# All Family types in a list instead of a drop down menu

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/all-family-types-in-a-list-instead-of-a-drop-down-menu/9257>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** data-shapes, datashapes\
**Created:** [January 31, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/all-family-types-in-a-list-instead-of-a-drop-down-menu/9257 "2017-01-31T09:32:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![agilbertN79F9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@agilbertN79F9](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/agilbertN79F9)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/all-family-types-in-a-list-instead-of-a-drop-down-menu/9257/1 "2017-01-31T09:32:52Z")

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Hi,

Possibly a dumb question but I haven’t found an answer yet.  
It’s all in the title, I’m trying to get a list of all family types in a project instead of the standard **Family Types** drop down menu.  
For context, I’ve started using the **Data-Shapes** package this morning and am currently trying to get family types to fit into the **UI.MultipleInputForm ++** node. I’ve seen a **Categories List** custom node in the example given, but I can’t get the same result.

Is there an OOTB node, or package for that?

thanks for reading!

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**Author:** ![Kulkul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/kulkul/32/49801_2.png) [@Kulkul](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Kulkul)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/all-family-types-in-a-list-instead-of-a-drop-down-menu/9257/2 "2017-01-31T15:09:40Z")

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Hi @agilbertN79F9

Below is one of the possible way using OOTB nodes.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/2X/a/a59e8ce4b638f142ddbb4595941e645e61780772.png)

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**Author:** ![agilbertN79F9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@agilbertN79F9](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/agilbertN79F9)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/all-family-types-in-a-list-instead-of-a-drop-down-menu/9257/3 "2017-01-31T15:51:53Z")

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Thank you, it did the trick!  
Have a great day!