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Dropdown

Toggleable menu for displaying lists of links and actions.

Basic usage

Hover on the dropdown menu to unfold it for more actions.

:::demo The triggering element is rendered by the default slot, and the dropdown part is rendered by the slot named dropdown. By default, dropdown list shows when you hover on the triggering element without having to click it.

dropdown/basic-usage

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Triggering element

Use the button to trigger the dropdown list.

:::demo Use split-button to split the triggering element into a button group with the left button being a normal button and right one the actual triggering target. If you wanna insert a separator line between item three and item four, just add a class divider to item four.

dropdown/triggering-element

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How to trigger

Click the triggering element or hover on it.

:::demo Use the attribute trigger. By default, it is hover.

dropdown/how-to-trigger

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Menu hiding behavior

Use hide-on-click to define if menu closes on clicking.

:::demo By default menu will close when you click on menu items, and it can be turned off by setting hide-on-click to false.

dropdown/menu-hiding-behavior

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Command event

Clicking each dropdown item fires an event whose parameter is assigned by each item.

:::demo

dropdown/command-event

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Dropdown methods

You can open or close the dropdown menu by manually use handleOpen or handleClose

:::demo

dropdown/dropdown-methods

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Sizes

Besides default size, Dropdown component provides three additional sizes for you to choose among different scenarios.

:::demo Use attribute size to set additional sizes with large, default or small.

dropdown/sizes

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Dropdown Attributes

Attribute Description Type Accepted Values Default
type menu button type, refer to Button Component, only works when split-button is true string
size menu size, also works on the split button string large / default / small default
max-height the max height of menu string / number
split-button whether a button group is displayed boolean false
disabled Whether to disable boolean false
placement placement of pop menu string top/top-start/top-end/bottom/bottom-start/bottom-end bottom
trigger how to trigger string hover/click/contextmenu hover
hide-on-click whether to hide menu after clicking menu-item boolean true
show-timeout Delay time before show a dropdown (only works when trigger is hover) number 250
hide-timeout Delay time before hide a dropdown (only works when trigger is hover) number 150
role The ARIA role attribute for the dropdown menu. Depending on the use case, you may want to change this to 'navigation' string 'menu'
tabindex tabindex of Dropdown number 0
popper-class custom class name for Dropdown's dropdown string
popper-options popper.js parameters Object refer to popper.js doc { boundariesElement: 'body', gpuAcceleration: false }

Dropdown Slots

Name Description Subtags
content of Dropdown. Notice: Must be a valid html dom element (ex. <span>, <button> etc.) or el-component, to attach the trigger listener
dropdown content of the Dropdown Menu, usually a <el-dropdown-menu> element Dropdown-Menu

Dropdown Events

Event Name Description Parameters
click if split-button is true, triggers when left button is clicked
command triggers when a dropdown item is clicked the command dispatched from the dropdown item
visible-change triggers when the dropdown appears/disappears true when it appears, and false otherwise

Dropdown Methods

Method Description Parameters
handleOpen open the dropdown menu
handleClose close the dropdown menu

Dropdown-Menu Slots

Name Description Subtags
content of Dropdown Menu Dropdown-Item

Dropdown-Item Attributes

Attribute Description Type Accepted Values Default
command a command to be dispatched to Dropdown's command callback string/number/object
disabled whether the item is disabled boolean false
divided whether a divider is displayed boolean false
icon custom icon string / Component

Dropdown-Item Slots

Name Description
customize of Dropdown Item