# Preselecting Dropdown option

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/preselecting-dropdown-option/27747>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [May 30, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/preselecting-dropdown-option/27747 "2022-05-30T03:50:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_jterrell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/_jterrell/32/20096_2.png) [@\_jterrell](https://forum.adalo.com/u/_jterrell)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/preselecting-dropdown-option/27747/1 "2022-05-30T03:50:56Z")

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Howdy! I’m trying to figure out how to preselect a dropdown option for a user. I’ve filtered the option to only show 1 option, but the user has to select it. Is there a way to have the option preselected and not have it shown on the page? The user doesn’t need to interact with it and I’d rather now have it shown. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/preselecting-dropdown-option/27747/2 "2022-05-30T05:21:00Z")

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Hi @_jterrell,

You can do something like this after Signup or inside Signup using custom form.

- After Signup

You need a relationship property between the users collection and the options collection. Then you can link the user to another screen after Signup ( add a link action on the Signup form ) and add a countdown there and make the countdown as a list clicking the three dots \> make list and connect that to the collection that stored the options and inside the countdown you can add a Update Logged in user action in the countdown finished actions that add the current option to the logged in user created relationship property.

And for the drop-down you can add the default value as Logged in user’s \> option ( relationship property )

- Inside Signup with a custom form.

Same as above but instead of the countdown you need to make the button as a list and do the same thing!

Thank you

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**Author:** ![\_jterrell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/_jterrell/32/20096_2.png) [@\_jterrell](https://forum.adalo.com/u/_jterrell)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/preselecting-dropdown-option/27747/3 "2022-05-30T08:46:48Z")

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Howdy @Dilon Good to e-see you again. =)

Oh wow, so it’s a big process. I’ll give it a try. Thx!!

So I noticed something. Sometimes the option is selected and other times it isn’t.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/preselecting-dropdown-option/27747/4 "2022-06-09T08:47:45Z")

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