Basic
Placement
Arrow
Other elements
Arrow pointing at the center
Trigger mode
Click event
Button with dropdown menu
Cascading menu
The way of hiding menu.
Context Menu
Loading
API

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

Basic

The most basic dropdown menu.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Space } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined, SmileOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        key: '1',
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.antgroup.com">
            1st menu item
          </a>
        ),
      },
      {
        key: '2',
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aliyun.com">
            2nd menu item (disabled)
          </a>
        ),
        icon: <SmileOutlined />,
        disabled: true,
      },
      {
        key: '3',
        label: (
          <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.luohanacademy.com">
            3rd menu item (disabled)
          </a>
        ),
        disabled: true,
      },
      {
        key: '4',
        danger: true,
        label: 'a danger item',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      <Space>
        Hover me
        <DownOutlined />
      </Space>
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

export default App;

Arrow

You could display an arrow.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Button } from 'antd';

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

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <>
    <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>
  </>
);

export default App;
#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;
}

Arrow pointing at the center

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

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Button } from 'antd';

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

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <>
    <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>
  </>
);

export default App;
#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;
}

Click event

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

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, message, Space } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';

const onClick: MenuProps['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',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      <Space>
        Hover me, Click menu item
        <DownOutlined />
      </Space>
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

export default App;

Cascading menu

The menu has multiple levels.

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

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

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      <Space>
        Cascading menu
        <DownOutlined />
      </Space>
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

export default App;

Context Menu

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

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
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',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu} trigger={['contextMenu']}>
    <div
      className="site-dropdown-context-menu"
      style={{
        textAlign: 'center',
        height: 200,
        lineHeight: '200px',
      }}
    >
      Right Click on here
    </div>
  </Dropdown>
);

export default App;
.site-dropdown-context-menu {
  color: #777;
  background: #f7f7f7;
}

Placement

Support 6 placements.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Button, Space } from 'antd';

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

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <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>
);

export default App;

Other elements

Divider and disabled menu item.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Space } 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,
      },
    ]}
  />
);

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      <Space>
        Hover me
        <DownOutlined />
      </Space>
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

export default App;

Trigger mode

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

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Space } 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',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Dropdown overlay={menu} trigger={['click']}>
    <a onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
      <Space>
        Click me
        <DownOutlined />
      </Space>
    </a>
  </Dropdown>
);

export default App;

Button with dropdown menu

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.

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Button, message, Space, Tooltip } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined, UserOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';

const handleButtonClick = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
  message.info('Click on left button.');
  console.log('click left button', e);
};

const handleMenuClick: MenuProps['onClick'] = 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 />,
      },
    ]}
  />
);

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <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 as React.ReactElement<any, string>, { loading: true }),
      ]}
    >
      With Tooltip
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
      <Button>
        <Space>
          Button
          <DownOutlined />
        </Space>
      </Button>
    </Dropdown>
  </Space>
);

export default App;

The way of hiding menu.

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

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Space } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);

  const handleMenuClick: MenuProps['onClick'] = e => {
    if (e.key === '3') {
      setVisible(false);
    }
  };

  const handleVisibleChange = (flag: boolean) => {
    setVisible(flag);
  };

  const menu = (
    <Menu
      onClick={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={handleVisibleChange} visible={visible}>
      <a onClick={e => e.preventDefault()}>
        <Space>
          Hover me
          <DownOutlined />
        </Space>
      </a>
    </Dropdown>
  );
};

export default App;

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

TypeScript
JavaScript
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { Menu, Dropdown, Space } from 'antd';
import { DownOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const menu = (
  <Menu
    items={[
      {
        label: 'Submit and continue',
        key: '1',
      },
    ]}
  />
);

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [loadings, setLoadings] = useState<boolean[]>([]);

  const enterLoading = (index: number) => {
    setLoadings(state => {
      const newLoadings = [...state];
      newLoadings[index] = true;
      return newLoadings;
    });

    setTimeout(() => {
      setLoadings(state => {
        const newLoadings = [...state];
        newLoadings[index] = false;
        return newLoadings;
      });
    }, 6000);
  };

  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={() => enterLoading(0)}
      >
        Submit
      </Dropdown.Button>
      <Dropdown.Button
        icon={<DownOutlined />}
        loading={loadings[1]}
        overlay={menu}
        onClick={() => enterLoading(1)}
      >
        Submit
      </Dropdown.Button>
    </Space>
  );
};

export default App;

API#

Property	Description	Type	Default
arrow	Whether the dropdown arrow should be visible	boolean \| { pointAtCenter: boolean }	false
disabled	Whether the dropdown menu is disabled	boolean	-
destroyPopupOnHide	Whether destroy dropdown when hidden	boolean	false
getPopupContainer	To 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
overlay	The dropdown menu	Menu \| () => Menu	-
overlayClassName	The class name of the dropdown root element	string	-
overlayStyle	The style of the dropdown root element	CSSProperties	-
placement	Placement of popup menu: `bottom` `bottomLeft` `bottomRight` `top` `topLeft` `topRight`	string	`bottomLeft`
trigger	The trigger mode which executes the dropdown action. Note that hover can't be used on touchscreens	Array<`click`\|`hover`\|`contextMenu`>	[`hover`]
visible	Whether the dropdown menu is currently visible	boolean	-
onVisibleChange	Called 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>.

Property	Description	Type	Default
buttonsRender	Custom buttons inside Dropdown.Button	(buttons: ReactNode[]) => ReactNode[]	-
loading	Set the loading status of button	boolean \| { delay: number }	false
disabled	Whether the dropdown menu is disabled	boolean	-
icon	Icon (appears on the right)	ReactNode	-
overlay	The dropdown menu	Menu	-
placement	Placement of popup menu: `bottom` `bottomLeft` `bottomRight` `top` `topLeft` `topRight`	string	`bottomLeft`
size	Size of the button, the same as Button	string	`default`
trigger	The trigger mode which executes the dropdown action	Array<`click`\|`hover`\|`contextMenu`>	[`hover`]
type	Type of the button, the same as Button	string	`default`
visible	Whether the dropdown menu is currently visible	boolean	-
onClick	The same as Button: called when you click the button on the left	(event) => void	-
onVisibleChange	Called when the visible state is changed	(visible: boolean) => void	-

Dropdown

When To Use#

Examples

API#

Dropdown#

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