Appearance

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:

• DropDownButton Configurator demo
• DropDownButton Sizes
• DropDownButton Shape
• DropDownButton Roundness
• DropDownButton Fill Mode
• DropDownButton Theme Colors

Configurator demo

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

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(Default) — Sets the padding to 4px and 8px.
• large — Sets the padding to 6px and 8px.
• null — Passing null to the size property gives us the option to define a custom CSS class that sets the padding of the DropDownButton.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each size option:

Shape

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

• rectangle(Default) — Sets a shape based on the rectangle option.
• square — Sets a shape based on the square option.
• null — Passing null to the shape removes the built-in shape of the DropDownButton.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each shape option:

Roundness

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

• small — Sets the border radius to 1px.
• medium(Default) — Sets the border radius to 2px.

• large — Sets the border radius to 4px.

• full — Sets the border radius to 9999px.
• null — Passing null to the rounded property gives us the option to define a custom CSS class that defines the border-radius of the DropDownButton.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each rounded option:

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 (Default) — 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.
• null — Passing null to the fillMode property gives us the option to define a custom CSS class that defines the background and border of the DropDownButton.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each fillMode option:

Theme Colors

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

• base (Default) — 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 thesecondary theme color.
• tertiary — The color of the DropDownButton will be based on thetertiary 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.
• null — Passing null to the themeColor property gives us the option to define a custom CSS class that sets the look of the DropDownButton.

The following example demonstrates the usage of each themeColor option:

Suggested Links

• API Reference of the DropDownButton
• DropDownButton size options
• DropDownButton shape options
• DropDownButton rounded options
• DropDownButton fillMode options
• DropDownButton themeColor options
• Creating Custom Styles with ThemeBuilder