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React Suite Dropdown Component

React Suite is a popular front-end library with a set of React components that are designed for the middle platform and back-end products. Dropdown component allows the user to provide navigation that uses a select picker if you want to select a value. We can use the following approach in ReactJS to use the React Suite Dropdown Component.

Dropdown Props:

  • activeKey: It is used to set the option to activate the state which corresponds to the event key in the Dropdown.item component.
  • classPrefix: It is used to denote the prefix of the component CSS class.
  • disabled: It is used to indicate whether the component is disabled or not.
  • icon: It is used to set the icon.
  • menuStyle: It is used to denote the style of the menu.
  • onClose: It is a function that is triggered at the close of the menu.
  • onOpen: It is a function that is triggered on the open of the menu.
  • onSelect: It is a function that is triggered on select of a menu item.
  • onToggle: It is a function that is triggered on menu state switching.
  • open: It is used to denote the controlled open state.
  • placement: It is used for the placement of the Menu.
  • renderTitle: It is used to denote the custom title
  • title: The menu defaults to display content.
  • toggleClassName: It is used to denote a CSS class to apply to the Toggle DOM node
  • toggleComponentClass: It can be used as a custom element for this component.
  • trigger: It is used for the Triggering events.

Dropdown.Item Props:

  • active: It is used to make the state active for the current option.
  • children: It is used to denote the primary content.
  • classPrefix: It is used to denote the prefix of the component CSS class.
  • componentClass: It can be used as a custom element type for this component.
  • disabled: It is used to disable the current option.
  • divider: It is used to indicate whether to display the divider.
  • eventKey: It is used to denote the value of the current option.
  • icon: It is used to set the icon.
  • onSelect: It is a function that is triggered on select of current option.
  • panel: It is used to display a custom panel.
  • renderItem: It is used for the custom rendering item.

Dropdown.Menu Props:

  • icon: It is used to set the icon.
  • pullLeft: It is used for making the submenu expand from the left and default to the right.
  • title: It is used to define the title as a submenu.

 

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

  • Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

    npx create-react-app foldername
  • Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:

    cd foldername
  • Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:

    npm install rsuite

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Project Structure

Example: Now write down the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.

App.js




import React from 'react'
import 'rsuite/dist/styles/rsuite-default.css';
import { Dropdown } from 'rsuite';
  
export default function App() {
  
  return (
    <div style={{
      display: 'block', width: 700, paddingLeft: 30
    }}>
      <h4>React Suite Dropdown Component</h4>
      <Dropdown title="Select Weekday">
        <Dropdown.Item>Monday</Dropdown.Item>
        <Dropdown.Item>Tuesday</Dropdown.Item>
        <Dropdown.Item>Wednesday</Dropdown.Item>
        <Dropdown.Item>Thursday</Dropdown.Item>
        <Dropdown.Item>Friday</Dropdown.Item>
        <Dropdown.Item>Saturday</Dropdown.Item>
        <Dropdown.Item>Sunday</Dropdown.Item>
      </Dropdown>
    </div>
  );
}


Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output:

Reference: https://rsuitejs.com/components/dropdown/

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