Dropdown menu
Also called: dropdown, menu, select menu.
A list of choices that drops down from a button when you click it, and closes when you pick one or click away.
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Say it in a prompt
Clicking "Use cases" opens a dropdown menu right under it: a white panel with rounded corners and a soft shadow, three options with icons, fading in and moving down 6px over 200ms. Seen on
- Cerebrium: Clicking "Use cases" opens a white panel with three options that have icons.
You might describe it as
- list that opens under a button
- menu that drops down when I click
- choices that pop out below the nav
Not to be confused with
- Tooltip
A dropdown menu offers choices; a tooltip only explains.
- Command palette
A dropdown menu is a short fixed list under one button; a command palette is a search box that finds any action in the app.
- Mega menu
A dropdown menu is one short list; a mega menu is a wide panel with columns of grouped links.
- Context menu
A dropdown menu opens under a button you can see; a context menu opens where you right-click.