Twitter bootstrap dropdown goes outside the screen

Question

I want to implement twitter bootstrap dropdown menu, here\'s my code:

Answer 1

I can't leave a comment because my SO level is too low, but I just made sure that the parent container is set to "overflow:hidden" like so (also make sure position is set).

<div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative">
    <span class="dropdown"> 
    <a href="#menu1" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" ><img class="left" src="/static/img/topmenu_preferences.png" /><b class="caret"></b></a>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li><a href="#">a</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">b</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">c</a></li>
      <li class="divider"></li>
      <li><a href="#">d</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

Answer 2

float-*-right for Bootstrap 4

* = xs, sm, md, lg

Answer 3

in Bootstrap 4 you can use .dropleft

just change to :

<span class="dropleft">

or

add .dropdown-menu-{lg,med,sm,xs}-right to your dropdown-menu

<div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-sm-right" aria-labelledby="dropdown03">
    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
</div>

Answer 4

adding .pull-right to ul.dropdown-menu should do it

Deprecation Notice: As of Bootstrap v3.1.0, .pull-right on dropdown menus is deprecated. To right-align a menu, use .dropdown-menu-right.

Answer 5

For Bootstrap 4, adding dropdown-menu-right works. Here's a working example..

http://codeply.com/go/w2MJngNkDQ

Answer 6

You can use class .dropdown-pull-right with following css:

.dropdown-pull-right {
  float: right !important;
  right: 0;
  left: auto;
}

.dropdown-pull-right>.dropdown-menu {
  right: 0;
  left: auto;
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>


<div class="dropdown dropdown-pull-right btn-group">
  <a class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">
  Open Dropdown
  <span class="caret"></span>
  </a>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu">
    <li>Item 1</li>
    <li>Item 2</li>
    <li>Item 3</li>
  </ul>
</div>