Icon Grid Menu
A copy-paste dropdowns & menus component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Dropdowns & MenusHTMLCSSany framework
Copy into your project
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 & 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.