# Ignition Perspective dropdown "allow custom options" **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** ignition80, perspective\ **Created:** [October 10, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-dropdown-allow-custom-options/51787 "2021-10-10T20:13:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-dropdown-allow-custom-options/51787/3 "2021-10-11T01:54:07Z")
If `allowCustomOptions` is `true`, then the user can treat the Dropdown like a Text Field, where they supply their own text. The user needs to interact with the option list as a sort of confirmation. This does not actually modify the available options of the dropdown, but it does change the `value` of the Dropdown to whatever this custom option is. For example, I have the options “one” and “two” available in a Dropdown. I allow for custom options in that Dropdown. A user attempts to add a custom option of “three”. ![Screen Shot 2021-10-10 at 6.45.52 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/7/d73489a3cb9a068c825c1dcbca364a50ff22b5cf.png) The user must actually click the “Create three” option of the Dropdown. The `value` property of the Dropdown will now has a value of “three”. The `props.options` property of the Dropdown has not changed. This new value the user has supplied will be retained even during page reload/refresh, but if the user navigates away to another page and then comes back the `props.value` of the Dropdown will now have reverted back to its “default” value as configured in the Designer. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-dropdown-allow-custom-options/51787)._