# How to create a float dropdown list in perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-float-dropdown-list-in-perspective/113208>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [January 12, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-float-dropdown-list-in-perspective/113208 "2026-01-12T07:35:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lion\_Sun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ab097/32.png) [@Lion\_Sun](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lion_Sun)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-float-dropdown-list-in-perspective/113208/1 "2026-01-12T07:35:34Z")

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I want to use perspective to make below effect:

When the mouse is hover on a label (or button) component, it will display a dropdown list for this label (or button), when the mouse leaves this label(or button), the dropdown list will hide automatically. This is a common UI style in web development.

example as below：

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/4/a4e3bc34ec082ed86802fafcff73f305116b4ce2.png)

Any one can share idea for how to make it in perspective?

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**Author:** ![travisaggiebrown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/travisaggiebrown/32/85824_2.png) [@travisaggiebrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travisaggiebrown)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-float-dropdown-list-in-perspective/113208/2 "2026-01-12T14:00:20Z")

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I would think using a Markdown component would probably be the simplest. here’s an example I snagged from [w3schools](https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_dropdowns.asp)

```markdown
<style>
.dropdown {
   position: relative;
}

  
.dropbtn {
   background-color: #4CAF50;
   color: white; padding: 16px;
   font-size: 16px;
   border: none;
   cursor: pointer;
}
  
.dropdown-content {
   display: none;
   position: absolute;
   background-color: #f9f9f9;
   min-width: 200px;
   box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

.dropdown-content a {
   color: black;
   padding: 12px 16px;
   text-decoration: none;
   display: block;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
   background-color: #f1f1f1
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
   display: block;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
   background-color: #3e8e41;
}
</style>

/* replace with your links*/
<div class="dropdown">
  <button class="dropbtn">Dropdown Menu</button>
  <div class="dropdown-content">
    <a href="#">Link 1</a>
    <a href="#">Link 2</a>
    <a href="#">Link 3</a>
  </div>
</div>

```