Create a Dropdown Control in LabVIEW

Updated Aug 8, 2025

Reported In

Software

  • LabVIEW

Issue Details

I would like to have a dropdown control on my LabVIEW front panel, where users can select an option. What are my options? 

Solution

There are a few front panel objects that come with drop down control.

If you want to use drop down that return string data type, you can use combo box.

Other than that, you can use Ring and Enumerated Type Controls to accomplish this.