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Shadcn Dropdown Menu

Explore the collection of awesome Shadcn Dropdown Menu Components, featuring 14 dropdown menu variants designed for customizable, and interactive UI elements built with React and Tailwind CSS.

Shadcn Animated Dropdown Menu

Enhance your interface with 2 Shadcn animated dropdown menu component variants, crafted with React, Tailwind CSS, and Motion for smooth, interactive animations.

Shadcn Dropdown Menu: Fast, Contextual Actions with Precision

The Shadcn Dropdown Menu provides accessible, headless building blocks for contextual actions and navigation.

Featuring 14+ dropdown menu variants, it's fully customizable with React and Tailwind CSS, making it perfect for toolbars, cards, tables, and user avatars in any React Dropdown Menu UI.

What is Shadcn Dropdown Menu?

The Shadcn Dropdown Menu is a fully customizable and accessible UI component built using React and Tailwind CSS. It allows developers to create interactive menus that appear when a user clicks or hovers over a button, icon, or text element.

The Shadcn Dropdown Menu composes primitives—DropdownMenu, DropdownMenuTrigger, DropdownMenuPortal, DropdownMenuContent, DropdownMenuGroup, DropdownMenuLabel, DropdownMenuItem, DropdownMenuSeparator, DropdownMenuCheckboxItem, DropdownMenuRadioGroup, DropdownMenuRadioItem, DropdownMenuShortcut, DropdownMenuSub, DropdownMenuSubTrigger, and DropdownMenuSubContent—to render a floating list of actions anchored to a trigger.

It supports keyboard navigation, focus management, submenus, and typeahead, while remaining basic styled so you control every visual detail with Tailwind.

Why Use Shadcn Dropdown Menu?

  • Accessible by Design: Proper ARIA roles/attributes, roving focus, and full keyboard support.
  • Precise & Contextual: Show just-in-time actions where users need them (rows, cards, editors).
  • Highly Composable: Mix items, checkboxes, radios, and submenus for rich action sets.
  • Lightweight & Performant: Portaled content with predictable positioning and minimal DOM.
  • Design Freedom: Basic styled foundation to match any design system in a React Dropdown Menu.

Features:

  • 14 Variants Included: Basic, with icons, checkbox items, radio group, submenu, destructive actions, split trigger, right-aligned, full-width on mobile, dense/compact, hover-open, toolbar menu, avatar/user menu, and table row actions.
  • Keyboard & Typeahead: Arrow keys navigate; Enter/Space select; type to jump to items; Esc closes.
  • Submenus: Nested DropdownMenuSub with controlled delays and directional alignment.
  • Checkbox & Radio Items: Maintain state within the menu (view toggles, density, sort mode).
  • Separators & Labels: Group actions clearly with dividers and headings.
  • Adaptive Positioning: Smart alignment/flip to keep menus onscreen.
  • Portal & Z-Index Control: Render above app chrome without clipping.
  • Disabled/Destructive States: Clear affordances for non-clickable or risky actions.

Production Tips

  • Use Clear Targets: Icon-only triggers need labels—pair with Shadcn Tooltip and aria-label.
  • Keep Menus Short: Prioritize top 5–7 actions; move rarities to submenus or secondary screens.
  • Destructive with Care: Separate and style destructive items; require confirmation via Shadcn Dialog.
  • Touch & Mobile: Increase hit targets; consider full-width or sheet-like variant on small screens.
  • Focus Management: Return focus to the trigger on close and ensure visible focus rings.
  • Performance: Avoid heavy renders in items; defer complex content until focus/hover.
  • Reduced Motion: Animate opacity/scale with motion-safe: and provide instant fallbacks for motion-reduce:.

Integration With Other Components

Pair Shadcn Dropdown Menu with Shadcn Button as the trigger (single icon or split button). In data-heavy views, attach menus to Shadcn Data Table rows for edit/duplicate/delete.

Combine with Shadcn Card headers for per-card actions, and use Shadcn Checkbox or radio items to toggle view preferences.

For confirmations, launch a Shadcn Dialog from a menu item; for hints on icon-only triggers, add Shadcn Tooltip. In profile areas, anchor the menu to a Shadcn Avatar to show account/settings/ logout in your React Dropdown Menu flow.

This makes Shadcn Dropdown Menu a flexible shadcn/ui component for building interactive, user-friendly, and data-aware interfaces.

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