# Dropdown Menu selectedValue Propert

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-menu-selectedvalue-propert/27920>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [August 30, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-menu-selectedvalue-propert/27920 "2019-08-30T20:56:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![brian.mcenulty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@brian.mcenulty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mcenulty)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-menu-selectedvalue-propert/27920/1 "2019-08-30T20:56:26Z")

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Using 7.9.12 I have a form that uses the Dropdown component. The dataset for the dropdown is a typical Value/Label two column dataset (integer and string) that is populated by a script on the window. What I’d like to do is preset the default value of the dropdown to the first item in the list which always has a Value of 0. I’ve tried through both bindings on the selectedValue property and through scripting to set this value to 0 however the dropdown always displays the “No Selection Label” which is “”.

Is there something I’m missing or not applying correctly to the selectedValue property?