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# Select
Works great for:
* **Alignment -** Provide the allowed text alignments (i.e. left, center, right).
* **Colors -** Provide a list of available colors to choose from (i.e. brand colors), for example for a CTA button background.
* **Text Sizes** - Give the marketeer an option to change text size (i.e. small, medium, large), between some preselected and approved values.
* **Market/Country** - Use one **Template** for all markets/countries/languages, and allow the marketeer to change it per email. Works best as setting on **Base** so it can be applied to the entire **Template**.
### Template Editor
When creating a new **Select** input, you will be able to add the predefined options. The **Value** of the selected option will be outputted in the liquid variable. You can set a default value to be preselected using the **Advanced Options** for the input.
In this example we created the options of Red and Green for background color. Default value has been set to Red
This is how it can be applied in the code. Notice the {% if statement %} wrapping around the TD's
Notice how with **Select** we can wrap other code bits into a Liquid statement like so:
```liquid
{% if my_input_group_name.my_background_color == 'red' %}