# Wildcard search in Perspective Dropdown for navigating to stations by tag path

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wildcard-search-in-perspective-dropdown-for-navigating-to-stations-by-tag-path/117730>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 4, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wildcard-search-in-perspective-dropdown-for-navigating-to-stations-by-tag-path/117730 "2026-11-04T05:10:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![mashik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mashik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mashik)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wildcard-search-in-perspective-dropdown-for-navigating-to-stations-by-tag-path/117730/1 "2026-11-04T05:10:21Z")

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Hi all,

We’re working on a SCADA project in Ignition Perspective (version [8.3.10]) and need a search feature that lets operators find a station by its tag path and navigate straight to its view.

**Current setup**

We’re using the Dropdown component (`ia.input.dropdown`) as the search box, since its built-in search already handles filtering as the user types. The `options` are populated by a binding [query / script transform / tag browse] that returns each station’s tag path, for example:

```python
[default]Station1/PS_01/Flow
[default]Station1/RSVR_02/Level
[default]Station2/ET_05/Level

```

Each option is `{ "label": <tag path or display name>, "value": <tag path> }`. On selection, an `onActionPerformed` / property change script reads the value and calls `system.perspective.navigate()` to open the station view.

**What we need**

The built-in search only does a plain substring match. Operators often know part of the path but not the full structure, so we’d like wildcard support, for example:

- `Station1*Flow` matches all flow tags under Station1
- `*RSVR*Level` matches reservoir level tags in any station
- `PS_0?` matches PS\_01 to PS\_09

**Questions**

1. Is there any way to make the Dropdown’s built-in search support wildcards (`*`, `?`), or extend its matching logic?

Any examples or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,  
Muhammed Ashik