Creating a dropdown button with Chakra UI

25 Sep 2023

Dropdown buttons are commonly used in web development to provide a menu of options to the user. Chakra UI is a popular React component library that provides a wide range of customizable UI components, including dropdown buttons. In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of creating a dropdown button using Chakra UI.

Requirements

To follow along with this tutorial, you will need:

Basic knowledge of React
Installed Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager)
A React project set up with Chakra UI (you can follow the official Chakra UI documentation for installation instructions)

Step 1: Import Required Components

First, we need to import the necessary components from Chakra UI. In your React component file, add the following imports at the top:

import { Button, Menu, MenuButton, MenuList, MenuItem, ChevronDownIcon } from "@chakra-ui/react";

Next, we can create our dropdown button using the Chakra UI components. Within your component’s render method, add the following code:

<Menu>
  <MenuButton as={Button} rightIcon={<ChevronDownIcon />} variant="outline">
    Dropdown Button
  </MenuButton>
  <MenuList>
    <MenuItem>Option 1</MenuItem>
    <MenuItem>Option 2</MenuItem>
    <MenuItem>Option 3</MenuItem>
  </MenuList>
</Menu>

This code creates a Menu component which wraps the dropdown button and the list of options. The MenuButton is rendered as a Chakra UI Button component with the ChevronDownIcon as the rightIcon. The MenuList contains the individual menu items, represented by the MenuItem component.

Step 3: Style and Customize

Chakra UI provides various props that you can use to style and customize the dropdown button to match your application’s design. For example, you can add the size prop to define the button size, or the colorScheme prop to set the button’s color scheme.

<Menu>
  <MenuButton as={Button} rightIcon={<ChevronDownIcon />} variant="outline" size="md" colorScheme="teal">
    Dropdown Button
  </MenuButton>
  ...
</Menu>

Feel free to explore the Chakra UI documentation for more options and customizations available for dropdown menus.

Congrats! You’ve successfully created a dropdown button using Chakra UI. It offers a simple and convenient way to provide users with a menu of options in your React application. Experiment with different customizations and styling to make it fit seamlessly into your UI.

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Requirements

Step 1: Import Required Components

Step 2: Create Dropdown Button

Step 3: Style and Customize