# Dropdown widget bug with base text

**URL:** <http://forum.squareline.io/t/dropdown-widget-bug-with-base-text/701>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [December 20, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](http://forum.squareline.io/t/dropdown-widget-bug-with-base-text/701 "2022-12-20T15:23:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dronecz](http://forum.squareline.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@dronecz](http://forum.squareline.io/u/dronecz)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](http://forum.squareline.io/t/dropdown-widget-bug-with-base-text/701/1 "2022-12-20T15:23:31Z")

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### What do you want to achieve?

Show selected value from dropdown list when I have some base text

### What have you tried so far?

Add and remove base text

### Screenshot or video

![sls_dropdown](http://forum.squareline.io/uploads/default/original/1X/95a58d44e8f6949a68986fa57e266888d292807a.gif)

### Others

- **SquareLine Studio version:**  
1.1.1
- **Operating system:**  
Windows 10 x64
- **Target hardware:**  
any

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**Author:** ![kisvegabor](http://forum.squareline.io/user_avatar/forum.squareline.io/kisvegabor/32/537_2.png) [@kisvegabor](http://forum.squareline.io/u/kisvegabor)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 7:05am UTC](http://forum.squareline.io/t/dropdown-widget-bug-with-base-text/701/2 "2022-12-21T07:05:10Z")

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Base text means is permanent text. See [Drop-down list (lv\_dropdown) — LVGL documentation](https://docs.lvgl.io/master/widgets/dropdown.html#show-selected)

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**Author:** ![dronecz](http://forum.squareline.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@dronecz](http://forum.squareline.io/u/dronecz)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 9:07am UTC](http://forum.squareline.io/t/dropdown-widget-bug-with-base-text/701/3 "2022-12-21T09:07:26Z")

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Oh, sorry then. I thought that it is placeholder and should be replaced by some selected option.