Any single `.btn` can be turned into a dropdown toggle with some markup changes. Here's how you can put them to work with either `<button>` elements:
{% example html %}
-<div class="dropdown show">
+<div class="dropdown">
<button class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="dropdownMenuButton" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown button
</button>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div><!-- /btn-group -->
- <div class="btn-group">
+ <div class="btn-group ml-2">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-lg btn-secondary">Large split button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-lg btn-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle Dropdown</span>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div><!-- /btn-group -->
- <div class="btn-group">
+ <div class="btn-group ml-2">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary">Small split button</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle Dropdown</span>
Trigger dropdown menus above elements by adding `.dropup` to the parent element.
<div class="bd-example">
- <div class="btn-toolbar" role="toolbar">
- <div class="btn-group dropup">
- <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
- Dropup
- </button>
- <div class="dropdown-menu">
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
- <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
- </div>
+ <div class="btn-group dropup">
+ <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
+ Dropup
+ </button>
+ <div class="dropdown-menu">
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
+ <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
+ </div>
- <div class="btn-group dropup">
- <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">
- Split dropup
- </button>
- <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
- <span class="sr-only">Toggle Dropdown</span>
- </button>
- <div class="dropdown-menu">
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
- <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
- <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
- </div>
+ <div class="btn-group dropup">
+ <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">
+ Split dropup
+ </button>
+ <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
+ <span class="sr-only">Toggle Dropdown</span>
+ </button>
+ <div class="dropdown-menu">
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
+ <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
+ <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Historically dropdown menu contents *had* to be links, but that's no longer the case with v4. Now you can optionally use `<button>` elements in your dropdowns instead of just `<a>`s.
{% example html %}
-<div class="dropdown show">
+<div class="dropdown">
<button class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="dropdownMenu2" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown
</button>
{% endhighlight %}
{% callout info %}
-#### `data-toggle="dropdown"` still required
+##### `data-toggle="dropdown"` still required
Regardless of whether you call your dropdown via JavaScript or instead use the data-api, `data-toggle="dropdown"` is always required to be present on the dropdown's trigger element.
{% endcallout %}