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Icon Grid Menu

A copy-paste dropdowns & menus component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.

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HTML
<div class="nuda-dm2-icongrid">
  <button class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="true">Insert ▾</button>
  <div class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__menu" role="menu" aria-label="Insert">
    <button class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__item" type="button" role="menuitem">
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__ic" aria-hidden="true">▦</span>
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__body">
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__label">Table</span>
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__desc">Rows &amp; columns</span>
      </span>
    </button>
    <button class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__item" type="button" role="menuitem">
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__ic" aria-hidden="true">▤</span>
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__body">
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__label">List</span>
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__desc">Bulleted items</span>
      </span>
    </button>
    <button class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__item" type="button" role="menuitem">
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__ic" aria-hidden="true">▧</span>
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__body">
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__label">Image</span>
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__desc">Upload a file</span>
      </span>
    </button>
    <button class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__item" type="button" role="menuitem">
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__ic" aria-hidden="true">❝</span>
      <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__body">
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__label">Quote</span>
        <span class="nuda-dm2-icongrid__desc">Callout block</span>
      </span>
    </button>
  </div>
</div>
CSS
.nuda-dm2-icongrid {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: inherit;
  transform-origin: top left;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__trigger {
  background: #1a1a1a;
  color: #fafafa;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: .55rem .9rem;
  font-size: .8rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  min-height: 44px;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__trigger:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
  outline-offset: 2px;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__menu {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: .3rem;
  margin: .4rem 0 0;
  padding: .4rem;
  width: 280px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  background: #141414;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.1);
  border-radius: 10px;
  transform-origin: top left;
  animation: _nuda-dm2icongridIn .2s ease-out;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__item {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: .5rem;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  min-height: 44px;
  padding: .5rem;
  border: 0;
  background: transparent;
  border-radius: 8px;
  text-align: left;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: background .15s ease;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__item:hover,.nuda-dm2-icongrid__item:focus-visible {
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.06);
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__item:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
  outline-offset: -2px;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__ic {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  width: 22px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: .9rem;
  color: #e4ff54;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: .1rem;
  min-width: 0;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__label {
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: #fafafa;
}

.nuda-dm2-icongrid__desc {
  font-size: .68rem;
  color: #777;
  white-space: normal;
}

@keyframes _nuda-dm2icongridIn {
  from {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateY(-6px) scale(.98);
  }
  to {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
  .nuda-dm2-icongrid__menu {
    animation: none !important;
  }
}

How to use Icon Grid Menu

Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.

Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.

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