There have been a few times I’ve needed to copy and paste a bunch of items from a dropdown list. I reduced myself to taking a ton of screenshots and telling chatgpt to write out the list of words and I copied and pasted from that. Well, though the solution worked, I really didn’t like doing things that way. I searched for anything that could help me with this issue and found nothing.

You do not need an account to use this. There is no tracking. No external servers. Everything is processed locally in your browser.

Why use it?

Some websites only load the dropdown options currently visible on the screen. Copying the menu or inspecting the webpage may therefore capture only part of the list.

Dropdown List Extractor automatically scrolls through supported lists and collects the temporarily rendered options as they appear.

How to use it

If the dropdown closes when you click the extension

1. Click the Dropdown List Extractor icon before opening the dropdown.
2. Select Start dropdown capture.
3. Open the dropdown you want to capture within 60 seconds.
4. The extension will detect the list, scroll through it, and download dropdown-items.txt automatically.

If the list stays open

1. Open the dropdown or scrolling list.
2. Click the Dropdown List Extractor icon.
3. Select Extract list already open.
4. Keep the list open while the extension scrolls through it.

An optional keyboard shortcut is also available. Microsoft Edge may require you to assign the shortcut manually under edge://extensions/shortcuts.

What it does

• Collects text from supported dropdown options
• Scrolls through virtualized lists automatically
• Removes duplicate entries
• Downloads the results as a simple TXT file
• Runs only after you deliberately activate it
• Processes everything locally in your browser

Current limitations

The list must use the common role="option" accessibility markup and be contained inside a vertically scrollable element.

Websites that use unrelated custom markup may not be supported. The extension is designed specifically for dropdowns and option lists; it is not a general webpage-scraping tool.

Privacy

Dropdown List Extractor does not collect, transmit, sell, share, or remotely store personal information, browsing history, webpage content, extracted list data, or usage data.

The extension does not use accounts, analytics, advertising, tracking, remote code, or external servers.

Read the complete privacy policy

Get Dropdown List Extractor

Install the extension free from the official Microsoft Edge Add-ons Store.