From 2745e0149bd9430c9bbfe5120ff424a86c3f760c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andrewcolombi <andrew.colombi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 11:40:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update dropdown.template.ts

add part="control" to the dropdown template control div to allow for css override of the rendered shadow-root component
---
 packages/web-components/src/dropdown/dropdown.template.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/web-components/src/dropdown/dropdown.template.ts b/packages/web-components/src/dropdown/dropdown.template.ts
index a2bcbb95a7b3fb..7c40c39991b2e8 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/src/dropdown/dropdown.template.ts
+++ b/packages/web-components/src/dropdown/dropdown.template.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export function dropdownTemplate<T extends BaseDropdown>(options: DropdownOption
       @keydown="${(x, c) => x.keydownHandler(c.event as KeyboardEvent)}"
       @mousedown="${(x, c) => x.mousedownHandler(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
     >
-      <div class="control">
+      <div class="control" part="control">
         <slot name="control" ${ref('controlSlot')}></slot>
         <slot name="indicator" ${ref('indicatorSlot')}>${staticallyCompose(options.indicator)}</slot>
       </div>

From bc401b5a99e2b345606fd78cb2b555fc9facc7bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ajcolombi <ajcolombi@dps.ohio.gov>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 08:15:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ran yarn change

---
 ...eb-components-7b24c698-221d-4319-a06c-0d591d48fff5.json | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 change/@fluentui-web-components-7b24c698-221d-4319-a06c-0d591d48fff5.json

diff --git a/change/@fluentui-web-components-7b24c698-221d-4319-a06c-0d591d48fff5.json b/change/@fluentui-web-components-7b24c698-221d-4319-a06c-0d591d48fff5.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..89a91c9bf553d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-web-components-7b24c698-221d-4319-a06c-0d591d48fff5.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "dropdown",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/web-components",
+  "email": "ajcolombi@dps.ohio.gov",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}