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title: "Web harvesting settings: Select items from a drop-down menu"
slug: "selecting-items-in-a-drop-down-menu"
description: "Select items from a drop-down menu let you to : Include all input items in the list. Include every option. Include all input items except the first one. Include all but the first option. Include only the following input items. Include specific items in the list."
tags: ["list", "input", "dynamic", "refine", "modify", "choose", "select", "option", "variable"]
updated: 2024-05-14T12:10:37Z
published: 2024-05-14T12:10:37Z
canonical: "help.mozenda.com/selecting-items-in-a-drop-down-menu"
---

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# Select items from a drop-down menu

To iterate through some or all of the options in a drop-down menu:

1. Select the drop-down menu on the web page.
2. Select **Create an Input List**.
3. Choose one of the following options:
    *         **Include all input items in the list** - Include every option.
    *          **Include all input items except the first one** - Include all but the first option (when the first one is a placeholder, such as *- choose -* or *select*).
    *          **Include only the following input items** - Include specific items in the list.
4. Select **OK**. 


### Choose an option from a manu, drop down, or selection box 
Some websites require more than clicking a simple button to show the data you need. Mozenda allows you to configure your agents to interact with sites via menus, drop-downs, and selection boxes.

1. With an agent open in the Agent Builder, browse to a site, start an agent.
2. Select a menu, drop-down, or selection box.
3. Make the appropriate selection in the window that displays.
4. Select **Create Action**.
The action is now saved in the Actions List on the left-hand side of the Agent Builder.

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V2: Examples of what this would actually look like. I can see people being confused when they select something and it creates a click item action instead of the "Create Action"
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### Record the Set User Input value in a collection

Agents can interact with text boxes and drop-downs. The value that the agent selects from a drop-down or inputs to a text box is called a *Set User Input Value*. This value can be captured in your data to add context and to help with troubleshooting.

1. Open an agent in the Agent Builder.
2. In the Action List, right-click a **Set User Input** action.
3. Select **Properties** > **AFTER THIS ACTION**.

![Record the Set User Input Value in the Output Collection_Image1\(1\)](https://cdn.document360.io/03076343-9561-4857-8a4e-9f3bfed20ced/Images/Documentation/Record%20the%20Set%20User%20Input%20Value%20in%20the%20Output%20Collection_Image1%281%29.png){height="" width=""}

4. Specify the value in **Data Capture**.
5. Select **SAVE**.


### Specifying user input
![Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NpjqUcXiXU){height="315" width="560"}

### Logging into a site
![Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZj91yEQqWQ){height="315" width="560"}