How to create a dropdown selected item in XD?

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January 10, 2022
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Good day,

How would I go about showing the selected item (Item 1 in this example) in a Dropdown as the selected item? Here is what I am trying to acheive (currently, "hard coded" and I want this to be dynamic)

User selects Item 2:

Thank you.

How to

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Correct answer Doug21784293dvss

I found a solution. Unfortunately, it is not dynamic, but for dropdowns with under 10 items it's a viable solution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3nV0F4eU4&t=266s

try67

Community Expert

[Question moved to the Adobe XD forum and merged with the other thread]

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Doug21784293dvssAuthor

Inspiring

Good day,

How would I go about showing the selected item (Item 2 in this example) in a Dropdown as the selected item? Here is what I am trying to acheive (currently, "hard coded" and I want this to be dynamic based on the value selected.)

User selects Item 2:

Thank you.

HARSHIKA_VERMA

Community Manager

Hi Doug21784293dvss,

Thank you for reaching out. We would request you to please check out this page: https://www.adobe.com/products/xd/learn/design/layout/create-dropdown-menu.html which might help you.

I am also keeping the discussion open for our experts for any other suggestion.

Hope it helps.

Thanks,

Harshika

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Doug21784293dvssAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you Harshika.

I did go through this article previously and it does not cover my question. : (

try67

Community Expert

Are you referring to a PDF file? Because drop-down fields in PDF files work like that automatically. The selected item always appears as the text of the field.