# How to create a dropdown in AS 3.0

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**Created:** [June 11, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-dropdown-in-as-3-0/310500 "2010-06-11T13:52:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![5dollerperhour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/dbc845/32.png) [@5dollerperhour](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/5dollerperhour)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-a-dropdown-in-as-3-0/310500/1 "2010-06-11T13:52:13Z")

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I have tried to create a dropdown combo box in Flash Action Script AS 3.0. But I am facing too much issues. I am new to AS 3 . Please help me out

There are 3 movie clips in the design, If we provide fixed values, it will be well and good

council.comboDrop.option1.optionText.text = “123”;  
council.comboDrop.option2.optionText.text = “456”;  
council.comboDrop.option3.optionText.text = “789”;  
council.comboDrop.option4.optionText.text = “000”;

i want to dynamically list the council codes. I done the following method

```
function LoadCouncilList(regionList:XML,count:int,regionName:String):void  

```

{

```
var i:int=0;
var optionName:String;

var mcCouncil : MovieClip = council;
var mcComboDrop : MovieClip=council.comboDrop;
var mcOption : MovieClip;
var txtOptionText : TextField;
mcOption.addChild(txtOptionText);
mcComboDrop.addChild(mcOption);

    

var councilAttributes:XMLList = regionList.region[count].council.attributes();
//testcode_text.text+=regionList.region[count].council.attributes();

for each (var councilcode:XML in councilAttributes) 
{
   i++;
   mcOption.name="option"+i;
   mcCouncil.mcComboDrop.mcOption.txtOptionText.text = councilcode;
}  

```

}

Its loading displaying the text “Option” only  
Please tell me where I went wrong

Thanks in Advance  
5dollerperhour.