Dropdown Menu
Style-agnostic dropdown menu component.
Preview
python
dropdown_menu(label='Actions', items=[{'label': 'Edit', 'event': 'edit_item'}, {'label': 'Duplicate', 'event': 'duplicate_item'}, {'divider': True}, {'label': 'Delete', 'event': 'delete_item', 'danger': True}], open=True)Usage
views.py
python
from djust import LiveView
from djust.decorators import event_handler
from djust.components import DropdownMenu
class MyView(LiveView):
template_name = "my_template.html"
def mount(self, request, **kwargs):
self.component = DropdownMenu(label='Actions', items=[{'label': 'Edit', 'event': 'edit_item'}, {'label': 'Duplicate', 'event': 'duplicate_item'}, {'divider': True}, {'label': 'Delete', 'event': 'delete_item', 'danger': True}], open=True)
@event_handler()
def toggle_menu(self, **kwargs):
self.component.open = not self.component.open
@event_handler()
def edit_item(self, **kwargs):
... # write to self.component; the re-render carries it
@event_handler()
def duplicate_item(self, **kwargs):
... # write to self.component; the re-render carries it
@event_handler()
def delete_item(self, **kwargs):
... # write to self.component; the re-render carries itmy_template.html
django
{{ component }}Events this component sends to the view: toggle_menu.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|
| label | str | 'Menu' |
| items | list | None | None |
| open | bool | False |
| toggle_event | str — renames the event; identity is `name` | 'toggle_menu' |
| align | str | 'left' |
| custom_class | str | '' |
| **kwargs | — passed to `Component.__init__`: `name=` identifies the instance in the events it sends, `id=` sets `component.id`, and any other keyword is kept as state | — |
Source & styles
| File | Path | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| module | djust.components.components.dropdown_menu | Subclass it, or pass custom_class, to change how it renders. |
| css | djust_components/components.css | Defines 7 of this component's classes at line 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1864, 1866. Override those rules, or the custom properties they read, in a stylesheet loaded after it. |