Dropdown

A dropdown list.

When To Use#

When there are more than a few options to choose from, you can wrap them in a Dropdown. By hovering or clicking on the trigger, a dropdown menu will appear, which allows you to choose an option and execute the relevant action.

Examples

Hover me

The most basic dropdown menu.

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import { Menu, Dropdown } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined, SmileOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.antgroup.com">
            1st menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aliyun.com">
            2nd menu item (disabled)
          </a>
        ),
        icon: <SmileOutlined />,
        disabled: true,
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.luohanacademy.com">
            3rd menu item (disabled)
          </a>
        ),
        disabled: true,
      },
      {
        danger: true,
        label: 'a danger item',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      Hover me <DownOutlined />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

You could display an arrow.

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import { Menu, Dropdown, Button } from 'antd';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.antgroup.com">
            1st menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aliyun.com">
            2nd menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.luohanacademy.com">
            3rd menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomLeft" arrow>
      <Button>bottomLeft</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottom" arrow>
      <Button>bottom</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomRight" arrow>
      <Button>bottomRight</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <br />
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topLeft" arrow>
      <Button>topLeft</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="top" arrow>
      <Button>top</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topRight" arrow>
      <Button>topRight</Button>
    </Dropdown>
  </>
);
#components-dropdown-demo-arrow .ant-btn {
  margin-right: 8px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.ant-row-rtl #components-dropdown-demo-arrow .ant-btn {
  margin-right: 0;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  margin-left: 8px;
}

By specifying arrow prop with { pointAtCenter: true }, the arrow will point to the center of the target element.

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import { Menu, Dropdown, Button } from 'antd';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.antgroup.com">
            1st menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aliyun.com">
            2nd menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.luohanacademy.com">
            3rd menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomLeft" arrow={{ pointAtCenter: true }}>
      <Button>bottomLeft</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottom" arrow={{ pointAtCenter: true }}>
      <Button>bottom</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomRight" arrow={{ pointAtCenter: true }}>
      <Button>bottomRight</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <br />
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topLeft" arrow={{ pointAtCenter: true }}>
      <Button>topLeft</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="top" arrow={{ pointAtCenter: true }}>
      <Button>top</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topRight" arrow={{ pointAtCenter: true }}>
      <Button>topRight</Button>
    </Dropdown>
  </>
);
#components-dropdown-demo-arrow-center .ant-btn {
  margin-right: 8px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.ant-row-rtl #components-dropdown-demo-arrow-center .ant-btn {
  margin-right: 0;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  margin-left: 8px;
}
Hover me, Click menu item

An event will be triggered when you click menu items, in which you can make different operations according to item's key.

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import { Menu, Dropdown, message } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const onClick = ({ key }) => {
  message.info(`Click on item ${key}`);
};

const menu = (
  <Menu
    onClick={onClick}
    items={[
      {
        label: '1st menu item',
        key: '1',
      },
      {
        label: '2nd menu item',
        key: '2',
      },
      {
        label: '3rd menu item',
        key: '3',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      Hover me, Click menu item <DownOutlined />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);
Cascading menu

The menu has multiple levels.

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import { Menu, Dropdown } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const { SubMenu } = Menu;

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        type: 'group',
        label: 'Group title',
        children: [
          {
            key: '1',
            label: '1st menu item',
          },
          {
            key: '2',
            label: '2nd menu item',
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        key: 'sub',
        label: 'sub menu',
        children: [
          {
            key: '3',
            label: '3rd menu item',
          },
          {
            key: '4',
            label: '4th menu item',
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        label: 'disabled sub menu',
        key: 'disabled',
        disabled: true,
        children: [
          {
            key: '5',
            label: '5d menu item',
          },
          {
            key: '6',
            label: '6th menu item',
          },
        ],
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      Cascading menu <DownOutlined />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

The default trigger mode is hover, you can change it to contextMenu.

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import { Menu, Dropdown } from 'antd';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: '1st menu item',
        key: '1',
      },
      {
        label: '2nd menu item',
        key: '2',
      },
      {
        label: '3rd menu item',
        key: '3',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu} trigger={['contextMenu']}>
    <div
      className="site-dropdown-context-menu"
      style={{
        textAlign: 'center',
        height: 200,
        lineHeight: '200px',
      }}
    >
      Right Click on here
    </div>
  </Dropdown>
);
.site-dropdown-context-menu {
  color: #777;
  background: #f7f7f7;
}

Support 6 placements.

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import { Menu, Dropdown, Button, Space } from 'antd';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.antgroup.com">
            1st menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aliyun.com">
            2nd menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.luohanacademy.com">
            3rd menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Space direction="vertical">
    <Space wrap>
      <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomLeft">
        <Button>bottomLeft</Button>
      </Dropdown>
      <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottom">
        <Button>bottom</Button>
      </Dropdown>
      <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomRight">
        <Button>bottomRight</Button>
      </Dropdown>
    </Space>
    <Space wrap>
      <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topLeft">
        <Button>topLeft</Button>
      </Dropdown>
      <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="top">
        <Button>top</Button>
      </Dropdown>
      <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topRight">
        <Button>topRight</Button>
      </Dropdown>
    </Space>
  </Space>
);
Hover me

Divider and disabled menu item.

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import { Menu, Dropdown } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.antgroup.com">
            1st menu item
          </a>
        ),
        key: '0',
      },
      {
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aliyun.com">
            2nd menu item
          </a>
        ),
        key: '1',
      },
      {
        type: 'divider',
      },
      {
        label: '3rd menu item(disabled)',
        key: '3',
        disabled: true,
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      Hover me <DownOutlined />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);
Click me

The default trigger mode is hover, you can change it to click.

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import { Menu, Dropdown } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: <a href="https://www.antgroup.com">1st menu item</a>,
        key: '0',
      },
      {
        label: <a href="https://www.aliyun.com">2nd menu item</a>,
        key: '1',
      },
      {
        type: 'divider',
      },
      {
        label: '3rd menu item',
        key: '3',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu} trigger={['click']}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      Click me <DownOutlined />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

A button is on the left, and a related functional menu is on the right. You can set the icon property to modify the icon of right.

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import { Menu, Dropdown, Button, message, Space, Tooltip } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined, UserOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

function handleButtonClick(e) {
  message.info('Click on left button.');
  console.log('click left button', e);
}

function handleMenuClick(e) {
  message.info('Click on menu item.');
  console.log('click', e);
}

const menu = (
  <Menu
    onClick={handleMenuClick}
    items={[
      {
        label: '1st menu item',
        key: '1',
        icon: <UserOutlined />,
      },
      {
        label: '2nd menu item',
        key: '2',
        icon: <UserOutlined />,
      },
      {
        label: '3rd menu item',
        key: '3',
        icon: <UserOutlined />,
      },
    ]}
  />
);

export default () => (
  <Space wrap>
    <Dropdown.Button onClick={handleButtonClick} overlay={menu}>
      Dropdown
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown.Button overlay={menu} placement="bottom" icon={<UserOutlined />}>
      Dropdown
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown.Button onClick={handleButtonClick} overlay={menu} disabled>
      Dropdown
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown.Button
      overlay={menu}
      buttonsRender={([leftButton, rightButton]) => [
        <Tooltip title="tooltip" key="leftButton">
          {leftButton}
        </Tooltip>,
        React.cloneElement(rightButton, { loading: true }),
      ]}
    >
      With Tooltip
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
      <Button>
        Button <DownOutlined />
      </Button>
    </Dropdown>
  </Space>
);
Hover me

The default is to close the menu when you click on menu items, this feature can be turned off.

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import { Menu, Dropdown } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

class OverlayVisible extends React.Component {
  state = {
    visible: false,
  };

  handleMenuClick = e => {
    if (e.key === '3') {
      this.setState({ visible: false });
    }
  };

  handleVisibleChange = flag => {
    this.setState({ visible: flag });
  };

  render() {
    const menu = (
      <Menu
        onClick={this.handleMenuClick}
        items={[
          {
            label: 'Clicking me will not close the menu.',
            key: '1',
          },
          {
            label: 'Clicking me will not close the menu also.',
            key: '2',
          },
          {
            label: 'Clicking me will close the menu.',
            key: '3',
          },
        ]}
      />
    );
    return (
      <Dropdown
        overlay={menu}
        onVisibleChange={this.handleVisibleChange}
        visible={this.state.visible}
      >
        <a className="ant-dropdown-link" onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
          Hover me <DownOutlined />
        </a>
      </Dropdown>
    );
  }
}

export default () => <OverlayVisible />;

A loading indicator can be added to a button by setting the loading property on the Dropdown.Button.

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import { Menu, Dropdown, Space } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: 'Submit and continue',
        key: '1',
      },
    ]}
  />
);
class App extends React.Component {
  state = {
    loadings: [],
  };

  enterLoading = index => {
    const newLoadings = [...this.state.loadings];
    newLoadings[index] = true;
    this.setState({
      loadings: newLoadings,
    });
    setTimeout(() => {
      newLoadings[index] = false;
      this.setState({ loadings: newLoadings });
    }, 6000);
  };

  render() {
    const { loadings } = this.state;
    return (
      <Space direction="vertical">
        <Dropdown.Button type="primary" loading overlay={menu}>
          Submit
        </Dropdown.Button>
        <Dropdown.Button type="primary" size="small" loading overlay={menu}>
          Submit
        </Dropdown.Button>
        <Dropdown.Button
          type="primary"
          loading={loadings[0]}
          overlay={menu}
          onClick={() => this.enterLoading(0)}
        >
          Submit
        </Dropdown.Button>
        <Dropdown.Button
          icon={<DownOutlined />}
          loading={loadings[1]}
          overlay={menu}
          onClick={() => this.enterLoading(1)}
        >
          Submit
        </Dropdown.Button>
      </Space>
    );
  }
}
export default App;

API#

PropertyDescriptionTypeDefaultVersion
arrowWhether the dropdown arrow should be visibleboolean | { pointAtCenter: boolean }false
disabledWhether the dropdown menu is disabledboolean-
destroyPopupOnHideWhether destroy dropdown when hiddenbooleanfalse
getPopupContainerTo set the container of the dropdown menu. The default is to create a div element in body, but you can reset it to the scrolling area and make a relative reposition. Example on CodePen(triggerNode: HTMLElement) => HTMLElement() => document.body
overlayThe dropdown menuMenu | () => Menu-
overlayClassNameThe class name of the dropdown root elementstring-
overlayStyleThe style of the dropdown root elementCSSProperties-
placementPlacement of popup menu: bottom bottomLeft bottomRight top topLeft topRightstringbottomLeft
triggerThe trigger mode which executes the dropdown action. Note that hover can't be used on touchscreensArray<click|hover|contextMenu>[hover]
visibleWhether the dropdown menu is currently visibleboolean-
onVisibleChangeCalled when the visible state is changed. Not trigger when hidden by click item(visible: boolean) => void-

You should use Menu as overlay. The menu items and dividers are also available by using Menu.Item and Menu.Divider.

Warning: You must set a unique key for Menu.Item.

Menu of Dropdown is unselectable by default, you can make it selectable via <Menu selectable>.

PropertyDescriptionTypeDefaultVersion
buttonsRenderCustom buttons inside Dropdown.Button(buttons: ReactNode[]) => ReactNode[]-
loadingSet the loading status of buttonboolean | { delay: number }false
disabledWhether the dropdown menu is disabledboolean-
iconIcon (appears on the right)ReactNode-
overlayThe dropdown menuMenu-
placementPlacement of popup menu: bottom bottomLeft bottomRight top topLeft topRightstringbottomLeft
sizeSize of the button, the same as Buttonstringdefault
triggerThe trigger mode which executes the dropdown actionArray<click|hover|contextMenu>[hover]
typeType of the button, the same as Buttonstringdefault
visibleWhether the dropdown menu is currently visibleboolean-
onClickThe same as Button: called when you click the button on the left(event) => void-
onVisibleChangeCalled when the visible state is changed(visible: boolean) => void-