Basic
Placement
Other elements
Trigger mode
Click event
Button with dropdown menu
Cascading menu
The way of hiding menu.
Context Menu

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.

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

const menu = (
  <Menu>
    <Menu.Item>
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.alipay.com/">
        1st menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item>
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.taobao.com/">
        2nd menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item>
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.tmall.com/">
        3rd menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" href="#">
      Hover me <Icon type="down" />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>,
  mountNode,
);

Other elements

Divider and disabled menu item.

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

const menu = (
  <Menu>
    <Menu.Item key="0">
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.alipay.com/">
        1st menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="1">
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.taobao.com/">
        2nd menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Divider />
    <Menu.Item key="3" disabled>
      3rd menu item（disabled）
    </Menu.Item>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" href="#">
      Hover me <Icon type="down" />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>,
  mountNode,
);

Click event

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

import { Menu, Dropdown, Icon, message } from 'antd';

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

const menu = (
  <Menu onClick={onClick}>
    <Menu.Item key="1">1st menu item</Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="2">2nd memu item</Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="3">3rd menu item</Menu.Item>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" href="#">
      Hover me, Click menu item <Icon type="down" />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>,
  mountNode,
);

Cascading menu

The menu has multiple levels.

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

const { SubMenu } = Menu;

const menu = (
  <Menu>
    <Menu.Item>1st menu item</Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item>2nd menu item</Menu.Item>
    <SubMenu title="sub menu">
      <Menu.Item>3rd menu item</Menu.Item>
      <Menu.Item>4th menu item</Menu.Item>
    </SubMenu>
    <SubMenu title="disabled sub menu" disabled>
      <Menu.Item>5d menu item</Menu.Item>
      <Menu.Item>6th menu item</Menu.Item>
    </SubMenu>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" href="#">
      Cascading menu <Icon type="down" />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>,
  mountNode,
);

Context Menu

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

import { Menu, Dropdown } from 'antd';

const menu = (
  <Menu>
    <Menu.Item key="1">1st menu item</Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="2">2nd menu item</Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="3">3rd menu item</Menu.Item>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <Dropdown overlay={menu} trigger={['contextMenu']}>
    <span style={{ userSelect: 'none' }}>Right Click on Me</span>
  </Dropdown>,
  mountNode,
);

Placement

Support 6 placements.

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

const menu = (
  <Menu>
    <Menu.Item>
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.alipay.com/">
        1st menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item>
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.taobao.com/">
        2nd menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item>
      <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.tmall.com/">
        3rd menu item
      </a>
    </Menu.Item>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <div>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomLeft">
      <Button>bottomLeft</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomCenter">
      <Button>bottomCenter</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="bottomRight">
      <Button>bottomRight</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <br />
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topLeft">
      <Button>topLeft</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topCenter">
      <Button>topCenter</Button>
    </Dropdown>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu} placement="topRight">
      <Button>topRight</Button>
    </Dropdown>
  </div>,
  mountNode,
);
#components-dropdown-demo-placement .ant-btn {
  margin-right: 8px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}

Trigger mode

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

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

const menu = (
  <Menu>
    <Menu.Item key="0">
      <a href="http://www.alipay.com/">1st menu item</a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="1">
      <a href="http://www.taobao.com/">2nd menu item</a>
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Divider />
    <Menu.Item key="3">3rd menu item</Menu.Item>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <Dropdown overlay={menu} trigger={['click']}>
    <a className="ant-dropdown-link" href="#">
      Click me <Icon type="down" />
    </a>
  </Dropdown>,
  mountNode,
);

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.

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

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}>
    <Menu.Item key="1">
      <Icon type="user" />
      1st menu item
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="2">
      <Icon type="user" />
      2nd menu item
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.Item key="3">
      <Icon type="user" />
      3rd item
    </Menu.Item>
  </Menu>
);

ReactDOM.render(
  <div id="components-dropdown-demo-dropdown-button">
    <Dropdown.Button onClick={handleButtonClick} overlay={menu}>
      Dropdown
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown.Button overlay={menu} icon={<Icon type="user" />}>
      Dropdown
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown.Button onClick={handleButtonClick} overlay={menu} disabled>
      Dropdown
    </Dropdown.Button>
    <Dropdown overlay={menu}>
      <Button>
        Button <Icon type="down" />
      </Button>
    </Dropdown>
  </div>,
  mountNode,
);
#components-dropdown-demo-dropdown-button .ant-dropdown-button {
  margin: 0 8px 8px 0;
}

The way of hiding menu.

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

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

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}>
        <Menu.Item key="1">Clicking me will not close the menu.</Menu.Item>
        <Menu.Item key="2">Clicking me will not close the menu also.</Menu.Item>
        <Menu.Item key="3">Clicking me will close the menu</Menu.Item>
      </Menu>
    );
    return (
      <Dropdown
        overlay={menu}
        onVisibleChange={this.handleVisibleChange}
        visible={this.state.visible}
      >
        <a className="ant-dropdown-link" href="#">
          Hover me <Icon type="down" />
        </a>
      </Dropdown>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<OverlayVisible />, mountNode);

API#

Property	Description	Type	Default	Version
disabled	Whether the dropdown menu is disabled	boolean	-
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.	Function(triggerNode)	`() => document.body`
overlay	The dropdown menu	Menu \| () => Menu	-
overlayClassName	Class name of the dropdown root element	string	-	3.11.0
overlayStyle	Style of the dropdown root element	object	-	3.11.0
placement	Placement of popup menu: `bottomLeft`, `bottomCenter`, `bottomRight`, `topLeft`, `topCenter` or `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.	Function(visible)	-

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	Version
disabled	Whether the dropdown menu is disabled	boolean	-
icon	Icon (appears on the right)	ReactNode	-	3.17.0
overlay	The dropdown menu	Menu	-
placement	Placement of popup menu: `bottomLeft` `bottomCenter` `bottomRight` `topLeft` `topCenter` `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	Function	-
onVisibleChange	Called when the visible state is changed	Function	-

Components63

Dropdown

When To Use#

Examples

API#

Dropdown#

Dropdown.Button#