# Value list drop down selector **URL:** \ **Category:** Dynamo Player\ **Tags:** dynamo\ **Created:** [September 22, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/value-list-drop-down-selector/115224 "2026-09-22T14:55:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amir.kharrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@amir.kharrat](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/amir.kharrat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/value-list-drop-down-selector/115224/1 "2026-09-22T14:55:37Z")
Hello folks im trying to find a way to create a value list selector something simple like this , i input various string values and i can click and visually select one of them ? how is this doable? i need this list selector to be visible in Dynamo player! i tried installing data shapes but i only have these as UI nodes ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/b/4/b420f6741d2fa0c5c99d5a83a631079f7505ffab.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/0/9/09575a6fa14e4fbafad0c35b735431b553568896.png) ---
**Author:** ![john\_pierson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/john_pierson/32/191977_2.png) [@john\_pierson](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/john_pierson)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/value-list-drop-down-selector/115224/2 "2026-09-22T15:03:28Z")
node on the left, yields experience on the right: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/2/c/2c0f63ad7497205f4e793640be6d2f692291f6d9.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/3/6/3636ff08b9b0b4762155171d346f9f3b566c319f.png) ---
**Author:** ![amir.kharrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@amir.kharrat](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/amir.kharrat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/value-list-drop-down-selector/115224/3 "2026-09-22T15:10:24Z")
thanks alot! ---
**Author:** ![GavinNicholls](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/gavinnicholls/32/190442_2.png) [@GavinNicholls](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/GavinNicholls)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/value-list-drop-down-selector/115224/4 "2026-09-23T10:49:11Z")
On a random side note, if you have a list of things you want to ‘bake’ into a dropdown, I’ve experimented with Graph hosted dynamic dropdown storage in my ‘Pickles’ package. See attached a sample of writing to graph and reading from graph or targeting with a dropdown. This approach embeds the dropdown values/set into the graph itself, so it moves with the dyn as the artifact - bit of a weird approach, but had fun with it. Currently it supports Elements and all raw data types (bool, int, double, string), if the graph is ran from the same model in the case of the Elements. Elements are retrieved by ElementId, in this case I used Snowdown towers 2027 if you wish to collect the pickled Elements on your side, the Pickles are embedded in the below dyn. I also have support in there for locally pickling/unpickling to the computer which lets you stash sets of Elements between graphs. Handy if you use some graphs solo and want to port data between graphs fluidly - I use it a bit for this at work in some of my more complex toolkit script sets - has changed how I develop some of my routines quite a bit. One collection method (grouped in blue) appears to have broken somewhere between me testing and shipping, but otherwise should work as intended. Of course it’s the ‘grail’ one, dynamic dropdown collection. ![Pickling_R27_2026-09-23_08-43-59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/8/9859a1cc8451d10407e291238e1374e79458a171.png) [Pickling\_R27.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/rMeifhV9kkhs2HfJkLMA5gBkCGb.dyn) (60.4 KB)