---
title: Dropdown Menu
description: Displays a menu to the user — such as a set of actions or functions — triggered by a button.
featured: true
base: base
component: true
links:
  doc: https://base-ui.com/react/components/dropdown-menu
  api: https://base-ui.com/react/components/dropdown-menu#api-reference
---

<ComponentPreview
  styleName="base-nova"
  name="dropdown-menu-demo"
  description="A dropdown menu with icons, shortcuts and sub menu items."
/>

## Installation

<CodeTabs>

<TabsList>
  <TabsTrigger value="cli">Command</TabsTrigger>
  <TabsTrigger value="manual">Manual</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
<TabsContent value="cli">

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add dropdown-menu
```

</TabsContent>

<TabsContent value="manual">

<Steps className="mb-0 pt-2">

<Step>Install the following dependencies:</Step>

```bash
npm install @base-ui/react
```

<Step>Copy and paste the following code into your project.</Step>

<ComponentSource
  name="dropdown-menu"
  title="components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx"
  styleName="base-nova"
/>

<Step>Update the import paths to match your project setup.</Step>

</Steps>

</TabsContent>

</CodeTabs>

## Usage

```tsx showLineNumbers
import {
  DropdownMenu,
  DropdownMenuContent,
  DropdownMenuItem,
  DropdownMenuLabel,
  DropdownMenuSeparator,
  DropdownMenuTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu"
```

```tsx showLineNumbers
<DropdownMenu>
  <DropdownMenuTrigger>Open</DropdownMenuTrigger>
  <DropdownMenuContent>
    <DropdownMenuLabel>My Account</DropdownMenuLabel>
    <DropdownMenuSeparator />
    <DropdownMenuItem>Profile</DropdownMenuItem>
    <DropdownMenuItem>Billing</DropdownMenuItem>
    <DropdownMenuItem>Team</DropdownMenuItem>
    <DropdownMenuItem>Subscription</DropdownMenuItem>
  </DropdownMenuContent>
</DropdownMenu>
```

## Examples

### Checkboxes

<ComponentPreview
  styleName="base-nova"
  name="dropdown-menu-checkboxes"
  description="A dropdown menu with checkboxes."
/>

### Radio Group

<ComponentPreview
  styleName="base-nova"
  name="dropdown-menu-radio-group"
  description="A dropdown menu with radio items."
/>

### Dialog

This example shows how to open a dialog from a dropdown menu.

Use `modal={false}` on the `DropdownMenu` component.

```tsx showLineNumbers
<DropdownMenu modal={false}>
  <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
    <Button variant="outline">Actions</Button>
  </DropdownMenuTrigger>
</DropdownMenu>
```

<ComponentPreview styleName="base-nova" name="dropdown-menu-dialog" />