# Disable / Grey out items in a Dropdown component?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-grey-out-items-in-a-dropdown-component/61113>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [June 23, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-grey-out-items-in-a-dropdown-component/61113 "2022-06-23T13:54:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-grey-out-items-in-a-dropdown-component/61113/1 "2022-06-23T13:54:30Z")

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Is it possible to disable and grey out items in a dropdown component in Perspective?

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**Author:** ![deon.korb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-grey-out-items-in-a-dropdown-component/61113/2 "2022-06-23T14:00:07Z")

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The doc says you can by setting `isDisabled:true` on the option:  
[Perspective - Dropdown - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation (inductiveautomation.com)](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+Dropdown)

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-grey-out-items-in-a-dropdown-component/61113/3 "2022-06-23T14:01:11Z")

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Awesome, cheers! I should have checked the manual… 🙂  
It’s even there in the suggested properties list in the context menu 😅