# \[FEATURE\] Perspective Classes dropdown - Add ability to filter by typing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [December 8, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865 "2021-12-08T01:04:47Z")\
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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:** [December 8, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865/1 "2021-12-08T01:04:47Z")

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I have a lot of style classes defined and it’s a pain selecting them from the style classes dropdown. It would be awesome if I could open the dropdown and then start typing in order to filter the results:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/2/6274594d8c9b26461b237c0d0744ca709acef41d.png)

Idea:

> **[Add ability to filter by typing into style classes dropdown | Voters |...](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/add-ability-to-filter-by-typing-into-style-classes-dropdown)**

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**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865/2 "2021-12-08T09:47:30Z")

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Also, why are styles not organized using folders ?

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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:** [December 8, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865/3 "2021-12-08T10:43:29Z")

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That’s a fantastic idea! A tree view + filter would be great!

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**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865/4 "2022-07-13T15:12:14Z")

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Could we at least have a bigger class selection box ?  
this:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/5/75ff30b09da8e93a34adb94d1f063daa31931275.png)

Is way too small ! 8 classes at a time makes it a pain to select anything when you have more than 30 classes :X

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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:** [May 16, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865/5 "2024-05-16T01:27:39Z")

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I think it's time for this one to be implemented 🙂

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-classes-dropdown-add-ability-to-filter-by-typing/53865/6 "2024-05-16T02:13:01Z")

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Maybe if I find some downtime I'll sneak this in to 8.3...