Dropdown

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Description

Dropdown is a lightweight context menu for housing navigation and actions. They're great for instances where you don't need the full power (and code) of the SelectMenu.

Arguments

Name	Default	Description
overlay		`Symbol` One of `:dark`, `:default`, or `:none`.
with_caret		`Boolean` Whether or not a caret should be rendered in the button.
system_arguments		`Hash` System arguments

Slots

`button`

Required trigger for the dropdown. Has the same arguments as Primer::ButtonComponent, but it is locked as a summary tag.

Name	Default	Description
aria_label_open		`String` Defaults to "Close". Value to announce when menu is open.
aria_label_closed		`String` Defaults to "Open". Value to announce when menu is closed.

Required context menu for the dropdown.

Name	Default	Description
as		`Symbol` When `as` is `:list`, wraps the menu in a `<ul>` with a `<li>` for each item.
direction		`Symbol` One of `:e`, `:ne`, `:s`, `:se`, `:sw`, or `:w`.
scheme		`Symbol` Pass `:dark` for dark mode theming
header		`String` Optional string to display as the header
system_arguments		`Hash` System arguments

Items to be rendered in the Dropdown menu.

This component is part of Dropdown and should not be used as a standalone component.

Name	Default	Description
as		`Symbol` When `as` is `:list`, wraps the menu in a `<ul>` with a `<li>` for each item.
direction		`Symbol` One of `:e`, `:ne`, `:s`, `:se`, `:sw`, or `:w`..
header		`String` Header to be displayed above the menu.
system_arguments		`Hash` System arguments

`items`

Name	Default	Description
tag		`Symbol` One of `:a`, `:button`, or `:summary`..
divider		`Boolean` Whether the item is a divider without any function.
system_arguments		`Hash` System arguments