# Setting initial value on a dropdown is not working \[Solved\]

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/setting-initial-value-on-a-dropdown-is-not-working-solved/2312>\
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**Created:** [April 15, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/setting-initial-value-on-a-dropdown-is-not-working-solved/2312 "2023-04-15T15:33:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaredgibb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jaredgibb](https://community.weweb.io/u/jaredgibb)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/setting-initial-value-on-a-dropdown-is-not-working-solved/2312/1 "2023-04-15T15:33:01Z")

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setting an initial value on a drop down is not working for me. additionally, how can i set an object as the intial so i can access it’s text and it’s value

[UPDATE]

So reading thru another post i realized that `initial value` is related to the list of options.

the `list of options` needs to be an array of objects (in my case). i set the `value` property to correspond with 1 of the properties from the objects in the array.

`initial value` needs to correspond with 1 of the `values` from the list of options