# Dropdown Filters not working and disappearing

**URL:** <https://forum.finsweet.com/t/dropdown-filters-not-working-and-disappearing/5407>\
**Category:** Attributes\
**Tags:** cmsfilter\
**Created:** [July 8, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.finsweet.com/t/dropdown-filters-not-working-and-disappearing/5407 "2025-07-08T13:15:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![brian](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.finsweet.com/brian/32/330_2.png) [@brian](https://forum.finsweet.com/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.finsweet.com/t/dropdown-filters-not-working-and-disappearing/5407/1 "2025-07-08T13:15:23Z")

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## Description

Having issues with dropdown filter with checkboxes. Search works fine, as does sort but when choosing a category from the filter by category dropdown, I can select the category and no results display and when you go back to the dropdown its empty.

## Site URL

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- URL: [Products 2](https://kaytech-dev.webflow.io/products-2)
- Webflow Read-only link: [Webflow - Kaytech](https://preview.webflow.com/preview/kaytech-dev?utm_medium=preview_link&utm_source=designer&utm_content=kaytech-dev&preview=d6a447fe32691b1e030b692246e477d6&pageId=686c2fef664f9a33e9311442&locale=en&workflow=preview)

## Steps to Reproduce

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## Expected Behavior

Should filter by selected categories

## Actual Behavior

categories display no products and filters disappear

## Video/Screenshots

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- Video link: [404 File Not Found - Jumpshare](https://jmp.sh/s/u2tDq2XIwHEI1hNIvwN6)

## Additional Context

- Browser: edge/chromium
- Device: desktop

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.finsweet.com/system/32/210_2.png) [@system](https://forum.finsweet.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.finsweet.com/t/dropdown-filters-not-working-and-disappearing/5407/2 "2025-07-10T03:23:18Z")

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Hey @brian! 👋

We can see what’s happening with your dropdown filter with checkboxes. This looks like an attribute configuration issue in your CMS Filter setup.

Currently, you have `fs-list-element="list"`applied to the Collection List inside your filtering dropdown.  
This attribute defines the CMS Collection List that will be filtered, so this is causing your filters to go empty.

To fix this, simply remove fs-list-element=“list” from your filters5\_list\_2col element. Once removed, your filters should work as expected!

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/finsweet1/original/2X/8/86a85e0f260a375d446b8c4e13ec45edb4375370.jpeg)

@Support-Luis or @Support-Pedro can help further if you’re still having trouble after checking these items.

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**Author:** ![brian](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.finsweet.com/brian/32/330_2.png) [@brian](https://forum.finsweet.com/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.finsweet.com/t/dropdown-filters-not-working-and-disappearing/5407/3 "2025-07-10T12:57:46Z")

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> [@system](#):
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> list

Ah man I dont know how I missed that lol.