# Dropdown Widget with Plotly in Python

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/dropdown-widget-with-plotly-in-python/4142>\
**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python\
**Created:** [May 7, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/dropdown-widget-with-plotly-in-python/4142 "2017-05-07T00:13:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![davidfb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@davidfb](https://community.plotly.com/u/davidfb)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/dropdown-widget-with-plotly-in-python/4142/1 "2017-05-07T00:13:37Z")

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I’m using pandas to plot a bubble chart and would like to add a dropdown menu. I found [this example](https://plot.ly/python/dropdown-widget/) but it’s very hard to follow. Does anyone have a better example to plot online? Thanks

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**Author:** ![jack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/jack/32/11_2.png) [@jack](https://community.plotly.com/u/jack)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/dropdown-widget-with-plotly-in-python/4142/2 "2017-05-12T01:58:46Z")

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Try Plotly’s native dropdowns instead of using IPython widgets:

> **[Dropdown Menus](https://plot.ly/python/dropdowns/)**
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> How to add dropdowns to update Plotly chart attributes in Python.