# Create a text input from a dropdown list

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/create-a-text-input-from-a-dropdown-list/1806416
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner
**Created:** [March 28, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/create-a-text-input-from-a-dropdown-list/1806416 "2022-03-28T16:56:07Z")
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### Author: ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/create-a-text-input-from-a-dropdown-list/1806416/2 "2022-03-28T18:21:57Z")

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That’s pretty much what I’ve done here:

> [@\[Solved\] How to Create Drop down list](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-how-to-create-drop-down-list/1234018/6):
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> Here you go: [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/284892e1a4b75fbfdb4ae67e938bf919](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/284892e1a4b75fbfdb4ae67e938bf919) [image] [image]

You’d just need to modify it to appear closed when the screen starts. I would probably hide the list viewer and show a button that looks like it is closed. Then when the button is clicked, show the list viewer and hide the button. Unfortunately, that means the user would have to click twice (once on the button and then once on the list viewer) to see the choices. It’s a shame that Thunkable doesn’t have better mouse up/mouse released/mouse down detection events.

There are lots of other examples on the forums:

> [@Drop down lists in Thunkable X](https://community.thunkable.com/t/drop-down-lists-in-thunkable-x/1556715):
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> Helping a couple of middle schoolers code an app using thunkable and they love it. We are struggling with the drop down list - they want a user to select from different vehicle types on a form I looked at [Drop-down Menu/Spinner Tutorial](https://community.thunkable.com/t/drop-down-menu-spinner-tutorial/75745) but it is using options that are not available like from - maybe we are missing something basic but is there a newer or different way to do this now? Thx M

> [@Drop-down Menu/Spinner Tutorial](https://community.thunkable.com/t/drop-down-menu-spinner-tutorial/75745):
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> This post will display two ways to make a drop-down menu in your Thunkable X app. In Thunkable Classic, this feature was called a Spinner. This tutorial will recreate the Spinner using two methods: in one, a List Viewer will be used. In the other, a List Viewer plus a Button will be used. Method 1 has fewer Layout components. Method 2 is more suited to displaying the currently selected item at the top of the list, and as such would be more suitable for a longer list. The app can be accessed [h…](https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/5c1f9a8e683aa24e530a86cc)

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