Is there a replacement for `Spinner` yet?

# compose

[David Edwards]

Is there a replacement for Spinner yet?

[jaqxues]

DropDownMenu

[David Edwards]

Isn't that a replacement for the PopupMenu? Hmm, I suppose I could combine that with a Button.

[jaqxues]

Yes, for a spinner, use a Box where you put a Button and a DropDownMenu (so the menu is anchored correctly). With a correct toggle mechanism, this should give you a correct Spinner behaviour.

[Archie]

Hi @jaqxues, How do you make the DropDownMenu equal to the size of the parent?

[jaqxues]

Well since you already have a box around it, just tell DropDownMenu fillMaxWidth

[Archie]

Unfortunately it exceeds its box. Do you have some sample code I could look at. I maybe I'm missing something.

In my understanding this is expected though as the DropDownItems are in a seperate window out and not in the same "plane" as its parent's Box.

[David Edwards]

You can probably use onSizeChanged to layout the width of the drop down?
https://jetc.dev/slack/2021-02-14-how-big-are-we.html

[Archie]

Hi @David Edwards, I also did try that but onSizeChanged returns IntSize but size modifiers expects Dp. Would IntSize to Dp be fine?

[David Edwards]

Int probably represents the pixel size, so .dp would probably work in that case. Test and find out.

[Archie]

Alright thanks for the tip. Let me try it out.

[Archie]

Hi @David Edwards, it worked! Thanks for the tip!