# \[FEATURE\] Add ability to add Icon and styling to Perspective Dropdown items **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [May 17, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-add-icon-and-styling-to-perspective-dropdown-items/73823 "2023-05-17T05:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Engler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Elizabeth\_Engler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Elizabeth_Engler)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-add-icon-and-styling-to-perspective-dropdown-items/73823/14 "2024-02-12T20:36:02Z")
Piggy-backing off victordcq and Felipe\_CRM, I used this method to add unique background colors to each dropdown option: > [@Change color for each option based on some category for Perspective Dropdown Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-color-for-each-option-based-on-some-category-for-perspective-dropdown-component/37952/6): > > I finally figured out how to do it. I used the method shared here: In their solution, they were able to set a specific style for each drop down option, adding a checkmark image to certain options. I just modified it to add on to the "styles" variable for each option, and set a background-color rather than adding content. [image] I'm using a list of options that I get from my database (it changes all the time). I loop through these options and check a time variable for the… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-add-icon-and-styling-to-perspective-dropdown-items/73823)._