Components-DropDownItem.md

Example of using MDDropDownItem:

from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.metrics import dp
from kivy.properties import StringProperty

from kivymd.uix.list import OneLineIconListItem
from kivymd.app import MDApp
from kivymd.uix.menu import MDDropdownMenu

KV = '''
<IconListItem>

    IconLeftWidget:
        icon: root.icon


MDScreen

    MDDropDownItem:
        id: drop_item
        pos_hint: {'center_x': .5, 'center_y': .5}
        text: 'Item 0'
        on_release: app.menu.open()
'''


class IconListItem(OneLineIconListItem):
    icon = StringProperty()


class Test(MDApp):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        self.screen = Builder.load_string(KV)
        menu_items = [
            {
                "viewclass": "IconListItem",
                "icon": "git",
                "text": f"Item {i}",
                "height": dp(56),
                "on_release": lambda x=f"Item {i}": self.set_item(x),
            } for i in range(5)
        ]
        self.menu = MDDropdownMenu(
            caller=self.screen.ids.drop_item,
            items=menu_items,
            position="center",
            width_mult=4,
        )
        self.menu.bind()

    def set_item(self, text_item):
        self.screen.ids.drop_item.set_item(text_item)
        self.menu.dismiss()

    def build(self):
        return self.screen


Test().run()