HTML connect to dropdown node

Hello everyone, I have created a template that when you press an item in the dropdown list, it makes the word "Machine" be bold. Something like this below.

But I would also like to have the feature that when I press the word "Machine 1" on the picture. I would like the dropdown node to automatically choose Machine 1.

I would appreciate any help.

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Please dont open multiple topics about the same problems.

Closing this thread - please stick to original topic.
How to select item in dropdown by clicking picture