you are trying to solve? There may be a much better way of configuring your project.

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-dropdown-list-made-from-folder-names/94839/5 "2024-08-19T22:26:33Z")

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You can use `system.tag.browse` and set the tagType filter to Folder. The docs have some good examples that can get you pointed in the correct direction.

> **[system.tag.browse | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-tag/system-tag-browse)**
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> Returns a list of nodes found at the specified path.