# Dropdown value giving value of 'script'

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-value-giving-value-of-script/57727>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 28, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-value-giving-value-of-script/57727 "2022-03-28T17:24:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-value-giving-value-of-script/57727/1 "2022-03-28T17:24:30Z")

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I’m trying to extract the value of a dropdown from a script and am getting weird results.

If I create a label and bind the text to the dropdown value using a transform/script  
selection = self.getSibling(“Dropdown”).props.value  
return selection

the result is ‘script’

if I add an ‘onActionPerformed’ event to the dropdown itself and write the value to a tag  
system.tag.write("[default]Test Tags/test\_dropdown\_selection", self)

the following is written:  
com.inductiveautomation.perspective.gateway.script.ComponentModelScriptWrapper$SafetyWrapper@414a6858

What am I doing wrong here???

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**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-value-giving-value-of-script/57727/2 "2022-03-28T17:26:51Z")

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> [@gfeiten](#):
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> system.tag.write("[default]Test Tags/test\_dropdown\_selection", self)

`self` is a reference _to the entire dropdown component_. If you want to write its selection to a tag, you must pass that specific property.

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**Author:** ![gfeiten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@gfeiten](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gfeiten)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-value-giving-value-of-script/57727/4 "2022-03-28T19:40:52Z")

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thanks, changing to self.props.value fixed it.