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Overview API Examples

<nve-dropdown>

Properties

PropertyAttributeDescriptionValues alignment alignment

Determines the alignment of the popover relative to the provided anchor element.

start Aligns the popover to the beginning edge of the anchor for left or top alignment.
end Aligns the popover to the ending edge of the anchor for right or bottom alignment.
center Centers the popover along the anchor's edge for balanced positioning.
anchor anchor

Provides the element that the popover should position relative to. Set the property to an element or its ID within the same render root. The HTML attribute accepts only the element ID.

arrow arrow

Determines if an arrow renders.

true
false
behaviorTrigger behavior-trigger
deprecated

Use the popover API instead. Determines if popover visibility behavior should be automatically controlled by the trigger.

boolean
closable closable

Indicates whether the user can dismiss or close the element.

true The element displays a close control and the user can dismiss it.
false The user cannot close the element and must dismiss it programmatically.
i18n i18n

Enables internal string values to update for internationalization.

position position

Sets the side position of the popover relative to the provided anchor element.

center Centers the popover directly over the anchor element.
top Positions the popover above the anchor element.
bottom Positions the popover below the anchor element.
left Positions the popover to the left side of the anchor element.
right Positions the popover to the right side of the anchor element.
trigger trigger
deprecated

Use the popover API instead. The trigger defines what element triggers an open interaction event. A trigger can accept a idref string within the same render root or a HTMLElement DOM reference.

Events

EventDescription beforetoggle

Dispatched on a popover just before showing or hiding.

close

Dispatched when the dropdown closes.

open

Dispatched when the dropdown opens.

toggle

Dispatched on a popover element just after showing or hiding.

Slots

SlotDescription default

default slot for dropdown content

CSS Properties

Css-propertyDescription --animation-duration

Duration of dropdown open/close animations MDN

--arrow-transform

Transform applied to the popover arrow

--background --border --border-radius --box-shadow --color --gap --min-width --padding --width

CSS Parts

Css-partDescription icon-button

The close icon button element

<nve-dropdown-header>

Slots

SlotDescription default

default slot for the dropdown header

CSS Properties

Css-propertyDescription --border-bottom --padding

Slots

SlotDescription default

default slot for the dropdown footer

CSS Properties

Css-propertyDescription --border-top --gap --padding