# Changing Multiselect Dropdown Value **URL:** \ **Category:** Need help\ **Created:** [April 7, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/changing-multiselect-dropdown-value/145210 "2021-04-07T18:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![boston85719](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/boston85719/32/77286_2.png) [@boston85719](https://forum.bubble.io/u/boston85719)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/changing-multiselect-dropdown-value/145210/2 "2021-04-07T18:56:28Z")
Put the tags into the URL as a parameter. Use that as the filter. When new tag is clicked, add it to the list in the URL parameter > [@How to set Parameter as a List](http://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-set-parameter-as-a-list/107486/23): > > Update to this Tip If you are using an approach to displaying your results that incorporates a reusable element, you would not be able to use this method…and in fact this method may be able to be adjusted using the following approach and avoids the multiple custom states for ‘is in’ vs ‘is not in’ You can do this without using any custom states Essentially the extract with regex pattern takes the parameter and turns it into a text list so that the cont… > [@How to save a list of url parameters in your database that are based on an option set](http://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-save-a-list-of-url-parameters-in-your-database-that-are-based-on-an-option-set/143152): > > Hi all. Thanks to @boston85719 innocent I now understand how to set parameters as a list, and search using them. Next question is how do you save a list of parameters to a database when you don’t use custom states? Thanks in advance! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.bubble.io/t/changing-multiselect-dropdown-value/145210)._