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---
title: Dropdown
lang: en-US
---
# 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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## Placement
Support 6 placements.
:::demo Set `placement` property to make dropdown appear in different locations.
dropdown/placements
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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 the `divided` attribute 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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## Virtual triggering ^(2.11.3)
Sometimes we want to render the dropdown on some other trigger element, we can separate the trigger and the content.
:::demo
dropdown/virtual-trigger
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## Dropdown API
### Dropdown Attributes
| Name | Description | Type | Default |
| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| type | menu button type, refer to `Button` Component, only works when `split-button` is true | ^[enum]`'' \| 'default' \| 'primary' \| 'success' \| 'warning' \| 'info' \| 'danger' \| 'text' (deprecated)` | '' |
| size | menu size, also works on the split button | ^[enum]`'' \| 'large' \| 'default' \| 'small'` | '' |
| button-props | props for the button component, refer to [Button Attributes](./button.html#button-attributes) | ^[object] | — |
| 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 | ^[enum]`'top' \| 'top-start' \| 'top-end' \| 'bottom' \| 'bottom-start' \| 'bottom-end'` | bottom |
| trigger | how to trigger | ^[enum]`'hover' \| 'click' \| 'contextmenu'` | hover |
| trigger-keys ^(2.9.1) | specify which keys on the keyboard can trigger when pressed | ^[array]`string[]` | `['Enter', 'Space', 'ArrowDown', 'NumpadEnter']` |
| virtual-triggering ^(2.11.3) | indicates whether virtual triggering is enabled | ^[boolean] | — |
| virtual-ref ^(2.11.3) | indicates the reference element to which the dropdown is attached | ^[HTMLElement] | — |
| hide-on-click | whether to hide menu after clicking menu-item | ^[boolean] | true |
| show-arrow ^(2.11.3) | whether the tooltip content has an arrow | ^[boolean] | true |
| show-timeout | delay time before show a dropdown (only works when trigger is `hover`) | ^[number] | 150 |
| 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' | ^[enum]`'dialog' \| 'grid' \| 'group' \| 'listbox' \| 'menu' \| 'navigation' \| 'tooltip' \| 'tree'` | menu |
| tabindex | [tabindex](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/tabindex) of Dropdown | ^[number] / ^[string] | 0 |
| popper-class | custom class name for Dropdown's dropdown | ^[string] / ^[object] | '' |
| popper-style ^(2.11.5) | custom style for Dropdown's dropdown | ^[string] / ^[object] | — |
| popper-options | [popper.js](https://popper.js.org/docs/v2/) parameters | ^[object] | `{modifiers: [{name: 'computeStyles',options: {gpuAcceleration: false}}]}` |
| teleported ^(2.2.20) | whether the dropdown popup is teleported to the body | ^[boolean] | true |
| persistent ^(2.9.5) | when dropdown inactive and `persistent` is `false` , dropdown menu will be destroyed | ^[boolean] | true |
### Dropdown Slots
| Name | Description | Subtags |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| default | 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
| Name | Description | Type |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| click | if `split-button` is `true`, triggers when left button is clicked | ^[Function]`(e: MouseEvent) => void` |
| command | triggers when a dropdown item is clicked, the parameters is the command dispatched from the dropdown item | ^[Function]`(...args: any[]) => void` |
| visible-change | triggers when the dropdown appears/disappears, the param is true when it appears, and false otherwise | ^[Function]`(val: boolean) => void` |
### Dropdown Exposes
| Method | Description | Type |
| ----------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- |
| handleOpen | open the dropdown menu | ^[Function]`() => void` |
| handleClose | close the dropdown menu | ^[Function]`() => void` |
## Dropdown-Menu API
### Dropdown-Menu Slots
| Name | Description | Subtags |
| ------- | ------------------------ | ------------- |
| default | content of Dropdown Menu | Dropdown-Item |
## Dropdown-Item API
### Dropdown-Item Attributes
| Name | Description | Type | 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 |
| ------- | -------------------------- |
| default | customize of Dropdown Item |