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GenericDropdownMenu

GenericDropdownMenu allows you to display contextual menus with default textual options or any VisualElement.
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Definition

public class GenericDropdownMenu

Remarks

The GenericDropdownMenu is a generic implementation of a dropdown menu that you can use in both Editor UI and runtime UI.
The following example creates a dropdown menu with three items. It displays the menu when the user clicks the button. The example also demonstrates how to set the width of the dropdown menu with the
DropDown
method.

Examples

using UnityEditor;using UnityEngine;using UnityEngine.UIElements;public class MenuExample : EditorWindow{ [MenuItem("Window/UI Toolkit/MenuExample")] public static void ShowExample() { MenuExample wnd = GetWindow<MenuExample>(); wnd.titleContent = new GUIContent("MenuExample"); } public void CreateGUI() { VisualElement root = rootVisualElement; // Create a button. var button = new Button(); button.text = "Button"; button.style.width = 70; // Create a dropdown menu with three items. var menu = new GenericDropdownMenu(); menu.AddItem("Item 1", false, a => { Debug.Log("Item 1 was selected"); }, null); menu.AddItem("Item 2", false, a => { Debug.Log("Item 2 was selected"); }, null); menu.AddItem("Item 3 has a very very long label", false, a => { Debug.Log("Item 3 was selected"); }, null); // When the button is clicked, the dropdown menu is displayed aligned with the button's world boundaries. button.clicked += () => { // The third and the fourth parameters of the DropDown set the width of the dropdown menu. // This sets the width of the dropdown menu to the width of the container. menu.DropDown(button.worldBound, button, false); // This sets the width of the dropdown menu to the width of the button. // menu.DropDown(button.worldBound, button, true, false); // This sets the width of the dropdown menu to the width of the longest item. // menu.DropDown(button.worldBound, button, true, true); }; root.Add(button); }}

Static Fields

Value

Description

checkmarkUssClassNameUSS class name of separators in elements of this type.
containerInnerUssClassNameUSS class name of inner containers in elements of this type.
containerOuterUssClassNameUSS class name of outer containers in elements of this type.
contentWidthUssClassNameUSS class name that's added when the GenericDropdownMenu fits the width of its content.
itemContentUssClassNameUSS class name of labels in elements of this type.
itemUssClassNameUSS class name of labels in elements of this type.
labelUssClassNameUSS class name of labels in elements of this type.
separatorUssClassNameUSS class name of separators in elements of this type.
ussClassNameUSS class name of elements of this type.

Constructors

Constructor

Description

GenericDropdownMenu()Initializes and returns an instance of GenericDropdownMenu.

Properties

Property

Description

contentContainerReturns the content container for the GenericDropdownMenu. Allows users to create their own dropdown menu if they don't want to use the default implementation.

Methods

Method

Description

AddDisabledItemAdds a disabled item to this menu using a default VisualElement.
AddItemAdds an item to this menu using a default VisualElement.
AddSeparatorAdds a visual separator after the previously added items in this menu.
DropDownDisplays the menu at the specified position.