# Dropdown menu: Scrolling

> When there isn’t room for every item, the menu scrolls inside the viewport and the highlighted item scrolls into view.

Example: https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/scrolling
Component docs: https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu.md

## Add this example

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://hextaui.com/r/dropdown-menu-scrolling.json
```

This adds `components/examples/dropdown-menu/scrolling.tsx` with the Dropdown menu component and the HextaUI theme tokens.

## Source

```tsx title="components/examples/dropdown-menu/scrolling.tsx"
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import {
  DropdownMenu,
  DropdownMenuContent,
  DropdownMenuItem,
  DropdownMenuTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu"

export function DropdownMenuScrolling() {
  return (
    <DropdownMenu>
      <DropdownMenuTrigger render={<Button variant="outline" />}>
        40 documents
      </DropdownMenuTrigger>
      <DropdownMenuContent>
        {Array.from({ length: 40 }, (_, index) => (
          <DropdownMenuItem key={index}>Document {index + 1}</DropdownMenuItem>
        ))}
      </DropdownMenuContent>
    </DropdownMenu>
  )
}
```

## Props in this example

### DropdownMenuTrigger

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `render` | `ReactElement \| (props, state) => ReactElement` | `<button>` |  |

## More Dropdown menu examples

- [Safe area](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/safe-area.md)
- [Checkboxes](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/checkboxes.md)
- [Radio group](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/radio-group.md)
- [Check on the right](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/indicator-end.md)
- [Select-like](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/select.md)
- [Row actions](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/row-actions.md)
- [Controlled](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/controlled.md)
- [Open on hover](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/hover.md)
- [Disabled](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/disabled.md)
- [Long content](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/long-content.md)
- [Inside a sheet](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/in-sheet.md)
- [Right to left](https://hextaui.com/docs/dropdown-menu/examples/rtl.md)