# Perspective: How do I grab the text property of a dropdown menu?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-do-i-grab-the-text-property-of-a-dropdown-menu/24371 "2019-04-24T20:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![MattUlmer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mattulmer/32/8736_2.png) [@MattUlmer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MattUlmer)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-do-i-grab-the-text-property-of-a-dropdown-menu/24371/4 "2019-04-25T13:30:28Z")

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I appreciate the info on that part of the question. I am now using the gateway’s logs for my current debugging needs.

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