---
id: "M:cAlgo.API.MultiSelect.SelectItem(System.String)"
kind: "method"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.MultiSelect"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/MultiSelect/SelectItem/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# MultiSelect.SelectItem

Member of [MultiSelect](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/MultiSelect/index.md).

## SelectItem(string item)

Selects item on the MultiSelect

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.
- Cloud: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.

C#:

```csharp
public bool SelectItem(string item)
```

Python:

```python
multiSelect.SelectItem(item: str) -> bool
```

### Parameters

- `item` (`string`, Python `str`): The item that will be selected on MultiSelect

### Returns

`bool` — True if select succeeded otherwise False

Available since cAlgo.API 5.6.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var multiSelect = new MultiSelect();
multiSelect.AddItem(SymbolName);
var isSelected = multiSelect.SelectItem(SymbolName);
Chart.AddControl(multiSelect);
Print("Selected {0}: {1}", SymbolName, isSelected);
```

Python:

```python
multiSelect = MultiSelect()
multiSelect.AddItem(api.SymbolName)
isSelected = multiSelect.SelectItem(api.SymbolName)
api.Chart.AddControl(multiSelect)
api.Print(f"Selected {api.SymbolName}: {isSelected}")
```