# Is there a built-in way or a property to keep selected items in the dropdown list with a check mark (in 8.1.38)?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [December 1, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-built-in-way-or-a-property-to-keep-selected-items-in-the-dropdown-list-with-a-check-mark-in-8-1-38/112539 "2025-12-01T19:10:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndrewSmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@AndrewSmith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AndrewSmith)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-built-in-way-or-a-property-to-keep-selected-items-in-the-dropdown-list-with-a-check-mark-in-8-1-38/112539/1 "2025-12-01T19:10:53Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I’m using Ignition 8.1.38 with a Perspective view and the standard multi selector dropdown component.  
props.options is a simple list of {value, label}  
props.multiSelect = true  
props.wrapMultiSelectValues = false  
props.search.enabled = true

Current behavior:  
When I select an item in the dropdown, it is removed from the dropdown list and only shown in the “selected values” area of the component.  
What I would like:  
Instead of disappearing from the list, I want the selected item to stay visible inside the dropdown menu with a check mark (or some visual indicator) next to it – similar to typical multi-select dropdowns in web UIs.  
Questions:  
Is there a built-in way or a property to keep selected items in the dropdown list with a check mark (in 8.1.38)?

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-built-in-way-or-a-property-to-keep-selected-items-in-the-dropdown-list-with-a-check-mark-in-8-1-38/112539/2 "2025-12-01T19:58:34Z")

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> [@AndrewSmith](#):
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> Is there a built-in way or a property to keep selected items in the dropdown list with a check mark

I do not think so, no.

You would have to create a custom module and create this component or hack the existing one with javascript injection similar to [[FEATURE] Add ability to add Icon and styling to Perspective Dropdown items - Ignition - Inductive Automation Forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-ability-to-add-icon-and-styling-to-perspective-dropdown-items/73823)

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**Author:** ![deon.korb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-built-in-way-or-a-property-to-keep-selected-items-in-the-dropdown-list-with-a-check-mark-in-8-1-38/112539/3 "2025-12-02T11:14:35Z")

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I asked the same thing a few years ago and it led nowhere:

> [@Perspective Dropdown Multi Select](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-multi-select/62588):
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> I have dropdown configured for the a days of week selection in a table. The user experience is not great, as there is not enough space to show all the pills selected. See below: [image] All weekdays are actually selected in the bottom example, but there’s no way to see that. I’ve seen other dropdown multi selection elsewhere that solves this problem as follows: [image] Is there a way to solve this in Perspective, or is it feature request time?