Getting started with Blazor Dropdown Menu component

23 Dec 20256 minutes to read

This guide explains how to integrate the Blazor Dropdown Menu component into a Blazor WebAssembly app using Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI.

Explore the GitHub sample project to see the completed application.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor app in Visual Studio

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Blazor WASM Create Project Template

Install Syncfusion® Blazor SplitButtons and Themes NuGet packages

To add the Blazor Dropdown Menu component, open the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), then search for and install Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes. Alternatively, run the following commands in the Package Manager Console to achieve the same.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons -Version 32.1.19
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 32.1.19

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor app in Visual Studio Code

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Alternatively, create a WebAssembly application by using the following command in the integrated terminal(Ctrl+`).

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install Syncfusion® Blazor SplitButtons and Themes NuGet packages

  • Press Ctrl+` to open the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code.
  • Ensure in the project root directory where the .csproj file is located.
  • Run the following commands to install the Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages and ensure all dependencies are installed.
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons -v 32.1.19
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 32.1.19
dotnet restore

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.

Prerequisites

Install the latest version of .NET SDK. If the .NET SDK is already installed, determine the installed version by running the following command in a command prompt (Windows), terminal (macOS), or command shell (Linux).

dotnet --version

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using .NET CLI

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) or command shell (Linux). For detailed instructions, refer to this Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install Syncfusion® Blazor SplitButtons and Themes NuGet in the App

To add the Blazor Dropdown Menu component to the application, run the following commands in a command prompt (Windows), command shell (Linux), or terminal (macOS) to install the Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages. See Install and manage packages using the dotnet CLI for more details.

dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons -Version 32.1.19
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 32.1.19
dotnet restore

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.

Add Import Namespaces

Open the ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons namespaces.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.SplitButtons

Register Syncfusion® Blazor service

Register the Syncfusion® Blazor Service in the ~/Program.cs file of the Blazor WebAssembly App.

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");
builder.RootComponents.Add<HeadOutlet>("head::after");

builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });

builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
await builder.Build().RunAsync();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet and script references within the <head> section of the ~/index.html file.

<head>
    ....
    <link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

NOTE

Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in Blazor application. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in Blazor application.

Add Blazor Dropdown Menu component

Add the Syncfusion® Blazor Dropdown Menu component to ~/Pages/Index.razor file.

<SfDropDownButton Content="Edit">
    <DropDownMenuItems>
        <DropDownMenuItem Text="Cut"></DropDownMenuItem>
        <DropDownMenuItem Text="Copy"></DropDownMenuItem>
        <DropDownMenuItem Text="Paste"></DropDownMenuItem>
    </DropDownMenuItems>
</SfDropDownButton>
  • Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to launch the application. The Syncfusion® Blazor Dropdown Menu component renders in the default web browser.
Blazor Dropdown Menu component

See also

NOTE

Explore the Blazor Dropdown Menu example to learn how to render and configure the dropdown menu.