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Appearance

Updated on Feb 5, 2026

The DropDownButton provides a predefined set of appearance options.

Apart from the default vision of the DropDownButton, these alternative styling options enable you to configure each individual aspect of the component's appearance.

The current article provides details about how the component changes when the different configurations of its properties are applied. Here are the sections you can directly access:

Configurator demo

The following example demonstrates configuring different aspects of a DropDownButton appearance through a configurator.

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Size

The size of the DropDownButton is controlled through its size property. The values we can pass to the property are as follows:

  • small — Sets the padding to 2px and 8px.
  • medium — Sets the padding to 4px and 8px.
  • large — Sets the padding to 6px and 8px.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each size option:

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Roundness

The roundness of the DropDownButton is controlled through its rounded property. The values we can pass to the property are as follows:

  • none — Sets no border radius.
  • small — Sets the border radius to 1px.
  • medium — Sets the border radius to 2px.
  • large — Sets the border radius to 4px.
  • full — Sets the border radius to 9999px.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each rounded option:

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Fill Mode

The styling of the DropDownButton is controlled through its fillMode property. The values we can pass to the property are as follows:

  • solid — Sets a background color and solid borders.
  • flat — Sets transparent background and borders in default state, and background color in focused state.
  • outline — Sets a transparent background and solid borders.
  • link — Sets transparent background and borders.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each fillMode option:

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Theme Colors

The color of the DropDownButton is controlled through its themeColor property.

  • base — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the base theme color.
  • primary — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the primary theme color.
  • secondary — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the secondary theme color.
  • tertiary — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the tertiary theme color.
  • info — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the info theme color.
  • success — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the success theme color.
  • warning — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the warning theme color.
  • error — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the error theme color.
  • dark — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the dark theme color.
  • light — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the light theme color.
  • inverse — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on the inverse theme color.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each themeColor option:

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