https://community.esri.com/t5/calcite-design-system-questions/how-to-programmatically-get-value-of-selected/m-p/1359074#M554 <P>Just wondering what the best practice for programmatically getting the value of a selected item from a dropdown.&nbsp; I know I need to listen to the 'onCalciteDropdownSelect' event, then go into 'target' and finally 'selectedItems'.&nbsp; But from there, what should I use to get the value?</P> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:03:55 GMT Danik-B 2023-12-11T14:03:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/calcite-design-system-questions/how-to-programmatically-get-value-of-selected/m-p/1359074#M554 <P>Just wondering what the best practice for programmatically getting the value of a selected item from a dropdown.&nbsp; I know I need to listen to the 'onCalciteDropdownSelect' event, then go into 'target' and finally 'selectedItems'.&nbsp; But from there, what should I use to get the value?</P> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:03:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/calcite-design-system-questions/how-to-programmatically-get-value-of-selected/m-p/1359074#M554 Danik-B 2023-12-11T14:03:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/calcite-design-system-questions/how-to-programmatically-get-value-of-selected/m-p/1359132#M555 <P><a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/512652">@Danik-B</a>&nbsp;Thanks for reaching out! Since you mentioned&nbsp; "onCalciteDropdownSelect", assume you might be using React? If so, you could leverage the <A href="https://react.dev/reference/react/useState" target="_blank" rel="noopener">useState</A> hook with the <A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/calcite-design-system/components/dropdown-item/" target="_self">Dropdown Item</A>'s "label" property/attribute.</P><P><A href="https://codepen.io/geospatialem/pen/NWompQO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Here's an example without a framework</A> to showcase some of what the process could work towards.</P> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:49:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/calcite-design-system-questions/how-to-programmatically-get-value-of-selected/m-p/1359132#M555 KittyHurley 2023-12-11T15:49:19Z https://community.esri.com/t5/calcite-design-system-questions/how-to-programmatically-get-value-of-selected/m-p/1359159#M556 <P><a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/574219">@KittyHurley</a>&nbsp;Thanks for that.&nbsp; I was using innerText but I like the idea of using label.&nbsp; Thanks for the solution.</P> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:26:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/calcite-design-system-questions/how-to-programmatically-get-value-of-selected/m-p/1359159#M556 Danik-B 2023-12-11T16:26:25Z