# Dropdown Selected Label (Value Label)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-selected-label-value-label/69112>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision, perspective\
**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-selected-label-value-label/69112 "2023-01-27T20:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-selected-label-value-label/69112/4 "2023-01-27T21:19:22Z")

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Maybe this one will guide you?

> [@Get selected text in dropdown component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-selected-text-in-dropdown-component/67612/8):
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> Another method.. On the dropdown create a custom property called displayvalue. On the dropdown value prop, right click and add a change script. data = self.props.options for row in range(data.getRowCount()): if (data.getValueAt(row, "value") == self.props.value): self.custom.displayvalue = data.getValueAt(row, "label") break That should then update the custom property with the label. Credit goes to the below, there was another script that took that code a step further that may hel…

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