Basic dropdown menu
For AI Agents
Hand your agent this brief or the ReUI MCP, not a screenshot. Free to install.
Best for: Plain text rows in 2 groups, the first headed My Account, with a disabled API row
When to use
- Action and overflow menus on a button or a dots icon, such as edit, duplicate, share, export and delete
- Account, workspace and create menus showing the signed in user, workspace switching and sign out
- Toggles, exclusive choices and short lists, such as panel layout, theme, AI models or recent alerts
When not to use
- One list that mixes flyouts, a theme radio set, a checkbox and a delete row: use the Dropdown Menu All Item Types example
- Actions opened by right clicking or long pressing a surface, with no button to press: use the Context Menu component
- A whole top bar with search, alerts, switchers and the user dropdown already placed: use the Navbar blocks
- The account settings page an avatar link opens, with identity, team and billing forms: use the Profile blocks
Agent notes
DropdownMenuLabelthrows on the base twin unless it sits inside aDropdownMenuGrouporDropdownMenuRadioGroup- On the base twin run an item's action from
onClick;onSelectis a Radix item event that Base UI never fires - Pass the trigger element through
renderon the base twin and as theasChildchild on radix; the prop meant for the other twin does nothing
https://reui.io/components/dropdown-menu/c-dropdown-menu-1.mdget_example("c-dropdown-menu-1")npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-dropdown-menu-1Shadcn Components in Dropdown Menu Basic
About Shadcn Dropdown Menu Basic
Basic dropdown menu. Built by composing Button, Dropdown Menu. A free, open source shadcn dropdown menu example you can install with npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-dropdown-menu-1 and edit as your own code.
What You Can Build With Shadcn Dropdown Menu Basic
- Composes Button, Dropdown Menu, so it drops into any project already using those components.
- Install it with the shadcn CLI: npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-dropdown-menu-1
- Open source and free, with the full source on this page to copy or adapt.
More Shadcn Dropdown Menu Examples
- Opening Positions Dropdown menus opening positions
- Icons Dropdown menu with icons
- Keyboard Shortcuts Dropdown menu with keyboard shortcuts
- Nested Submenus Dropdown menu with nested submenus
- Checkboxes Dropdown menu with checkboxes
- Radio Groups Dropdown menu with radio groups
- All Item Types Advance dropdown menu
- User Profile User profile dropdown menu
- Workspace Switcher Workspace switcher dropdown menu
- Notification Feed Notifications dropdown menu
- Record Actions Actions dropdown menu
- Share & Export Share and export dropdown menu
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Frequently Asked Questions
When should I use Shadcn Dropdown Menu Basic?
Use it for plain text rows in 2 groups, the first headed My Account, with a disabled API row.
Shadcn Dropdown Menu as a whole fits:
- Action and overflow menus on a button or a dots icon, such as edit, duplicate, share, export and delete
- Account, workspace and create menus showing the signed in user, workspace switching and sign out
- Toggles, exclusive choices and short lists, such as panel layout, theme, AI models or recent alerts
For one list that mixes flyouts, a theme radio set, a checkbox and a delete row, use the Dropdown Menu All Item Types example. For actions opened by right clicking or long pressing a surface, with no button to press, use the Context Menu component. For a whole top bar with search, alerts, switchers and the user dropdown already placed, use the Navbar blocks. For the account settings page an avatar link opens, with identity, team and billing forms, use the Profile blocks.
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Is Shadcn Dropdown Menu Basic free to use?
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