# Select

{% hint style="success" %}
Supports responsive values
{% endhint %}

Displays a select box, also known as a dropdown menu. A select box can be responsive or non-responsive and has two or more items to choose from.

#### Property Schema

<table><thead><tr><th width="156">Key</th><th width="110">Value</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>title</code></td><td>string</td><td>See <a href="/pages/wBAWSwX4UnqJDum9IFDU">Title</a> for more information</td></tr><tr><td><code>id</code></td><td>string</td><td>See <a href="/pages/y8S3OLCoczMOkIduZo41">ID</a> for more information</td></tr><tr><td><code>format</code></td><td>string</td><td>See <a href="/pages/Orps7VriXZwSBq45OFfG">Format</a> for more information</td></tr><tr><td><code>visible</code></td><td>string</td><td>See <a href="/pages/XV13f2YVdIu0uCRU9GQ1">Visible</a> for more information</td></tr><tr><td><code>enabled</code></td><td>string</td><td>See <a href="/pages/mgRItaSc43mn1uSVWHeG">Enabled</a> for more information</td></tr><tr><td><code>responsive</code></td><td>boolean</td><td>See <a href="/pages/Zz9ZABXukSzgheIMbfVP">Responsive</a> for more information, default: true</td></tr><tr><td><code>select</code></td><td>object</td><td>See <a href="#select-schema">Select Schema</a> below</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Select Schema

<table><thead><tr><th width="156">Key</th><th width="110">Value</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>default</code></td><td>string</td><td>Value of the default item to be selected</td></tr><tr><td><code>items</code></td><td>array</td><td>See <a href="#item-schema">Item Schema</a> below</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Item Schema

<table><thead><tr><th width="156">Key</th><th width="110">Value</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>title</code></td><td>string</td><td>The item title to be displayed in the dropdown</td></tr><tr><td><code>value</code></td><td>string</td><td>The value to be returned</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Return Value

The returned value is dependent on the responsive setting and either returns a string of tailwind classes or the raw value.

<table><thead><tr><th width="180">Responsive</th><th width="337">Return Value</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>true</code></td><td>string of tailwind classes</td><td>See <a href="/pages/wBAWSwX4UnqJDum9IFDU">Title</a> for more information</td></tr><tr><td><code>false</code></td><td>raw string value</td><td>See <a href="/pages/y8S3OLCoczMOkIduZo41">ID</a> for more information</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Example

Below is an example of a responsive dropdown that returns Tailwind text size classes for a button label.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Control Example" %}

```json
{
  "title": "Button Text Size",
  "id": "buttonTextSize",
  "select": {
    "default": "text-base",
    "items": [{
      "value": "text-sm",
      "title": "Small"
    }, {
      "value": "text-base",
      "title": "Medium"
    }, {
      "value": "text-lg",
      "title": "Large"
    }]
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Group Example" %}

```json
{
  "groups": [{
    "title": "Button",
    "properties": [{
      "title": "Button Text Size",
      "id": "buttonTextSize",
      "select": {
        "default": "text-base",
        "items": [{
          "value": "text-sm",
          "title": "Small"
        }, {
          "value": "text-base",
          "title": "Medium"
        }, {
          "value": "text-lg",
          "title": "Large"
        }]
      }
    }]
  }]
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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