Looking for a column where you can select multiple choices from a list of options? If you're looking for a way to show multiple options on your boards, check out the Dropdown column. 

How to add it

Add the Column by clicking the '+' to the right of your Columns and selecting "Dropdown" from the menu that appears.

How it works

Once your column is added, click inside the cell and add/edit your dropdown labels. To select multiple options from the dropdown menu, you can simply select multiple labels from the list. 

With many options in your Dropdown Column, you may want to limit the number that can be selected per cell. Through the column settings, you can create such a limitation 🙌  

To configure this setting, select the three dots in the top right-hand corner of your Dropdown Column, select "Settings" and then "Customize Dropdown column". A notice box will appear where you can select "Limit selection to", and input the number of labels members can select within the column.   

Keyboard shortcuts

To work with the Dropdown column more efficiently, try using some of the keyboard shortcuts below!

Copy/paste to the dropdown column

If you have a list of labels that you'd like to transfer directly to the dropdown column, you can do that simply by copying the relevant labels from your Excel or Google Docs and pasting them into the dropdown column.

Deleting labels

To remove a label from the cell, click on the "X" next to the label listed at the top of the dropdown list.

To permanently delete a label, click on "Edit labels", select the three dots to the right of the label name, and select "Delete" from the options. 

If a label is currently being used within the column, the "Delete" option will be greyed out. You can either remove the label wherever it is in use and then delete it, or choose to "Deactivate" the label, which will prevent the label from being used moving forward. 

Click on "Reactivate label" in order to restore the use of the label in the column.

Turning the dropdown column into tags

You can convert your dropdown column into tags using the Tags column. The tags created are based on the labels used in each cell of the dropdown. 🙌

To convert your dropdown column, click on the three-dot menu to the right of your Dropdown column, click on "Change column type" and then select "Tags".

Once done, your dropdown column will turn into a Tags column.