# Are Dropdown Menus From "Add Item" Entry Possible?

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-dropdown-menus-from-add-item-entry-possible/66062
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**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-dropdown-menus-from-add-item-entry-possible/66062 "2023-09-12T19:00:20Z")
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### Author: ![CoFoLucian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cofolucian/32/63963_2.png) [@CoFoLucian](https://community.glideapps.com/u/CoFoLucian)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-dropdown-menus-from-add-item-entry-possible/66062/1 "2023-09-12T19:00:20Z")

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When our team is adding items to our Glide inventory data (components: text entries, number entries), is there any way to have dropdown menus in the “add item” interface?

Right now, you are required to manually enter unique values when a dropdown would be preferable. I understand glide can’t import google sheets dropdown formatting or data validation. So is there a way to do this within Glide?

Thank you

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### Author: ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-dropdown-menus-from-add-item-entry-possible/66062/2 "2023-09-12T19:23:44Z")

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Welcome to Glide, @CoFoLucian!

It sounds like you want to use a Choice component on the Add Item screen.

In a nutshell, you’ll need to:

1. Store the choice (dropdown menu) options in a data table
2. Configure the Choice component to pull values from that table
3. Map the Choice component to write to the appropriate column

Hope that helps. 🙂

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/0/406401c065474336c479a2687923732699cc9849.jpeg "Choice Component | Glide Apps Tutorial | No Code Apps Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C0B7nHLcCA)

> **[Choice](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/essentials/components/choice)**
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> Pick options from a list.

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### Author: ![CoFoLucian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cofolucian/32/63963_2.png) [@CoFoLucian](https://community.glideapps.com/u/CoFoLucian)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-dropdown-menus-from-add-item-entry-possible/66062/3 "2023-09-12T19:44:05Z")

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Awesome! Thank you so much. I will test that out.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-dropdown-menus-from-add-item-entry-possible/66062/4 "2023-09-19T19:45:00Z")

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