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SubmenuButton

A menu button that displays a cascading menu.

It can be used as part of a MenuBar, or as a standalone control.

Examples​

Live example

Basic Example​

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.padding = 0
    page.spacing = 0

    bg_container = ft.Ref[ft.Container]()

    def handle_color_click(e):
        color = e.control.content.value
        print(f"{color}.on_click")
        bg_container.current.content.value = f"{color} background color"
        bg_container.current.bgcolor = color.lower()
        page.update()

    def handle_on_hover(e):
        print(f"{e.control.content.value}.on_hover")

    menubar = ft.MenuBar(
        expand=True,
        controls=[
            ft.SubmenuButton(
                content=ft.Text("BgColors"),
                controls=[
                    ft.SubmenuButton(
                        content=ft.Text("B"),
                        leading=ft.Icon(ft.Icons.COLORIZE),
                        controls=[
                            ft.MenuItemButton(
                                content=ft.Text("Blue"),
                                style=ft.ButtonStyle(bgcolor={ft.ControlState.HOVERED: ft.Colors.BLUE}),
                                on_click=handle_color_click,
                                on_hover=handle_on_hover,
                            )
                        ]
                    ),
                    ft.SubmenuButton(
                        content=ft.Text("G"),
                        leading=ft.Icon(ft.Icons.COLORIZE),
                        controls=[
                            ft.MenuItemButton(
                                content=ft.Text("Green"),
                                style=ft.ButtonStyle(bgcolor={ft.ControlState.HOVERED: ft.Colors.GREEN}),
                                on_click=handle_color_click,
                                on_hover=handle_on_hover,
                            )
                        ]
                    ),
                    ft.SubmenuButton(
                        content=ft.Text("R"),
                        leading=ft.Icon(ft.Icons.COLORIZE),
                        controls=[
                            ft.MenuItemButton(
                                content=ft.Text("Red"),
                                style=ft.ButtonStyle(bgcolor={ft.ControlState.HOVERED: ft.Colors.RED}),
                                on_click=handle_color_click,
                                on_hover=handle_on_hover,
                            )
                        ]
                    )
                ]
            )
        ]
    )

    page.add(
        ft.Row([menubar]),
        ft.Container(
            ref=bg_container,
            expand=True,
            bgcolor=ft.Colors.SURFACE,
            content=ft.Text("Choose a bgcolor from the menu", style=ft.TextThemeStyle.HEADLINE_LARGE),
            alignment=ft.alignment.center,
        )
    )


ft.app(main)

Properties​

alignment_offset​

The offset of the menu relative to the alignment origin determined by MenuStyle.alignment on the style attribute.

clip_behavior​

Whether to clip the content of this control or not.

Value is of type ClipBehavior and defaults to ClipBehavior.HARD_EDGE.

content​

The child control to be displayed in the middle portion of this button.

Typically this is the button's label, using a Text control.

controls​

A list of controls that appear in the menu when it is opened.

Typically either MenuItemButton or SubMenuButton controls.

If this list is empty, then the button for this menu item will be disabled.

leading​

An optional control to display before the content.

Typically an Icon control.

Customizes this menu's appearance.

Value is of type MenuStyle.

style​

Customizes this button's appearance.

Value is of type ButtonStyle.

trailing​

An optional control to display after the content.

Typically an Icon control.

Events​

on_blur​

Fired when this button loses focus.

on_close​

Fired when the menu is closed.

on_focus​

Fired when the button receives focus.

on_hover​

Fired when the button is hovered.

on_open​

Fired when the menu is opened.