Class yii\bootstrap\Dropdown

Inheritanceyii\bootstrap\Dropdown » yii\bootstrap\Widget » yii\base\Widget
Uses Traitsyii\bootstrap\BootstrapWidgetTrait
Available since version2.0

Dropdown renders a Bootstrap dropdown menu component.

For example,

<div class="dropdown">
    <a href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle">Label <b class="caret"></b></a>
    <?php
        echo Dropdown::widget([
            'items' => [
                ['label' => 'DropdownA', 'url' => '/'],
                ['label' => 'DropdownB', 'url' => '#'],
            ],
        ]);
    ?>
</div>

See also http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#dropdowns.

Public Properties

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PropertyTypeDescriptionDefined By
$clientEvents array The event handlers for the underlying Bootstrap JS plugin. yii\bootstrap\BootstrapWidgetTrait
$clientOptions array The options for the underlying Bootstrap JS plugin. yii\bootstrap\BootstrapWidgetTrait
$encodeLabels boolean Whether the labels for header items should be HTML-encoded. yii\bootstrap\Dropdown
$items array List of menu items in the dropdown. yii\bootstrap\Dropdown
$options array The HTML attributes for the widget container tag. yii\bootstrap\Widget
$submenuOptions array|null The HTML attributes for sub-menu container tags. yii\bootstrap\Dropdown

Public Methods

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MethodDescriptionDefined By
getView() yii\bootstrap\BootstrapWidgetTrait
init() Initializes the widget. yii\bootstrap\Dropdown
run() Renders the widget. yii\bootstrap\Dropdown

Protected Methods

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MethodDescriptionDefined By
registerClientEvents() Registers JS event handlers that are listed in $clientEvents. yii\bootstrap\BootstrapWidgetTrait
registerPlugin() Registers a specific Bootstrap plugin and the related events yii\bootstrap\BootstrapWidgetTrait
renderItems() Renders menu items. yii\bootstrap\Dropdown

Property Details

$encodeLabels public property

Whether the labels for header items should be HTML-encoded.

public boolean $encodeLabels true
$items public property

List of menu items in the dropdown. Each array element can be either an HTML string, or an array representing a single menu with the following structure:

  • label: string, required, the label of the item link.
  • encode: bool, optional, whether to HTML-encode item label.
  • url: string|array, optional, the URL of the item link. This will be processed by \yii\helpers\Url::to(). If not set, the item will be treated as a menu header when the item has no sub-menu.
  • visible: bool, optional, whether this menu item is visible. Defaults to true.
  • linkOptions: array, optional, the HTML attributes of the item link.
  • options: array, optional, the HTML attributes of the item.
  • items: array, optional, the submenu items. The structure is the same as this property. Note that Bootstrap doesn't support dropdown submenu. You have to add your own CSS styles to support it.
  • submenuOptions: array, optional, the HTML attributes for sub-menu container tag. If specified it will be merged with $submenuOptions.

To insert divider use <li role="presentation" class="divider"></li>.

public array $items = []
$submenuOptions public property (available since version 2.0.5)

The HTML attributes for sub-menu container tags. If not set - $options value will be used for it.

public array|null $submenuOptions null

Method Details

init() public method

Initializes the widget.

If you override this method, make sure you call the parent implementation first.

public void init ( )
renderItems() protected method

Renders menu items.

protected string renderItems ( $items, $options = [] )
$items array

The menu items to be rendered

$options array

The container HTML attributes

return string

The rendering result.

throws \yii\base\InvalidConfigException

if the label option is not specified in one of the items.

run() public method

Renders the widget.

public void run ( )