# How to create icon drop down like in slicer from script?

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**Created:** [June 30, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-icon-drop-down-like-in-slicer-from-script/18416 "2021-06-30T05:03:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chintha\_Siva\_Prasad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/chintha_siva_prasad/32/7766_2.png) [@Chintha\_Siva\_Prasad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Chintha_Siva_Prasad)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-icon-drop-down-like-in-slicer-from-script/18416/1 "2021-06-30T05:03:39Z")

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I was able to create an icon drop-down from python-qt5 by setting the text argument to empty text. But it’s not at looking good, I want icon drop-down as it looks in slicer. How can I create it from script?

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-icon-drop-down-like-in-slicer-from-script/18416/2 "2021-06-30T11:18:47Z")

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Can you provide an image of an example that you are trying to replicate? Is it a QMenu, QComboBox?

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**Author:** ![Chintha\_Siva\_Prasad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/chintha_siva_prasad/32/7766_2.png) [@Chintha\_Siva\_Prasad](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Chintha_Siva_Prasad)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-icon-drop-down-like-in-slicer-from-script/18416/3 "2021-07-01T12:00:46Z")

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> [@jamesobutler](#):
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> that

![Screenshot from 2021-07-01 17-30-03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/d/ad0e119f18aa759ca07a8e48d043febf21bdc630.png)

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-icon-drop-down-like-in-slicer-from-script/18416/4 "2021-07-01T12:12:32Z")

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This is a question about standard Qt functionality and is not Slicer specific, but here are some details about it.

Create a [QAction](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qaction.html) with an icon set to it and add it to the [QMenu](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmenu.html) of a [QToolButton](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtoolbutton.html).