# Display "5 items have been chosen" instead of "\[Red\] \[Green\] \[Blue\] \[Yellow\] \[Purple\]" in a Dash Dropdown

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/display-5-items-have-been-chosen-instead-of-red-green-blue-yellow-purple-in-a-dash-dropdown/68150>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/display-5-items-have-been-chosen-instead-of-red-green-blue-yellow-purple-in-a-dash-dropdown/68150 "2022-09-21T06:37:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SamuelVT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/samuelvt/32/20818_2.png) [@SamuelVT](https://community.plotly.com/u/SamuelVT)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/display-5-items-have-been-chosen-instead-of-red-green-blue-yellow-purple-in-a-dash-dropdown/68150/2 "2022-09-21T07:18:28Z")

</div>

Hello [Kycklingbiff](https://community.plotly.com/u/Kycklingbiff)

Take a look this information, I hope this can help.

> [@mega Dash 2.6 Released - Background Callbacks, Unit Testing, Persistent Selections, Dropdown Features](https://community.plotly.com/t/dash-2-6-released-background-callbacks-unit-testing-persistent-selections-dropdown-features/66322):
>
> Update : [version 2.7.0 has been released](https://community.plotly.com/t/dash-2-7-released-directional-arrows-feature-map-bounds-and-datatable-filter-text/69676) since this was posted. We’re excited to announce that Dash 2.6.0 & 2.6.1 have been released rocket 2.6.1 contains a small bug fix for one of the features in 2.6.0. These are a backwards compatible releases and we recommend going straight to 2.6.1 . pip install dash==2.6.1 Official Changelog arrow_forward [Dash v2.6.0](https://github.com/plotly/dash/releases/tag/v2.6.0) and [Dash v2.6.1](https://github.com/plotly/dash/releases/tag/v2.6.1)Highlights arrow_down_smalltv [What’s new in Dash 2.6](https://youtu.be/YBgGbdM5FzM)[[new-in-dash-image]](https://youtu.be/YBgGbdM5FzM)Background Callbacks Backgroun…

> **[Dropdown | Dash for Python Documentation | Plotly](https://dash.plotly.com/dash-core-components/dropdown?_gl=1*feo4bu*_ga*OTk2MzU2Nzc5LjE2NjMwNjMzMzc.*_ga_6G7EE0JNSC*MTY2Mzc0MTAyNy4xNi4xLjE2NjM3NDQ0MzIuMC4wLjA.#dropdown-height)**
>
> The dcc.Dropdown component creates a customizable dropdown menu for selecting one or multiple items from a list of options.

---

_[View the full topic](https://community.plotly.com/t/display-5-items-have-been-chosen-instead-of-red-green-blue-yellow-purple-in-a-dash-dropdown/68150)._