# Close Select element

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Tags:** design\
**Created:** [May 26, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422 "2025-05-26T11:02:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jwkhor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/da6949/32.png) [@jwkhor](https://community.weweb.io/u/jwkhor)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422/1 "2025-05-26T11:02:46Z")

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![msedge_ZXfJTbICCp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/9/93d0f097672d271f5b7983f8dea5ed11dda81aaa.gif)

how to close selection by clicking arrow?

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**Author:** ![Agustin\_Carozo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/agustin_carozo/32/13231_2.png) [@Agustin\_Carozo](https://community.weweb.io/u/Agustin_Carozo)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422/2 "2025-05-26T15:28:09Z")

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Hi Jwkhor 👋

Which browser are you using?

The select closes normally in google chrome.

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**Author:** ![jwkhor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/da6949/32.png) [@jwkhor](https://community.weweb.io/u/jwkhor)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422/3 "2025-05-27T05:16:03Z")

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hi，I tried using both Edge and Chrome, but I couldn’t close the select option 😧

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**Author:** ![Agustin\_Carozo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/agustin_carozo/32/13231_2.png) [@Agustin\_Carozo](https://community.weweb.io/u/Agustin_Carozo)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422/4 "2025-05-27T11:16:52Z")

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This is strange, perhaps you are using the deprecated version of the select element?

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**Author:** ![jwkhor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/da6949/32.png) [@jwkhor](https://community.weweb.io/u/jwkhor)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422/5 "2025-05-27T11:29:06Z")

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i using latest Select(Advanced)

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**Author:** ![Agustin\_Carozo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/agustin_carozo/32/13231_2.png) [@Agustin\_Carozo](https://community.weweb.io/u/Agustin_Carozo)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422/6 "2025-05-27T13:04:20Z")

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Alright, I’m going to ask you to start a new support chat so your issue can get checked:

Bottom left corner:

 ![Screenshot 2025-05-16 at 11.19.45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/9/9a42036cb6e23c31633ce6e7df31965e1cfac5ae.jpeg)

Hope you get it solved;

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**Author:** ![archenia\_jsanchez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/archenia_jsanchez/32/8656_2.png) [@archenia\_jsanchez](https://community.weweb.io/u/archenia_jsanchez)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/close-select-element/18422/7 "2025-05-27T20:16:21Z")

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I believe this is “by design.” Both the single and multiselect (advanced) elements behave this way and rely on on select or clicking outside of the element to close it. I built my own dropdowns a while back, and I think this was one of the design decisions I aimed to control.

edit: it looks like the non-(advanced) select element has fixed this.