diff --git a/src/components/InputChips.vue b/src/components/InputChips.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a061c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/InputChips.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import Button from 'primevue/button'
+import Chip from 'primevue/chip'
+import InputGroup from 'primevue/inputgroup'
+import InputText from 'primevue/inputtext'
+
+const model = defineModel<string[]>()
+const entry = ref('')
+const preventSubmit = computed(() => entry.value === '' || model.value?.includes(entry.value))
+const emits = defineEmits<{
+  (e: 'dirty'): void
+}>()
+
+const onRemove = (chip: string) => {
+  if (!model.value) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const index = model.value.findIndex(other => other === chip)
+  if (index > -1) {
+    model.value?.splice(index, 1)
+    emits('dirty')
+  }
+}
+
+const onSubmit = (event: Event) => {
+  event.preventDefault()
+  if (preventSubmit.value) {
+    return
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(model.value)) {
+    model.value = []
+  }
+  model.value.push(entry.value)
+  entry.value = ''
+  emits('dirty')
+}
+</script>
+
+<template lang="pug">
+.input-chips
+  .chips
+    Chip(
+      v-for='chip in model'
+      :label='chip'
+      :onRemove='(e) => onRemove(chip)'
+      removable
+    )
+  InputGroup
+    InputText(
+      v-model='entry'
+      v-on:keyup.enter='onSubmit'
+      fluid
+    )
+    Button(
+      icon='pi pi-plus'
+      label='Add Option'
+      type='submit'
+      :disabled='preventSubmit'
+      @click='onSubmit'
+    )
+</template>
+
+<style scoped lang="sass">
+
+</style>
diff --git a/src/types/data.ts b/src/types/data.ts
index 3f55efd..f4cc68f 100644
--- a/src/types/data.ts
+++ b/src/types/data.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Defines the available types of fields that can be edited by the data editor,
+ * set by a column's field type.
+ */
 export const FieldTypes = [
   'text',
   'image',
@@ -6,6 +10,9 @@ export const FieldTypes = [
   'toggle',
 ] as const
 
+/**
+ * Specifies the type of field for editing in the data editor.
+ */
 export type FieldType = typeof FieldTypes[number]
 
 export interface Image {
@@ -13,18 +20,35 @@ export interface Image {
   alt?: string
 }
 
+/**
+ * The structure of a column. Columns define the available fields to edit for every row
+ * and control how they are edited.
+ */
 export interface Column {
+  /** the name of the field; this represents the key in the columns record */
   name: string
+  /** the type of the field; this controls how it is edited in the data editor */
   type: FieldType
+  /** whether the field is secondary or not; if it is, it is hidden from the quick editing view in the data editor */
   secondary?: boolean
+  /** options for the field; applies only to certain field types such as dropdowns */
+  options?: any
 }
 
-export type Columns = Column[]
-
+/**
+ * The structure of a Row. All rows at minimum should have a private _id field;
+ * beyond that, it is simply a record of key-value pairs
+ * where the key corresponds to a column by name
+ */
 export type Row = {
   _id: string
 } & Record<string, string | any>
 
+/**
+ * The structure of an inventory. An inventory is simply a set of columns (fields) and rows (data),
+ * where each row has key-value pairs where the keys correspond to a column by name,
+ * and the columns define how the rows can be edited
+ */
 export interface Inventory {
   columns: Column[]
   rows: Row[]
diff --git a/src/views/Editor/DataEditor.vue b/src/views/Editor/DataEditor.vue
index 2930ff8..e75cbc1 100644
--- a/src/views/Editor/DataEditor.vue
+++ b/src/views/Editor/DataEditor.vue
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 import { v7 as uuidv7 } from 'uuid'
 import Button from 'primevue/button'
 import Checkbox from 'primevue/checkbox'
-import DataTable from 'primevue/datatable'
 import Column from 'primevue/column'
+import DataTable from 'primevue/datatable'
 import Image from 'primevue/image'
 import InputText  from 'primevue/inputtext'
+import Select from 'primevue/select'
 
 import {
   type Row as DataRow,
@@ -143,7 +144,12 @@ DataTable.data-editor(
       div(
         v-else
       )
-        span {{ slotProps.data[col.name] }}
+        span(
+          v-if='slotProps.data[col.name]'
+        ) {{ slotProps.data[col.name] }}
+        span.empty(
+          v-else
+        ) not set
     template(
       #editor='slotProps'
     )
@@ -168,6 +174,17 @@ DataTable.data-editor(
           :name='`toggle for ${slotProps.data.name || slotProps.data._id} ${col.name}`'
           binary
         )
+      div(
+        v-else-if='col.type === "dropdown"'
+      )
+        Select(
+          v-model='slotProps.data[slotProps.field]'
+          :options='col.options'
+          placeholder='Select from Options'
+          filter
+          showClear
+          fluid
+        )
       div(
         v-else
       )
@@ -228,7 +245,7 @@ DataTable.data-editor(
     )
       p.empty(
         v-if='!slotProps.data[field]'
-      ) {{ field }} is empty
+      ) {{ field }} is not set
       .info-image(
         v-else-if='column.type === "image"'
       )
@@ -262,13 +279,14 @@ Button(
   img
     max-width: 100%
     max-height: 8rem
-:deep(td:last-of-type)
+:deep(tr:not(.p-datatable-row-expansion) td:last-of-type)
   padding-left: 0
   button:first-of-type
     margin-left: -16px
 .info :deep(.p-image) img
     max-width: 16rem
     max-height: 16rem
-p.empty
+p.empty,
+span.empty
   font-style: italic
 </style>
diff --git a/src/views/Editor/FieldEditor.vue b/src/views/Editor/FieldEditor.vue
index 7c5797c..d7ebb4b 100644
--- a/src/views/Editor/FieldEditor.vue
+++ b/src/views/Editor/FieldEditor.vue
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ import {
   FieldTypes,
   type Column as DataColumn,
 } from 'src/types/data'
+import InputChips from 'src/components/InputChips.vue'
 
 const emits = defineEmits<{
   (e: 'dirty'): void
 }>()
 const model = defineModel<DataColumn[]>({ required: true })
 const editingFields = ref([])
+const expandedRows = ref([])
 
 const onFieldEditSave = (event: { newData: any, index: number }) => {
   let { newData, index } = event
@@ -49,10 +51,15 @@ const onDeleteField = (event: Event, slotProps: { index: number }) => {
 DataTable.field-editor(
   @row-edit-save='onFieldEditSave'
   v-model:editingRows='editingFields'
+  v-model:expandedRows='expandedRows'
   :value='model'
   editMode='row'
   tableStyle='min-width: 50rem'
 )
+  Column(
+    expander
+    style='width:5rem;'
+  )
   Column(
     field='name'
     header='Name'
@@ -156,6 +163,19 @@ DataTable.field-editor(
           slotProps.editorCancelCallback(e)
         }`
       )
+  template(
+    #expansion='slotProps'
+  )
+    div(
+      v-if='slotProps.data.type === "dropdown"'
+    )
+      InputChips(
+        v-model='slotProps.data.options'
+        @dirty='$emit("dirty")'
+      )
+    p(
+      v-else
+    ) there are no additional properties for this field type
 Button(
   icon='pi pi-plus'
   aria-label='Add New Field'
@@ -165,7 +185,8 @@ Button(
 </template>
 
 <style scoped lang="sass">
-:deep(td:last-of-type)
-  display: flex
-  padding-left: 8px
+:deep(tr:not(.p-datatable-row-expansion) td:last-of-type)
+  padding-left: 0
+  button:first-of-type
+    margin-left: -16px
 </style>