Dropdown cutoff in dialog

PLCnext Engineer
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Hi,

I noticed when placing a dropdown at the bottom of a dialog screen that I only can see a select options. Like it is directly cutoff at some point. (No screenshot atm due to confident information). But when you “select” the empty space beneath it, it still select something from the dropdown.

Certain things that can be changed/added/fixed:

  1. Limit the amount you can actively see in the drop menu
    This means that scrolling through variables must be added.
  2. Fix dropdown menu for dialog menus.
    2.1 Make a direct cutoff at the botom of the dialog, and implement scroll
    2.2 Extend the dropdown beyond the dialog.

To recreate.

  1. Open a program
  2. Make list of x entries (long enough to extend beyond the bottom the dialog)
  3. Make somthing to get into a dialog
  4. place the dropdown at the bottom of the dialog
  5. Run the program
  6. Open the dialog
  7. Click on the dropdown and try to select one of variables that is not visible.
  8. profit (not entirely)

Greatings,
Sharp_Stone

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Hi SharpStone,

I have tested your example in PLCnext Engineer 2026.0 and made a Dialog screen with a dropdown list bigger then the Dialog screen. It cuts of the list a the bottom of the screen but also makes a scrollbar at the side so you can scroll through the options.
Are you working with the latest version of PLCnext Engineer? Or do you have a different setup of the Dialog screen with the Drop DOwn list?

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Best Regards,

Henk Welgraven
Technical Support Engineer
Phoenix Contact B.V. The Netherlands

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Hi Henk,

I was still on 2024.0.4 LTS. Maybe it was good to include that as well.
It is good to know that 2026 version has this already fixed! =)

But yeah, setup is the same but never saw a scrollbar in 2024.

Kind regards,
Sharp_Stone