# Keep Open Dropdown Menu

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/keep-open-dropdown-menu/54851>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/keep-open-dropdown-menu/54851 "2021-07-19T11:15:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ShamkhalHajiyev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@ShamkhalHajiyev](https://community.plotly.com/u/ShamkhalHajiyev)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/keep-open-dropdown-menu/54851/1 "2021-07-19T11:15:22Z")

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Hello, I have dropdown with 3 dropitems. When I select one of the items, menu closing automatically, is there any way to make open and close process manually?

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**Author:** ![Emil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/emil/32/31734_2.png) [@Emil](https://community.plotly.com/u/Emil)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/keep-open-dropdown-menu/54851/2 "2021-07-19T11:50:23Z")

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If you only have 3 items, why don’t you use radio buttons instead?