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dcc.dropdown options order not consistent during search #2989
Description
dash 2.18.0
dash-bootstrap-components 1.6.0
dash-core-components 2.0.0
dash-html-components 2.0.0
dash-table 5.0.0
Chrome, Windows
Describe the bug
For this dcc.Dropdown:
dcc.Dropdown(options=['1', '11 Text', '12', '110', '111', '112'])
The desired order is as set in options. When nothing is typed in search I see as expected:
Once I start searching for 11, the order changes and no longer matches the desired order:
Activity
[-][BUG] dcc.dropdown options order not consistent during search[/-][+]dcc.dropdown options order not consistent during search[/+]ines-om commentedon Mar 10, 2026
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Fix plotly#2989: Preserve option order during dcc.Dropdown search
Fix plotly#2989: Preserve option order during dcc.Dropdown search
Fix plotly#2989: Preserve option order during dcc.Dropdown search
Fix plotly#2989, plotly#2667: Add search_order prop to control dropdo…
Merge pull request #3680 from ines-om/fix-dccDropdown-order