diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/containers/workspace_dropdown_list/index.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/public/containers/workspace_dropdown_list/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b68e1f9131e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/containers/workspace_dropdown_list/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { WorkspaceDropdownList } from './workspace_dropdown_list';
+
+export { WorkspaceDropdownList };
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/containers/workspace_dropdown_list/workspace_dropdown_list.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/containers/workspace_dropdown_list/workspace_dropdown_list.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..276a5872473e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/containers/workspace_dropdown_list/workspace_dropdown_list.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React, { useState, useCallback, useMemo, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+import { EuiButton, EuiComboBox, EuiComboBoxOptionOption } from '@elastic/eui';
+import useObservable from 'react-use/lib/useObservable';
+import { CoreStart, WorkspaceAttribute } from '../../../../../core/public';
+
+type WorkspaceOption = EuiComboBoxOptionOption<WorkspaceAttribute>;
+
+interface WorkspaceDropdownListProps {
+  coreStart: CoreStart;
+  onCreateWorkspace: () => void;
+  onSwitchWorkspace: (workspaceId: string) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+function workspaceToOption(workspace: WorkspaceAttribute): WorkspaceOption {
+  return { label: workspace.name, key: workspace.id, value: workspace };
+}
+
+export function WorkspaceDropdownList(props: WorkspaceDropdownListProps) {
+  const { coreStart, onCreateWorkspace, onSwitchWorkspace } = props;
+  const workspaceList = useObservable(coreStart.workspaces.client.workspaceList$, []);
+  const currentWorkspaceId = useObservable(coreStart.workspaces.client.currentWorkspaceId$, '');
+
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [workspaceOptions, setWorkspaceOptions] = useState([] as WorkspaceOption[]);
+
+  const currentWorkspaceOption = useMemo(() => {
+    const workspace = workspaceList.find((item) => item.id === currentWorkspaceId);
+    if (!workspace) {
+      coreStart.notifications.toasts.addDanger(
+        `can not get current workspace of id [${currentWorkspaceId}]`
+      );
+      return [workspaceToOption({ id: currentWorkspaceId, name: '' })];
+    }
+    return [workspaceToOption(workspace)];
+  }, [workspaceList, currentWorkspaceId, coreStart]);
+  const allWorkspaceOptions = useMemo(() => {
+    return workspaceList.map(workspaceToOption);
+  }, [workspaceList]);
+
+  const onSearchChange = useCallback(
+    (searchValue: string) => {
+      setWorkspaceOptions(allWorkspaceOptions.filter((item) => item.label.includes(searchValue)));
+    },
+    [allWorkspaceOptions]
+  );
+
+  const onChange = (workspaceOption: WorkspaceOption[]) => {
+    /** switch the workspace */
+    setLoading(true);
+    onSwitchWorkspace(workspaceOption[0].key!)
+      .catch((err) =>
+        coreStart.notifications.toasts.addDanger('some error happens in workspace service')
+      )
+      .finally(() => {
+        setLoading(false);
+      });
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    onSearchChange('');
+  }, [onSearchChange]);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <EuiComboBox
+        async
+        options={workspaceOptions}
+        isLoading={loading}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        selectedOptions={currentWorkspaceOption}
+        singleSelection={{ asPlainText: true }}
+        onSearchChange={onSearchChange}
+        append={<EuiButton onClick={onCreateWorkspace}>Create workspace</EuiButton>}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/mount.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/mount.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17646ebecd28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/mount.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { CoreStart } from '../../../core/public';
+import { WorkspaceDropdownList } from './containers/workspace_dropdown_list';
+
+export const mountDropdownList = (core: CoreStart) => {
+  core.chrome.navControls.registerLeft({
+    order: 0,
+    mount: (element) => {
+      ReactDOM.render(
+        <WorkspaceDropdownList
+          coreStart={core}
+          onCreateWorkspace={() => alert('create')}
+          onSwitchWorkspace={async (id: string) => {
+            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+            alert(`switch to workspace ${id}`);
+          }}
+          // onSwitchWorkspace={(id: string) => alert(`switch to workspace ${id}`)}
+        />,
+        element
+      );
+      return () => {
+        ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
+      };
+    },
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts
index 39069ca09bb8..5a70235373b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/plugin.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../core/public';
 import { WORKSPACE_APP_ID, WORKSPACE_ID_IN_SESSION_STORAGE } from '../common/constants';
 import { WORKSPACE_ID_QUERYSTRING_NAME } from '../../../core/public';
+import { mountDropdownList } from './mount';
 
 export class WorkspacesPlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
   private core?: CoreSetup;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export class WorkspacesPlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
   }
 
   public start(core: CoreStart) {
+    mountDropdownList(core);
     return {};
   }
 }