# Select 'Create \[uservalue\]' in perspective dropdown with tab or enter keystroke, or select none

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-create-uservalue-in-perspective-dropdown-with-tab-or-enter-keystroke-or-select-none/95493>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 3, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-create-uservalue-in-perspective-dropdown-with-tab-or-enter-keystroke-or-select-none/95493 "2024-09-03T15:28:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phillip\_Jackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@Phillip\_Jackson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Phillip_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-create-uservalue-in-perspective-dropdown-with-tab-or-enter-keystroke-or-select-none/95493/1 "2024-09-03T15:28:01Z")

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I have a perspective dropdown bound to a named query to populate a list recent 'batches'. I have allowCustomOptions enabled to permit the user to select an earlier batch.

Per @cmallonee comment in the linked post. You must manually select the 'Create ####' option to permit the addition of the value. My concern is that if the user hit's tab or enter to instead of clicking the 'Create ####' option from the list then it automatically reverts to the last option in the bound list.

In my case this would associate subsequent data entry to the incorrect batch with no obvious indication that their manual entry had not been added.

Is there a way to allow the use of tab or enter keys to select the 'Create [user value]' option or at least force the selected value back to none if they try to use key acceptance?

> [@Ignition Perspective dropdown "allow custom options"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-dropdown-allow-custom-options/51787/3):
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> 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 opti…

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**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:** [September 3, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-create-uservalue-in-perspective-dropdown-with-tab-or-enter-keystroke-or-select-none/95493/2 "2024-09-03T16:49:11Z")

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Keyboard users can interact with the dropdown option by pressing the "down" key of the keyboard, and then pressing Enter. This route does not require a mouse, though if a user blindly hits enter without having first pressed down you do lose the "new" option and have to start over.

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**Author:** ![Phillip\_Jackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@Phillip\_Jackson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Phillip_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-create-uservalue-in-perspective-dropdown-with-tab-or-enter-keystroke-or-select-none/95493/3 "2024-09-03T20:40:58Z")

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Thanks for the information. That is accurate, but not quite what I'm hoping to achieve. If the user blindly hits enter or tab I don't just lose the new option. It reverts to a different option from the list (usually the first available). It would be okay to revert to a falsey value; just not a 'wrong' batch id.

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**Author:** ![Xander\_Dawson-Fink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/73ab20/32.png) [@Xander\_Dawson-Fink](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Xander_Dawson-Fink)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-create-uservalue-in-perspective-dropdown-with-tab-or-enter-keystroke-or-select-none/95493/4 "2026-01-13T17:34:40Z")

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Not that this will directly help you this late, but for anybody visiting later, these are the types of situations I add tooltips for. These types of behaviors that aren’t super intuitive can be helped with a little blurb that says something like ‘Press down key to “Create: “ to enter custom options’ or something a little more concise.