diff --git a/ui/src/dropdown.test.tsx b/ui/src/dropdown.test.tsx
index 833f33ad2f..8d53958b9a 100644
--- a/ui/src/dropdown.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/dropdown.test.tsx
@@ -880,4 +880,88 @@ describe('Dropdown.tsx', () => {
       })
     })
   })
-})
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+
+  describe('Dialog dropdown exact', () => {
+    let dialogProps: Dropdown
+
+    const createChoices = (size: number) => Array.from(Array(size).keys()).map(key => ({ name: String(key), label: `Choice ${key}` }))
+    const overOneHundredChoices = createChoices(101)
+    const choices = createChoices(10)
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      dialogProps = {
+        ...defaultProps,
+        popup: 'always',
+        exactSearch: true,
+        choices
+      };
+    });
+    it('Sets correct args after exact filter', () => {
+      const { getByText, getByTestId, getAllByRole } = render(<XDropdown model={{ ...dialogProps, values: ['1'] }} />)
+
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      fireEvent.change(getByTestId(`${name}-search`), { target: { value: 'Choice 9' } })
+      fireEvent.click(getAllByRole('checkbox')[0])
+      fireEvent.click(getByText('Select'))
+
+      expect(wave.args[name]).toMatchObject(['1', '9'])
+    });
+    it('Filters exact correctly', () => {
+      const { getByTestId, getAllByRole } = render(<XDropdown model={{ ...dialogProps, values: [] }} />)
+
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+      fireEvent.change(getByTestId(`${name}-search`), { target: { value: 'Choice 9' } })
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(1)
+    });
+
+    it('Filters correctly - reset filter', () => {
+      const { getByTestId, getAllByRole } = render(<XDropdown model={{ ...dialogProps, values: [] }} />)
+
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+      fireEvent.change(getByTestId(`${name}-search`), { target: { value: 'Choice 9' } })
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(1)
+
+      fireEvent.change(getByTestId(`${name}-search`), { target: { value: '' } })
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+    });
+
+    it('Resets filtered items on cancel', () => {
+      const { getByTestId, getAllByRole, getByText } = render(<XDropdown model={{ ...dialogProps, values: [] }} />)
+
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+      fireEvent.change(getByTestId(`${name}-search`), { target: { value: 'Choice 9' } })
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(1)
+      fireEvent.click(getByText('Cancel'))
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+    });
+
+    it('Resets filtered items on submit', () => {
+      const { getByTestId, getAllByRole, getByText } = render(<XDropdown model={{ ...dialogProps, values: [] }} />)
+
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+      fireEvent.change(getByTestId(`${name}-search`), { target: { value: 'Choice 9' } })
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(1)
+      fireEvent.click(getByText('Select'))
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+    });
+
+    it('Resets filtered items on single valued submit', () => {
+      const { getByTestId, getAllByRole } = render(<XDropdown model={dialogProps} />)
+
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+      fireEvent.change(getByTestId(`${name}-search`), { target: { value: 'Choice 9' } })
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(1)
+      fireEvent.click(getAllByRole('checkbox')[0])
+      fireEvent.click(getByTestId(name))
+      expect(getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(10)
+    });
+
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/src/dropdown.tsx b/ui/src/dropdown.tsx
index b013578093..b0146f8c1c 100644
--- a/ui/src/dropdown.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/dropdown.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { B, Id, S, U } from './core'
 import React from 'react'
 import { stylesheet } from 'typestyle'
 import { Choice } from './choice_group'
-import { fuzzysearch } from './parts/utils'
+import { fuzzysearch, exactsearch } from './parts/utils'
 import { clas, cssVar, pc, px } from './theme'
 import { wave } from './ui'
 
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ export interface Dropdown {
   tooltip?: S
   /** Whether to present the choices using a pop-up dialog. By default pops up a dialog only for more than 100 choices. Defaults to 'auto'. */
   popup?: 'auto' | 'always' | 'never'
+  /**Whether the search will be exact or fuzzy */
+  exactSearch?: B
 }
 
 type DropdownItem = {
@@ -170,10 +172,19 @@ const
   getPageSpecification = () => ({ itemCount: PAGE_SIZE, height: ROW_HEIGHT * PAGE_SIZE } as Fluent.IPageSpecification),
   choicesToItems = (choices: Choice[] = [], v?: S | S[]) => choices.map(({ name, label, disabled = false }, idx) =>
     ({ name, text: label || name, idx, checked: Array.isArray(v) ? v.includes(name) : v === name, show: true, disabled })),
-  useItems = (choices?: Choice[], v?: S | S[]) => {
+  useItems = (choices?: Choice[], v?: S | S[], exactSearch?: boolean) => {
     const [items, setItems] = React.useState<DropdownItem[]>(choicesToItems(choices, v))
-    const onSearchChange = (_e?: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>, newVal = '') => setItems(items => items.map(i => ({ ...i, show: fuzzysearch(i.text, newVal) })))
 
+    const onSearchChange = (_e?: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>, newVal = '') => {
+      setItems((items) =>
+        items.map((i) => ({
+          ...i,
+          show: exactSearch
+            ? exactsearch(i.text, newVal) // Assuming exactsearch is a function for exact matching
+            : fuzzysearch(i.text, newVal), // Assuming fuzzysearch is a function for fuzzy matching
+        }))
+      );
+    };
     return [items, setItems, onSearchChange] as const
   },
   onRenderCell = (onChecked: any) => (item?: DropdownItem) => item
@@ -323,4 +334,4 @@ export const XDropdown = ({ model: m }: { model: Dropdown }) =>
       ? <BaseDropdown model={m} />
       : (m.choices?.length || 0) > 100
         ? <DialogDropdown model={m} />
-        : <BaseDropdown model={m} />
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+        : <BaseDropdown model={m} />
diff --git a/ui/src/parts/utils.ts b/ui/src/parts/utils.ts
index b4b2ef7b96..84e3db06b9 100644
--- a/ui/src/parts/utils.ts
+++ b/ui/src/parts/utils.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ export function fuzzysearch(haystack: S, needle: S) {
   }
   return true
 }
+// parts / utils.ts
+export const exactsearch = (searchTerm: string, itemText: string): boolean => {
+
+  // Convert both strings to lowercase for case-insensitive comparison
+  return itemText.toLowerCase() === searchTerm.toLowerCase(); // Exact match
+};
+
+
 
 // https://github.com/h2oai/wave/issues/1395.
 export const fixMenuOverflowStyles: Partial<IContextualMenuStyles> = {
@@ -32,4 +40,4 @@ export const fixMenuOverflowStyles: Partial<IContextualMenuStyles> = {
     '.ms-ContextualMenu-link': { lineHeight: 'unset' },
     '.ms-ContextualMenu-submenuIcon': { lineHeight: 'unset', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center' },
   }
-}
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+}