Dropdown

Dropdown displays a list of actions or options allows the user to select one.

Bootstrap 5 Dropdown menu component

Responsive dropdown menu component built with the latest Bootstrap 5. Dropdown menu component displays a list of actions or options that the user can select one.

Toggle contextual overlays for displaying lists of links and more with the Bootstrap dropdown plugin.

Basic dropdowns

Dropdowns can be triggered from <a> or <button> elements to better fit your potential needs.

Wrap the dropdown’s toggle (your button or link) and the dropdown menu within .dropdown, or another element that declares position: relative;. Ideally, you should use a <button> element as the dropdown trigger, but the plugin will work with <a> elements as well. The examples shown here use semantic <ul> elements where appropriate, but custom markup is supported.

Single buttons

Any single .btn can be turned into a dropdown toggle with some markup changes. Here’s how you can put them to work with either <button> elements:

<div class="dropdown">
  <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Page actions
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
    <li>
      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
    </li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

While <button> is the recommended control for a dropdown toggle, there might be situations where you have to use an <a> element. If you do, we recommend adding a role="button" attribute to appropriately convey control’s purpose to assistive technologies such as screen readers.

<div class="dropdown">
  <a class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" href="#" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropdown link
  </a>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Split buttons

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 horizontal padding on either side of the caret by 25% and remove the margin-left that’s added for regular button dropdowns. Those extra changes keep the caret centered in the split button and provide a more appropriately sized hit area next to the main button.

<div class="btn-group">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default">Page actions</button>
    <button 
      type="button" 
      class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" 
      data-bs-toggle="dropdown" 
      aria-expanded="false"
    >
      <span class="visually-hidden">Toggle Dropdown</span>
    </button>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
      <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

New Feature

The dropdown default trigger mode is click, you can auto-open dropdown menu when mouse hover it via adding .dropdown-hover to the dropdown.

This is implemented by the pure CSS not plugin API, you don’t need to add the data-bs-toggle="dropdown" attribute to the button.

<div class="dropdown dropdown-hover">
  <a class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" href="#" role="button">
    Hover me 
  </a>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

The dropdown will show up when hovering the button.

Colors

You can do this with any button variant in .btn-{color}.

<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Primary
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-success dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Success
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-info dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Info
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-warning dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Waring
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Danger
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-dark dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dark
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="btn-group shadow-0">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-light dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Light
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="ropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Custom arrow icons

Replace the default arrow icon with a custom icon. Just remove the .dropdown-toggle class and adds an icons onto the button. You also can use the margin or flex help classes for alignment if you need.

<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
  Page actions <i class="fas fa-angle-down ms-2"></i>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
  <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
  <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action two</a></li>
  <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action three</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="btn-group">
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default">Page actions</button>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
      <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    </ul>
    <button 
      type="button" 
      class="btn btn-default" 
      data-bs-toggle="dropdown" 
      aria-expanded="false"
    ><i class="fa-solid fa-ellipsis"></i></button>
</div>

Sizes

Button dropdowns work with buttons of all sizes(.btn-sm,.btn-lg), including default and split dropdown buttons. Check out our button component for how to usage.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button class="btn btn-default btn-sm dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Small button
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropdown">
  <button class="btn btn-default btn-lg dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Large button
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Position

Centered

Make the dropdown menu centered below the toggle with .dropdown-center on the parent element.

<div class="dropdown-center">
  <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Centered
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action two</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action three</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Dropup

Trigger dropdown menus above elements by adding .dropup to the parent element.

<div class="dropup">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropup
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action two</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action three</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Dropend

Trigger dropdown menus at the right of the elements by adding .dropend to the parent element.

<div class="dropend">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropend
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action two</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action three</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Dropstart

Trigger dropdown menus at the left of the elements by adding .dropstart to the parent element.

<div class="dropstart">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropstart
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action two</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action three</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Dropup centered

You also can use the .dropup with .dropup-center toghter on the parent element to make he dropup menu centered.

<div class="dropup-center dropup">
  <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Centered dropup
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action two</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action three</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Custom position

Use [data-bs-offset] or [data-bs-reference] attribute to change the location of the dropdown.

<div class="dropdown me-3">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false"
   data-bs-offset="10,20">
    Offset (10,20)
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default">Parent reference</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false"
   data-bs-reference="parent">
    <span class="visually-hidden">Toggle Dropdown</span>
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

You can use <a> or <button> elements as dropdown items.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropdown
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Another action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Something else here</button></li>
  </ul>
</div>

You can also create non-interactive dropdown items with .dropdown-item-text. Feel free to style further with custom CSS or text utilities.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropdown
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><span class="dropdown-item-text">Dropdown item text</span></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Selectd item

Add .active to items in the dropdown to style them as active. To convey the active state to assistive technologies, use the aria-current attribute — using the page value for the current page, or true for the current item in a set.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropdown
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Regular link</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item active" href="#" aria-current="true">Active link</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Disabled item

Add .disabled to items in the dropdown to style them as disabled.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Regular link</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item disabled">Disabled link</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

By default, a dropdown menu is automatically positioned 100% from the top and along the left side of its parent. You can change this with the directional .drop* classes, but you can also control them with additional modifier classes.

Add .dropdown-menu-end to a .dropdown-menu to right align the dropdown menu.

<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Right-aligned menu example
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end">
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Another action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Something else here</button></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Responsive alignment

If you want to use responsive alignment, disable dynamic positioning by adding the data-bs-display="static attribute and use the responsive variation classes.

To align right the dropdown menu with the given breakpoint or larger, add .dropdown-menu{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl|-xxl}-end.

<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-display="static" aria-expanded="false">
    Left-aligned but right aligned when large screen
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-lg-end">
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Another action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Something else here</button></li>
  </ul>
</div>

To align left the dropdown menu with the given breakpoint or larger, add .dropdown-menu-end and .dropdown-menu{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl|-xxl}-start.

<div class="btn-group">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-display="static" aria-expanded="false">
    Right-aligned but left aligned when large screen
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end dropdown-menu-lg-start">
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Another action</button></li>
    <li><button class="dropdown-item" type="button">Something else here</button></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Alignment options

Taking most of the options shown above, here’s a small kitchen sink demo of various dropdown alignment options in one place.

<div class="dropdown mb-2">
  <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropdown
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropdown mb-2">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Right-aligned menu
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropdown mb-2">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-display="static" aria-expanded="false">
    Left-aligned, right-aligned lg
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-lg-end">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropdown mb-2">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-display="static" aria-expanded="false">
    Right-aligned, left-aligned lg
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end dropdown-menu-lg-start">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropstart mb-2">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropstart
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropend mb-2">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropend
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropup">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropup
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Headers

Add a header to label sections of actions in any dropdown menu.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropdown
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><h6 class="dropdown-header">Dropdown header</h6></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Dividers

Separate groups of related menu items with a divider .dropdown-divider.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
    <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Text

Place any freeform text within a dropdown menu with text and use spacing utilities. Note that you’ll likely need additional sizing styles to constrain the menu width.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</button>
  <div class="dropdown-menu p-4 text-muted" style="max-width: 200px;">
    <p>Some example text that's free-flowing within the dropdown menu.</p>
    <p class="mb-0">And this is more example text.</p>
  </div>
</div>

Forms

Put a form within a dropdown menu, or make it into a dropdown menu, and use margin or padding utilities to give it the negative space you require. You also can use CSS variable --bs-dropdown-min-width to change the form min width.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false" data-bs-auto-close="outside">
    Log in
  </button>
  <form class="dropdown-menu p-4" style="--bs-dropdown-min-width:320px;">
    <div class="mb-3">
      <label for="exampleDropdownFormEmail2" class="form-label">Email address</label>
      <input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleDropdownFormEmail2" placeholder="[email protected]" />
    </div>
    <div class="mb-3">
      <label for="exampleDropdownFormPassword2" class="form-label">Password</label>
      <input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleDropdownFormPassword2" placeholder="Password" />
    </div>
    <div class="mb-3">
      <div class="form-check">
        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="dropdownCheck2" />
        <label class="form-check-label" for="dropdownCheck2"> Remember me </label>
      </div>
    </div>
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Sign in</button>
  </form>
</div>

Auto close

By default, the dropdown menu is closed when clicking inside or outside the dropdown menu. You can use the autoClose option by data-bs-auto-close to change this behavior of the dropdown.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-auto-close="true" aria-expanded="false">
    Default dropdown
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-auto-close="inside" aria-expanded="false">
    Clickable outside
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-auto-close="outside" aria-expanded="false">
    Clickable inside
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" data-bs-auto-close="false" aria-expanded="false">
    Manual close
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
    <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Menu item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Below is the autoClose options:

true - the dropdown will be closed by clicking outside or inside the dropdown menu.
false - the dropdown will be closed by clicking the toggle button and manually calling hide or toggle method. (Also will not be closed by pressing esc key)
inside - the dropdown will be closed (only) by clicking inside the dropdown menu.
outside - the dropdown will be closed (only) by clicking outside the dropdown menu.

Note: the dropdown can always be closed with the ESC key.

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Contents

Usage

Via data attributes or JavaScript, the dropdown plugin toggles hidden content (dropdown menus) by toggling the .show class on the parent .dropdown-menu. The data-bs-toggle="dropdown" attribute is relied on for closing dropdown menus at an application level, so it’s a good idea to always use it.

On touch-enabled devices, opening a dropdown adds empty mouseover handlers to the immediate children of the <body> element. This admittedly ugly hack is necessary to work around a quirk in iOS’ event delegation, which would otherwise prevent a tap anywhere outside of the dropdown from triggering the code that closes the dropdown. Once the dropdown is closed, these additional empty mouseover handlers are removed.

Via data attributes

Add data-bs-toggle="dropdown" to a link or button to toggle a dropdown.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
    Dropdown trigger
  </button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    ...
  </ul>
</div>

Via JavaScript

Call the dropdowns via JavaScript:

const dropdownElementList = document.querySelectorAll(".dropdown-toggle");
const dropdownList = [...dropdownElementList].map(
  (dropdownToggleEl) => new bootstrap.Dropdown(dropdownToggleEl)
);

`data-bs-toggle="dropdown"` still required

Regardless of whether you call your dropdown via JavaScript or instead use the data-api, data-bs-toggle="dropdown" is always required to be present on the dropdown’s trigger element.

Options

As options can be passed via data attributes or JavaScript, you can append an option name to data-bs-, as in data-bs-animation="{value}". Make sure to change the case type of the option name from “camelCase” to “kebab-case” when passing the options via data attributes. For example, use data-bs-custom-class="beautifier" instead of data-bs-customClass="beautifier".

As of Bootstrap 5.2.0, all components support an experimental reserved data attribute data-bs-config that can house simple component configuration as a JSON string. When an element has data-bs-config='{"delay":0, "title":123}' and data-bs-title="456" attributes, the final title value will be 456 and the separate data attributes will override values given on data-bs-config. In addition, existing data attributes are able to house JSON values like data-bs-delay='{"show":0,"hide":150}'.

Name	Type	Default	Description
`autoClose`	boolean, string	`true`	Configure the auto close behavior of the dropdown: `true` - the dropdown will be closed by clicking outside or inside the dropdown menu. `false` - the dropdown will be closed by clicking the toggle button and manually calling `hide` or `toggle` method. (Also will not be closed by pressing `esc` key) `'inside'` - the dropdown will be closed (only) by clicking inside the dropdown menu. `'outside'` - the dropdown will be closed (only) by clicking outside the dropdown menu. Note: the dropdown can always be closed with the `ESC` key
`boundary`	string, element	`'scrollParent'`	Overflow constraint boundary of the dropdown menu (applies only to Popper’s preventOverflow modifier). By default it’s `clippingParents` and can accept an HTMLElement reference (via JavaScript only). For more information refer to Popper’s detectOverflow docs.
`display`	string	`'dynamic'`	By default, we use Popper for dynamic positioning. Disable this with `static`.
`offset`	number, string, function	`[0, 2]`	Offset of the dropdown relative to its target. You can pass a string in data attributes with comma separated values like: `data-bs-offset="10,20"`. When a function is used to determine the offset, it is called with an object containing the popper placement, the reference, and popper rects as its first argument. The triggering element DOM node is passed as the second argument. The function must return an array with two numbers: skidding, distance. For more information refer to Popper’s offset docs.
`popperConfig`	null, object, function	`null`	To change Bootstrap’s default Popper config, see Popper’s configuration. When a function is used to create the Popper configuration, it’s called with an object that contains the Bootstrap’s default Popper configuration. It helps you use and merge the default with your own configuration. The function must return a configuration object for Popper.
`reference`	string, element	`'toggle'`	Reference element of the dropdown menu. Accepts the values of `'toggle'`, `'parent'`, an HTMLElement reference or an object providing `getBoundingClientRect`. For more information refer to Popper’s constructor docs and virtual element docs.

Using function with `popperConfig`

const dropdown = new bootstrap.Dropdown(element, {
  popperConfig(defaultBsPopperConfig) {
    // const newPopperConfig = {...}
    // use defaultBsPopperConfig if needed...
    // return newPopperConfig
  }
})

Methods

Method	Description
`dispose`	Destroys an element’s dropdown. (Removes stored data on the DOM element)
`getInstance`	Static method which allows you to get the dropdown instance associated to a DOM element, you can use it like this: `bootstrap.Dropdown.getInstance(element)`
`getOrCreateInstance`	Static method which returns a dropdown instance associated to a DOM element or create a new one in case it wasn’t initialized. You can use it like this: `bootstrap.Dropdown.getOrCreateInstance(element)`.
`hide`	Hides the dropdown menu of a given navbar or tabbed navigation.
`show`	Shows the dropdown menu of a given navbar or tabbed navigation.
`toggle`	Toggles the dropdown menu of a given navbar or tabbed navigation.
`update`	Updates the position of an element’s dropdown.

Events

All dropdown events are fired at the toggling element and then bubbled up. So you can also add event listeners on the .dropdown-menu’s parent element. hide.bs.dropdown and hidden.bs.dropdown events have a clickEvent property (only when the original Event type is click) that contains an Event Object for the click event.

Event type	Description
`hide.bs.dropdown`	Fires immediately when the `hide` instance method has been called.
`hidden.bs.dropdown`	Fired when the dropdown has finished being hidden from the user and CSS transitions have completed.
`show.bs.dropdown`	Fires immediately when the `show` instance method is called.
`shown.bs.dropdown`	Fired when the dropdown has been made visible to the user and CSS transitions have completed.

const myDropdown = document.getElementById('myDropdown')
myDropdown.addEventListener('show.bs.dropdown', event => {
  // do something...
})

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Dropdown

Basic dropdowns

Single buttons

Split buttons

Colors

Custom arrow icons

Sizes

Position

Centered

Dropup

Dropend

Dropstart

Dropup centered

Custom position

Selectd item

Disabled item

Menu alignment

Responsive alignment

Alignment options

Menu content

Headers

Dividers

Text

Forms

Auto close

Usage

Via data attributes

Via JavaScript

`data-bs-toggle="dropdown"` still required

Options

Using function with `popperConfig`

Methods

Events

Dropdown

Basic dropdowns

Single buttons

Split buttons

Dropdown hover trigger

Colors

Custom arrow icons

Sizes

Position

Centered

Dropup

Dropend

Dropstart

Dropup centered

Custom position

Dropdown items

Selectd item

Disabled item

Menu alignment

Responsive alignment

Alignment options

Menu content

Headers

Dropdown header

Dividers

Text

Forms

Auto close

Usage

Via data attributes

Via JavaScript

data-bs-toggle="dropdown" still required

Options

Using function with popperConfig

Methods

Events

`data-bs-toggle="dropdown"` still required

Using function with `popperConfig`