Haxe

right... any chance of a minimal example? Seems to work for me, but maybe were doing something different

Any chance it's the type of component I'm putting in there?

possible... hard to know without some code

I'm currently assembling an ``ArrayDataSource`` with Labels

I want to make sure this isn't me being an idiot before I commit to creating an issue xP

can you share how you are creating / populating it? Or a copy of how you are at least?

Well, if it doesnt work then something is up, regardless

```static function getPalAndColorLists()
    {
        Main.pal = new Array();
        Main.pal_neg = new Array();
        var pal_names = FileSystem.readDirectory("img/");
        pal_datasource = new ArrayDataSource();
        
        var p_id:Int = 0;
        for (a in pal_names) {
            
            //create label for dropdown
            var pal_label:Label = new Label();
            var l_text = StringTools.replace(a, ".png", "");
            l_text = StringTools.replace(l_text, ".jpg", "");
            l_text = StringTools.replace(l_text, "_", " ");
            pal_label.text = l_text;
            pal_datasource.add(pal_label);
            
            ++p_id;
        }
}```

ok, so yeah, you dont need to create actual components to put into the data source

so, in your example, something like this should work:

```haxe
var ds = new ArrayDataSource<String>();
ds.add("My String");
mydropdown.dataSource = ds;
```

<@83211208903098368>  this is the error I get

```haxe
            var dropdown = new DropDown();
            dropdown.dataSource = new ArrayDataSource<String>();
            dropdown.dataSource.add("Bob");
            dropdown.text = "Bob";
            dropdown.onChange = function(e) {
                trace("selected: " + dropdown.selectedItem);
            }
            main.addComponent(dropdown);
```

i have noticed something, but probably wont affect you, just something i noticed

So then can I request for more functionality to allow components to be in a dropdown?