diff --git a/src/mvAppItem.cpp b/src/mvAppItem.cpp
index d15b15536..71ea7ea24 100644
--- a/src/mvAppItem.cpp
+++ b/src/mvAppItem.cpp
@@ -2666,6 +2666,7 @@ DearPyGui::GetEntityParser(mvAppItemType type)
         args.push_back({ mvPyDataType::StringList, "items", mvArgType::POSITIONAL_ARG, "()", "A tuple of items to be shown in the listbox. Can consist of any combination of types. All items will be displayed as strings." });
         args.push_back({ mvPyDataType::String, "default_value", mvArgType::KEYWORD_ARG, "''", "String value of the item that will be selected by default." });
         args.push_back({ mvPyDataType::Integer, "num_items", mvArgType::KEYWORD_ARG, "3", "Expands the height of the listbox to show specified number of items." });
+        args.push_back({ mvPyDataType::Bool, "index_items", mvArgType::KEYWORD_ARG, "False", "Set the user_data to the index of the clicked item and not the item itself" });
 
         setup.about = "Adds a listbox. If height is not large enough to show all items a scroll bar will appear.";
         break;
diff --git a/src/mvBasicWidgets.cpp b/src/mvBasicWidgets.cpp
index 2d395392c..761f5d0f6 100644
--- a/src/mvBasicWidgets.cpp
+++ b/src/mvBasicWidgets.cpp
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ DearPyGui::fill_configuration_dict(const mvListboxConfig& inConfig, PyObject* ou
         return;
     PyDict_SetItemString(outDict, "items", mvPyObject(ToPyList(inConfig.names)));
     PyDict_SetItemString(outDict, "num_items", mvPyObject(ToPyInt(inConfig.itemsHeight)));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(outDict, "index", mvPyObject(ToPyBool(inConfig.sendindex)));
 }
 
 void
@@ -1172,6 +1173,7 @@ DearPyGui::set_configuration(PyObject* inDict, mvListboxConfig& outConfig, mvApp
         return;
 
     if (PyObject* item = PyDict_GetItemString(inDict, "num_items")) outConfig.itemsHeight = ToInt(item);
+	if (PyObject* item = PyDict_GetItemString(inDict, "index")) outConfig.sendindex = ToBool(item);
     if (PyObject* item = PyDict_GetItemString(inDict, "items"))
     {
         outConfig.names = ToStringVect(item);
@@ -4743,9 +4745,16 @@ DearPyGui::draw_listbox(ImDrawList *drawlist, mvAppItem &item, mvListboxConfig &
 
         if (ImGui::ListBox(item.info.internalLabel.c_str(), item.config.enabled ? &config.index : &config.disabledindex, config.charNames.data(), (int)config.names.size(), config.itemsHeight))
         {
-            *config.value = config.names[config.index];
-            config.disabled_value = config.names[config.index];
-            auto value = *config.value;
+			if (config.sendindex) {
+				*config.value = std::to_string(config.index);
+				config.disabled_value = std::to_string(config.index);
+			}
+			else {
+				*config.value = config.names[config.index];
+				config.disabled_value = config.names[config.index];
+			}
+
+			auto value = *config.value;
 
             if(item.config.alias.empty())
                 mvSubmitCallback([&item, value]() {
diff --git a/src/mvBasicWidgets.h b/src/mvBasicWidgets.h
index b66a6da64..94649ade9 100644
--- a/src/mvBasicWidgets.h
+++ b/src/mvBasicWidgets.h
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ struct mvListboxConfig
     int                      disabledindex = 0;
     std::shared_ptr<std::string>       value = std::make_shared<std::string>("");
     std::string              disabled_value;
+    bool                     sendindex = false;
 };
 
 struct mvRadioButtonConfig