# \[FEATURE\] Show selected item when clicking on dropdown component

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-show-selected-item-when-clicking-on-dropdown-component/40572>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition80\
**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-show-selected-item-when-clicking-on-dropdown-component/40572 "2020-11-12T06:31:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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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:** [November 12, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-show-selected-item-when-clicking-on-dropdown-component/40572/1 "2020-11-12T06:31:51Z")

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When you select an item from the dropdown component and then go to select something else, the list always starts from the top. To me, I expect when I click on it again that it would centre or show the currently selected item at the top of the viewport by scrolling the list down. I assume this isn’t possible at the moment, so can this please be added as an option?

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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 2, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-show-selected-item-when-clicking-on-dropdown-component/40572/2 "2020-12-02T11:09:31Z")

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Idea added here:  
[https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/perspective-show-selected-item-when-clicking-on-dropdown-component](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/perspective-show-selected-item-when-clicking-on-dropdown-component)