# Assign to object **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 7, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/assign-to-object/6579 "2020-04-07T18:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/assign-to-object/6579/2 "2020-04-07T19:29:11Z")
Exactly what you want has been suggested already but to date not implemented. Go into. Search for “Choice Component - allow key display pairs” and vote for it in [https://features.staging.glideapp.io/](https://features.staging.glideapp.io/) > [@Choice Component - allow key display pairs](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-allow-key-display-pairs/581): > > In the interest of some kind of data normalization and using key links in your tables/sheets it would be nice to display pretty text for the choice dropdown but save a key value to the database/sheet. This is more in line with how it is implemented in HTML which is what is ultimately driving things under the covers. This is the idea I’m talking about. The user would see the long text but the save would be the shorter. All that you would have to do is allow the user to optionally select a sec… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/assign-to-object/6579)._