Each single.btn
can be changed into a dropdown toggle with small changes. Here’s how you can put them to work with either <button>
elements:
And with <a>
elements:
The best part is you can do this with any button variant, too:
Similarly, create split button dropdowns with virtually the same markup as single button dropdowns, but with the addition of.dropdown-toggle-split
for proper spacing around the dropdown caret.
We use this extra class to reduce the horizontalpadding
on either side of the caret by 25% and remove themargin-left
that’s attached for normal button dropdowns. Those additional changes hold the caret centered in the split button and implement a more properly sized hit area next to the main button.
Button dropdowns work with buttons of all sizes, including default and split dropdown buttons.
Opt into darker dropdowns to match a dark navbar or custom style by adding.dropdown-menu-dark
onto an existing.dropdown-menu
. No changes are required to the dropdown items.
And putting it to use in a navbar:
Trigger dropdown menus above elements by adding.dropup
to the parent element.
Trigger dropdown menus at the right of the elements by adding.dropend
to the parent element.
Trigger dropdown menus at the left of the elements by adding.dropstart
to the parent element.
Historically dropdown menu contentshad to be links, but that’s no longer the case with v4. Now you can optionally use <button>
elements in your dropdowns instead of just <a>
s.
You can also create non-interactive dropdown items with.dropdown-item-text
. Feel free to style further with custom CSS or text utilities.
Add.active
to items in the dropdown tostyle them as active. To convey the active state to assistive technologies, use thearia-current
attribute — using thepage
value for the current page, ortrue
for the current item in a set.
Add.disabled
to items in the dropdown tostyle them as disabled.
If you want to use responsive alignment, disable dynamic positioning by adding thedata-coreui-display="static"
attribute and use the responsive variation classes.
To alignright the dropdown menu with the given breakpoint or larger, add.dropdown-menu{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl|-xxl}-end
.
Add a header to label sections of actions in any dropdown menu.
Separate groups of related menu items with a divider.
Place any freeform text within a dropdown menu with text and usespacing utilities. Note that you’ll likely need additional sizing styles to constrain the menu width.
Put a form within a dropdown menu, or make it into a dropdown menu, and usemargin or padding utilities to give it the negative space you require.