HextaUI

Dropdown menu: Disabled

A disabled trigger never opens. Disabled items stay visible and are skipped by the arrow keys.

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import {
  DropdownMenu,
  DropdownMenuContent,
  DropdownMenuItem,
  DropdownMenuTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu"

export function DropdownMenuDisabled() {
  return (
    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-2">
      <DropdownMenu>
        <DropdownMenuTrigger disabled render={<Button variant="outline" />}>
          Disabled trigger
        </DropdownMenuTrigger>
        <DropdownMenuContent>
          <DropdownMenuItem>Never shown</DropdownMenuItem>
        </DropdownMenuContent>
      </DropdownMenu>
      <DropdownMenu>
        <DropdownMenuTrigger render={<Button variant="outline" />}>
          Disabled items
        </DropdownMenuTrigger>
        <DropdownMenuContent>
          <DropdownMenuItem>Rename</DropdownMenuItem>
          <DropdownMenuItem disabled>Move (no permission)</DropdownMenuItem>
          <DropdownMenuItem disabled>Share (no permission)</DropdownMenuItem>
        </DropdownMenuContent>
      </DropdownMenu>
    </div>
  )
}

This adds the example as components/examples/dropdown-menu/disabled.tsx, together with the Dropdown menu component and the HextaUI theme tokens it needs.

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://hextaui.com/r/dropdown-menu-disabled.json

To add only the component, follow the Dropdown menu installation.

Props in this example

The Dropdown menu props this example sets, from the API reference.

PropTypeDefault
disabled
booleanfalse
render
ReactElement | (props, state) => ReactElement<button>
PropTypeDefault
disabled
booleanfalse

Every prop is in the Dropdown menu API reference.

See them all, with keyboard support and accessibility notes, on the Dropdown menu page.