ant-design/components/dropdown/index.en-US.md

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category: Components
type: Navigation
title: Dropdown
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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.

## API

### Dropdown

| Property | Description | Type | Default | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| arrow | Whether the dropdown arrow should be visible | boolean \| { pointAtCenter: boolean } | false |  |
| autoFocus | Focus element in `overlay` when opened | boolean | false | 4.21.0 |
| 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](https://codepen.io/afc163/pen/zEjNOy?editors=0010) | (triggerNode: HTMLElement) => HTMLElement | () => document.body |  |
| overlay | The dropdown menu | [Menu](/components/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`] |  |
| open | Whether the dropdown menu is currently open. Use `visible` under 4.23.0 ([why?](/docs/react/faq#why-open)) | boolean | - | 4.23.0 |
| onOpenChange | Called when the open state is changed. Not trigger when hidden by click item. Use `onVisibleChange` under 4.23.0 ([why?](/docs/react/faq#why-open)) | (open: boolean) => void | - | 4.23.0 |

You should use [Menu](/components/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>`.

### Dropdown.Button

| Property | Description | Type | Default | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| buttonsRender | Custom buttons inside Dropdown.Button | (buttons: ReactNode\[]) => ReactNode\[] | - |  |
| loading | Set the loading status of button | boolean \| { delay: number } | false |  |
| danger | Set the danger status of button | boolean | - | 4.23.0 |
| disabled | Whether the dropdown menu is disabled | boolean | - |  |
| icon | Icon (appears on the right) | ReactNode | - |  |
| overlay | The dropdown menu | [Menu](/components/menu) | - |  |
| placement | Placement of popup menu: `bottom` `bottomLeft` `bottomRight` `top` `topLeft` `topRight` | string | `bottomRight` |  |
| size | Size of the button, the same as [Button](/components/button/#API) | string | `default` |  |
| trigger | The trigger mode which executes the dropdown action | Array&lt;`click`\|`hover`\|`contextMenu`> | \[`hover`] |  |
| type | Type of the button, the same as [Button](/components/button/#API) | string | `default` |  |
| open | Whether the dropdown menu is currently open | boolean | - | 4.23.0 |
| onClick | The same as [Button](/components/button/#API): called when you click the button on the left | (event) => void | - |  |
| onOpenChange | Called when the open state is changed | (open: boolean) => void | - | 4.23.0 |