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title: "Searching a Drop Down List"
slug: "searching-a-drop-down-list"
updated: 2022-07-29T20:03:00Z
published: 2022-07-29T20:03:00Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/searching-a-drop-down-list"
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# Searching a Drop Down List

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## Overview

| ## Example Lab Details |
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| **Version** | 6.10.1 |
| **Root Folder** | Example Lab - Search a Drop Down List |
| **Modules** | None |
| **Dependencies** | None |

This Example Lab project is to show how to search for values in a drop-down list based on user input.

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## Explanation

This project works by allowing a user to search through a drop-down list by typing into the list. The drop-down list is set up to be populated through a drop-down list Flow. The drop-down is set up to use the **Account** data structure and show email addresses. The drop-down list Flow takes in a Flow input called **String**, which comes into the Flow every time a user types in a new keystroke. This allows the **Fetch Entities** step to properly fetch and filter the results to show back on the drop-down list for the user to select.

Reference Articles[Forms](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/forms)  
[Creating a Drop down List](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/create-drop-list)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/Main%20Dropdown%20Flow.PNG)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-82.png)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-983.png)

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## Project Download

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[ExampleLab[SearchDropDownList].zip](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/ExampleLab%5BSearchDropDownList%5D.zip)

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