# Dropdown -- resend selected element

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-resend-selected-element/86078>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [2 March 2024 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-resend-selected-element/86078 "2024-03-02T16:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![gNeandr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gneandr/32/73947_2.png) [@gNeandr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gNeandr)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2024 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-resend-selected-element/86078/1 "2024-03-02T16:59:33Z")

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Dropdown sends a payload with the selected element. So far so good.  
Immediately reusing the dropdown with the selection of the same element does not send anything. Maybe "normal", but can it be changed somehow to resend the element?

The method of using a change node or similar to reset the dropdown menu selection would be a solution, but I don't see it as a solution for the project here

_Edit/Added:_  
_Another method would be to use a separate button that runs the routine again with the previously generated data. But I would like to avoid the additional button._

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2024 08:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-resend-selected-element/86078/2 "2024-03-03T08:48:18Z")

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I don't think there is a way of doing that. You could clear the current selection by passing in an empty string payload if that would be good enough. If you do that then clear the message pass through option in the node.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 08:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dropdown-resend-selected-element/86078/3 "2024-04-02T08:49:02Z")

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