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# Select Web Dropdown

This action selects an option in dropdown.

### Selector of Dropdown Element

Correct dropdown selector (CSS or XPath) is critical for this option to work. Your dropdown selector must have tag `select`. For dropdowns with selector tags that are not `select` (for example, `div` or `span`) use [Click Web Element](/using-zerowork/using-building-blocks/click-web-element.md).

Not all dropdowns will have `select` as their tag. Different websites implement different ways of displaying and handling dropdowns.

#### ✅ Example - valid dropdown

Works here because this dropdown has `select` as its tag.

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For this scenario, you can set up your input this way:

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Alternatively, you can use variable or table reference, like so:

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#### ❌ Example - invalid dropdown

Won't work because this dropdown does not have `select` as its tag. In this case, 'dropdown' appears visually as a dropdown, but its selector is tagged as a button, so in reality it is a button styled as a dropdown, and you should use [Click Web Element](/using-zerowork/using-building-blocks/click-web-element.md).

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