# Is there some Dropdown Menu functionality in order to select an MQTT broker?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-some-dropdown-menu-functionality-in-order-to-select-an-mqtt-broker/61183>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard, mqtt\
**Created:** [12 April 2022 14:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-some-dropdown-menu-functionality-in-order-to-select-an-mqtt-broker/61183 "2022-04-12T14:43:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Shan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Shan)\
**Post date:** [12 April 2022 14:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-some-dropdown-menu-functionality-in-order-to-select-an-mqtt-broker/61183/1 "2022-04-12T14:43:42Z")

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I have read some information about MQTT Dynamic Configurations, where one can force the node to connect to one MQTT or another. I was wondering if this functionality can be triggered by an end-user also using some drop down menus in the flow editor maybe? This would make connecting to multiple brokers a bit more effective as opposed to triggering the inject nodes for connection.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [12 April 2022 14:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-some-dropdown-menu-functionality-in-order-to-select-an-mqtt-broker/61183/2 "2022-04-12T14:44:42Z")

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No, because Node-RED has no knowledge of your MQTT brokers nor is there a standard way of discovering them on the network.

However, you could easily build one using Dashboard.

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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:** [11 June 2022 14:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-some-dropdown-menu-functionality-in-order-to-select-an-mqtt-broker/61183/3 "2022-06-11T14:45:08Z")

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