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title: Select cell type
metaTitle: Select cell type - Guide - Handsontable Documentation
permalink: /next/select-cell-type
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# Select cell type

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## Overview
The select cell type is a simpler form of the dropdown cell type.

## Usage
The select editor should be considered an example of how to write editors rather than used as a fully-featured editor. It is a much simpler form of the [Dropdown editor](@/guides/cell-types/dropdown-cell-type.md). We recommend that you use the latter in your projects.

::: example #example1
```js
const container = document.querySelector('#example1');

const hot = new Handsontable(container, {
  data: [
    ['2017', 'Honda', 10],
    ['2018', 'Toyota', 20],
    ['2019', 'Nissan', 30]
  ],
  colWidths: [50, 70, 50],
  colHeaders: true,
  columns: [
    {},
    {
      editor: 'select',
      selectOptions: ['Kia', 'Nissan', 'Toyota', 'Honda']
    },
    {}
  ],
  licenseKey: 'non-commercial-and-evaluation',
});
```
:::