Dropdowns

Toggle contextual overlays for displaying lists of links and more with the Bootstrap dropdown plugin. Read the Official Bootstrap Documentation for a full list of instructions and other options.

Basic Example

Wrap the dropdown’s toggle (your button or link) and the dropdown menu within .dropdown, or another element that declares position: relative;. Dropdowns can be triggered from <a> or <button> elements to better fit your potential needs.

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Dropdown variations

Add class .btn-* for solid colored buttons.

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Split button

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.

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Sizing

Button dropdowns work with buttons of all sizes, including default and split dropdown buttons.

Dropup

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

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Dropright

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

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Dropleft

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

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Active menu item

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

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Disabled menu item

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

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

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

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Text in dropdown

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.

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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.