# Remove arrow in dropdown, change dropdown length

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-arrow-in-dropdown-change-dropdown-length/80580>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-arrow-in-dropdown-change-dropdown-length/80580 "2023-10-17T09:25:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vidar\_Hetlelid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dfb087/32.png) [@Vidar\_Hetlelid](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vidar_Hetlelid)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-arrow-in-dropdown-change-dropdown-length/80580/1 "2023-10-17T09:25:31Z")

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Hi there.

Is it possible to remove this icon/arrow, and also change the length of the dropdown?

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**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:** [October 17, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-arrow-in-dropdown-change-dropdown-length/80580/2 "2023-10-17T11:48:31Z")

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> Is it possible to remove this icon/arrow, ...

Don't. It is the visual clue that the component is a dropdown. Don't confuse your users.

> ... and also change the length of the dropdown?

> [@\[IGN-6157\] Perspective Dropdown Max Row Count](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6157-perspective-dropdown-max-row-count/39334/7):
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> @cmallonee any news about this feature request ? in 8.1.22, css overload to change the dropdown height have no effect ?

and

> [@Perspective Dropdown Number of Items to Show](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-number-of-items-to-show/69288):
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> How can I change the number of items that appear in my dropdown, or the height of the dropdown, to show more items before the scroll wheel displays?

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-arrow-in-dropdown-change-dropdown-length/80580/3 "2023-10-17T13:09:38Z")

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While, yes limiting the height worked to an extent, it caused problems with modal views of the dropdown. It would pop up in the modal format and be a long list that requires a scrollbar, but none was given. Since this property has to be applied project-wide in the stylesheet there's no way around it (that I found).

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**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:** [October 17, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-arrow-in-dropdown-change-dropdown-length/80580/4 "2023-10-17T13:15:46Z")

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> [@amarks](#):
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> ... requires a scrollbar, but none was given.

The overflow may be hidden. Try adding,  
`style.overflow : scroll`

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I've never tried to do this so - just a suggestion.

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-arrow-in-dropdown-change-dropdown-length/80580/5 "2023-10-17T13:27:33Z")

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I tried that.

I tried everything because I really didn't want the dropdowns to be that short, but I found no way around it. (8.1.27 - could've been fixed by now).