diff --git a/packages/rdom-components/src/dropdown.ts b/packages/rdom-components/src/dropdown.ts
index 301f2985ef..aa8b468d4c 100644
--- a/packages/rdom-components/src/dropdown.ts
+++ b/packages/rdom-components/src/dropdown.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Fn } from "@thi.ng/api";
 import { option, select, type SelectAttribs } from "@thi.ng/hiccup-html/forms";
 import { $input } from "@thi.ng/rdom/event";
 import { $list } from "@thi.ng/rdom/list";
+import { $replace } from "@thi.ng/rdom/replace";
 import type { ISubscribable, ISubscription } from "@thi.ng/rstream";
 
 export interface DropdownOpts<T> {
@@ -10,6 +11,23 @@ export interface DropdownOpts<T> {
 	value: Fn<T, string>;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Dropdown `<select>` component with dynamically defined list of items (via
+ * subscription) and reactive updates using additionally provided `sel`
+ * subscription.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * Only single selections are supported. Each generated `<option>` element will
+ * have its own child subscription to update its `selected` attribute based on
+ * current value of `sel`.
+ *
+ * See {@link staticDropdown} or {@link staticDropdownAlt} for use cases where
+ * the items themselves are statically defined.
+ *
+ * @param items
+ * @param sel
+ * @param opts
+ */
 export const dynamicDropdown = <T = string, S extends string = string>(
 	items: ISubscribable<T[]>,
 	sel: ISubscription<S, S>,
@@ -28,6 +46,24 @@ export const dynamicDropdown = <T = string, S extends string = string>(
 	);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Dropdown `<select>` component with statically defined list of items, but
+ * reactive updates using provided `sel` subscription.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * Only single selections are supported. Each generated `<option>` element will
+ * have its own child subscription to update its `selected` attribute based on
+ * current value of `sel`.
+ *
+ * See {@link staticDropdownAlt} for alternative approach or
+ * {@link dynamicDropdown} for use cases where the items themselves are
+ * dynamically changeable.
+ *
+ * @param items
+ * @param sel
+ * @param opts
+ * @returns
+ */
 export const staticDropdown = <T = string, S extends string = string>(
 	items: T[],
 	sel: ISubscription<S, S>,
@@ -44,6 +80,52 @@ export const staticDropdown = <T = string, S extends string = string>(
 	);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Similar to {@link staticDropdown}, but using only a single subscription for
+ * the entire dropdown.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * **IMPORTANT:** This component is replacing its entire `<select>` element (and
+ * all its children) with each value change of `sel`. The component will only be
+ * fully mounted when `sel` produces a non-null value. In other words, `sel`
+ * **MUST** be pre-initialized for the component to show up (e.g. using
+ * rstream's
+ * [`reactive`](https://docs.thi.ng/umbrella/rstream/functions/reactive.html)
+ * with a seed value).
+ *
+ * Internally uses thi.ng/rdom
+ * [`$replace()`](https://docs.thi.ng/umbrella/rdom/functions/_replace.html).
+ *
+ * @param items
+ * @param sel
+ * @param opts
+ */
+export const staticDropdownAlt = <T = string, S extends string = string>(
+	items: T[],
+	sel: ISubscription<S, S>,
+	opts?: Partial<DropdownOpts<T>>
+) => {
+	opts = {
+		value: String,
+		label: String,
+		...opts,
+	};
+	return $replace(
+		sel.map((id) =>
+			select(
+				{ onchange: $input(sel), ...opts!.attribs },
+				...items.map((x) => {
+					const value = opts!.value!(x);
+					return option(
+						{ value, selected: value === id },
+						opts!.label!(x)
+					);
+				})
+			)
+		)
+	);
+};
+
 const $option =
 	<T, S extends string>(
 		sel: ISubscription<S, S>,