# Dynamic list in dropdown selector

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/dynamic-list-in-dropdown-selector/823>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 22, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/dynamic-list-in-dropdown-selector/823 "2018-03-22T03:06:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_lamborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tim\_lamborn](https://forums.losant.com/u/Tim_lamborn)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/dynamic-list-in-dropdown-selector/823/1 "2018-03-22T03:06:01Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to populate a dropdown selector input with a list of devices, or device tags?

Thanks

Ashley

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/dynamic-list-in-dropdown-selector/823/2 "2018-03-22T13:01:06Z")

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Can you provide a little more context as to what you’re trying to do? e.g. Is this within an [experience view](https://docs.losant.com/experiences/views/), a dashboard [Indicator Block](https://docs.losant.com/dashboards/indicator/), or something else?

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**Author:** ![Tim\_lamborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tim\_lamborn](https://forums.losant.com/u/Tim_lamborn)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/dynamic-list-in-dropdown-selector/823/3 "2018-03-22T19:07:06Z")

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In this case it was in a dashboard using the dropdown input control. I wanted a list of devices. The device list works but is a bit ugly with the additional columns.

to do it in an experience view, there is a good example here: [https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto\_js\_filter\_lists.asp](https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_filter_lists.asp)

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/dynamic-list-in-dropdown-selector/823/4 "2018-03-22T19:31:17Z")

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Yes, you would have to manually populate that list in the input controls block so probably not an option.

You could use the device list as you suggested, or you could maybe use [dashboard context](https://docs.losant.com/dashboards/context-variables/) to choose a device to which the input controls should apply.