# 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](https://docs.zerowork.io/using-zerowork/using-building-blocks/click-web-element "mention"). 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.

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

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

#### ❌ 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](https://docs.zerowork.io/using-zerowork/using-building-blocks/click-web-element "mention").