# Select List Item

This action allows you to select an item from a combo box / drop-down list or a list box.

**Select Item** runs in the **background**, so it doesn't set focus on the selected control.

## **Properties**

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### **Input**

* **Identifier**: indicate a new UI element, or select from the already defined list of selectors.

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* **Interaction Method**:
  * Input\_Symulation: Will simulate mouse/keyboard actions for interaction with various controls.
  * Low\_Level: Will trigger/act on controls using low-level API calls, such as SendMessage API.
* **Select**: The expression value which is used to search for the desired item in the above-defined list. Strings need to be enveloped by quotes.

### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. 

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Select the operation type of a transaction to be registered from a drop-down
* Select the master data type of an item to be created from a drop-down
* Select the category of an element to be searched from a drop-down

### **Examples of Using Select List Item**

**Example**

In this example, the robot will select the new document default language in Notepad++ from the current one to C#.

**Prerequisites**:

Install Notepad++

Navigate to Notepad++  > Settings > Preferences > New Document 

Watch the robot in action:

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/gJVmGKX3EtE>" %}

You can see how the **Select List Item** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

{% file src="/files/-MT1xTV\_SFctPwmQvzYQ" %}
Select List Item sample project
{% endfile %}

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