---
components: ["Dropdown", "DropdownSkeleton"]
---

<script>
  import { Dropdown, DropdownSkeleton, InlineNotification } from "carbon-components-svelte";
  import Preview from "../../components/Preview.svelte";
</script>

`Dropdown` is keyed for performance reasons.

<InlineNotification svx-ignore lowContrast title="Note:" kind="info" hideCloseButton>
  <div class="body-short-01">Every <code>items</code> object must have a unique "id" property.</div>
</InlineNotification>

### Default

<Dropdown titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Custom slot

Override the default slot to customize the display of each item. Access the item and index through the `let:` directive.

<FileSource src="/framed/Dropdown/DropdownSlot" />

### Hidden label

<Dropdown hideLabel titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Format item display text

Use the `itemToString` prop to format the display of individual items.

<Dropdown itemToString={item => {
  return item.text + ' (' + item.id +')'
}} titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Multiple dropdowns

<FileSource src="/framed/Dropdown/MultipleDropdown" />

### Top direction

Set `direction` to `"top"` for the dropdown menu to appear above the input.

<Dropdown direction="top" titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Light variant

<Dropdown light titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Inline variant

<Dropdown type="inline" titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Extra-large size

<Dropdown size="xl" titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Small size

<Dropdown size="sm" titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Invalid state

<Dropdown invalid invalidText="Secondary contact method must be different from the primary contact" titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Warning state

<Dropdown warn warnText="This contact method is not associated with your account" titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Disabled state

<Dropdown disabled titleText="Contact" selectedId="0" items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
  {id: "1", text: "Email"},
  {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />

### Skeleton

<DropdownSkeleton />