# Allow Multi Select fields to function like buttons

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-multi-select-fields-to-function-like-buttons/1347>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-multi-select-fields-to-function-like-buttons/1347 "2021-02-03T22:24:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-multi-select-fields-to-function-like-buttons/1347/2 "2021-02-04T03:21:43Z")

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Hi again @Matt_Blais, we have talked about something similar ( I hope I’m right this time!) along the lines of conditional formatting in a few places, for example here:

> [@Dependent Dropdown Field Type](https://community.fibery.io/t/dependent-dropdown-field-type/647/9):
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> To be honest, the thing I would probably like to see the most is an iteration of the current auto-relations whereby instead of having matching rules being used to determine which relationships will exist, the rules (or even better, a formula) are used to define which relationships could be chosen from by the user.

In this case, the contents of a multi-select are controlled by another. If you select “vegetable,” you get the options “cabbage” and “carrots.” If you select “fruit,” you get the options “apple” and “pear.”

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