# Perspective dropdown - disable text entry **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective, ignition81, vision\ **Created:** [July 22, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193 "2022-07-22T05:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![richardNZ15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/richardnz15/32/33373_2.png) [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/1 "2022-07-22T05:49:46Z")
Why is there no property to disable text entry on a Perspective dropdown? Similar to the Editable property in the Vision text components. Surely non-editable dropdowns are more widely used than dropdowns that need the user to type text. I’ve tried adding the `cursor: pointer` style to both the dropdown `style` and `dropdownOptionStyle` to try “hack” around it. But it still shows the cursor: text when hovering over the text element of the dropdown. Sorry i can’t seem to get a screenshot of this behavior, the pointer seems to disappear during screen capture. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/2 "2022-07-22T06:02:41Z")
It’s in the documentation: [Perspective - Dropdown - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation (inductiveautomation.com)](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+Dropdown) `allowCustomOptions` ---
**Author:** ![richardNZ15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/richardnz15/32/33373_2.png) [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/3 "2022-07-22T06:15:44Z")
Thats not the same thing. I’ve already got that property disabled. There is a subtle difference to what i’m asking. That will prevent the user being able to add their own options, but i want to get rid of the “text” cursor type when hovering over the dropdown component. It is implying that you can type something, when you actually shouldn’t be able to. ---
**Author:** ![dustin.cooper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dustin.cooper/32/29963_2.png) [@dustin.cooper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dustin.cooper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/4 "2022-07-22T07:10:29Z")
Have you tried setting your `props.search.enabled` to `False`? ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/5 "2022-07-22T07:26:33Z")
Try `props.style.cursor : pointer`. ![Dropdown cursor](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/2/42e64986a6a80dde7b1236be96bc391588c5b300.gif) This works on 8.1.18. [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Style+Reference#StyleReference-MiscMenu](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Style+Reference#StyleReference-MiscMenu) Set to “default” for the standard “arrow” cursor (which isn’t listed in the documentation). I’ve put in a request to [docs@inductiveautomation.com](mailto:docs@inductiveautomation.com) to add it into the docs. * * * The full list is available on [cursor - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/cursor). ---
**Author:** ![richardNZ15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/richardnz15/32/33373_2.png) [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/6 "2022-07-24T20:40:12Z")
Hi Transistor, I’ve already set those styles in my initial post. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/5/25b6e823ce931aa5bbddfaff42b4214845070c9b.png) Looks like the cursor reverts to the “text” one, but only in specific areas of the dropdown: ![ezgif.com-gif-maker](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/2/12881e74a91d853e453cbb4da29b62d393212367.gif) ---
**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/7 "2022-07-24T23:27:32Z")
> [@Perspective dropdown - disable text entry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/4): > > Have you tried setting your props.search.enabled to False? This is the answer.... ---
**Author:** ![richardNZ15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/richardnz15/32/33373_2.png) [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-disable-text-entry/62193/8 "2022-07-25T01:05:23Z")
Sorry missed that post over the weekend… That did indeed fix it. Cheers.