Dropdown widget

Use the dropdown widget to display custom content on the storefront.

Widget source file is lib/web/mage/dropdowns.js.

Usages:

• Shipping policy
• Customer menu
• UI tooltip

HTML markup

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<div class="magento__dropdown-widget">
    <span class="action toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true">
        <span>Dropdown Opener Button</span>
     </span>
     <ul class="dropdown-options" data-target="dropdown">
         <li>
             <span class="item">Dropdown Item One</span>
         </li>
         <li>
             <span class="item"><a href="#">Dropdown Item Two, With Link</a></span>
         </li>
         <li>
             <span class="item">Dropdown Item Three</span>
         </li>
     </ul>
</div>

Styles

Because the dropdown widget is not formatted by default, use LESS mixin .lib-dropdown() to customize it.

//
//  Simple dropdown
//  ---------------------------------------------

.lib-dropdown(
    @_toggle-selector : ~".action.toggle",
    @_options-selector : ~"ul.dropdown",

    @_dropdown-actions-padding: @dropdown-actions__padding,
    @_dropdown-list-min-width: @dropdown-list__min-width,
    @_dropdown-list-width: @dropdown-list__width,
    @_dropdown-list-height: @dropdown-list__height,
    @_dropdown-list-margin-top: @dropdown-list__margin-top,
    @_dropdown-list-position-top: @dropdown-list__position-top,
    @_dropdown-list-position-bottom: @dropdown-list__position-bottom,
    @_dropdown-list-position-left: @dropdown-list__position-left,
    @_dropdown-list-position-right: @dropdown-list__position-right,
    @_dropdown-list-background: @dropdown-list__background,
    @_dropdown-list-border: @dropdown-list__border,
    @_dropdown-list-pointer: @dropdown-list__pointer,
    @_dropdown-list-pointer-border: @dropdown-list-pointer__border,
    @_dropdown-list-pointer-position: @dropdown-list-pointer__position,
    @_dropdown-list-pointer-position-top: @dropdown-list-pointer__position-top,
    @_dropdown-list-pointer-position-left-right: @dropdown-list-pointer__position-left-right,
    @_dropdown-list-item-border: @dropdown-list-item__border,
    @_dropdown-list-item-padding: @dropdown-list-item__padding,
    @_dropdown-list-item-margin: @dropdown-list-item__margin,
    @_dropdown-list-item-hover: @dropdown-list-item__hover,
    @_dropdown-list-shadow: @dropdown-list__shadow,
    @_dropdown-list-z-index: @dropdown-list__z-index,

    @_dropdown-toggle-icon-content: @dropdown-toggle-icon__content,
    @_dropdown-toggle-active-icon-content: @dropdown-toggle-icon__active__content,

    @_icon-font: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font,
    @_icon-font-size: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font-size,
    @_icon-font-line-height: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font-line-height,
    @_icon-font-color: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font-color,
    @_icon-font-color-hover: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font-color-hover,
    @_icon-font-color-active: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font-color-active,
    @_icon-font-margin: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font-margin,
    @_icon-font-position: @dropdown-toggle-icon__position,
    @_icon-font-vertical-align: @dropdown-toggle-icon__font-vertical-align,
    @_icon-font-text-hide: @dropdown-toggle-icon__text-hide
) {
    // ...
}

Initialize the dropdown widget

The dropdown widget is initialized as described in JavaScript initialization.

Initialize with data-mage-init attribute

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<div class="magento__dropdown-widget">
    <span class="action toggle"
          data-toggle="dropdown"
          aria-haspopup="true"
          data-mage-init='{"dropdown":{}}'>
        <span>Dropdown Opener Button</span>
     </span>
     <ul class="dropdown-options" data-target="dropdown" />
</div>

Initialize in .js file with options

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$('.magento__dropdown-widget').dropdown();

Options

• parent
• autoclose
• btnArrow
• menu
• activeClass

parent

The parent element that initialized the widget. If not specified, the widget locates the element using the .parent() jQuery method.

Type:

• jQuery object
• HTML
• String

Default value: null

autoclose

Determines whether to close the dropdown menu when the user clicks outside of the dropdown scope.

Type: Boolean

Default value: true

btnArrow

(Optional) A jQuery selector that updates the arrow to + or - based on the state of the dropdown.

Type: String

Default value: .arrow

menu

A jQuery selector that represents the dropdown’s menu element. menu must be inside the parent element.

Type: String

Default value: [data-target="dropdown"]

activeClass

Given class is added to the widget element when the menu is visible.

Type: String

Default value: active

Result

The result is a custom select dropdown with custom content as options.