Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

Semantic UI is an open-source framework that uses CSS and jQuery to build great user interfaces. It is the same as a bootstrap for use and has great different elements to use to make your website look more amazing.

A Semantic UI Dropdown allows a user to select a value from a series of options. Semantic-UI Dropdown offers us 11 types of dropdown and 3types of content Header, divider, and icon. In this article, we will learn about Loading State.

The Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State is used to create a dropdown that shows its data is currently loading.

Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State Class:

  • loading: This class is used to create a dropdown that shows its data is currently loading.

Syntax:

<div class="ui loading dropdown">
    Dropdown <i class="dropdown icon"></i>
    <div class="menu">
        <div class="item">Choice 1</div>
        ...
    </div>
</div>

The below example illustrates the Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State:

Example 1:

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/semantic-ui/2.4.1/semantic.min.css" />
    <script src=
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/semantic-ui/2.4.1/semantic.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <div class="ui container">
            <h1 style="color:green;">
                GeeksforGeeks
            </h1>
            <h3>Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State</h3>
            <div class="ui loading dropdown">
                Company <i class="dropdown icon"></i>
                <div class="menu">
                    <div class="item">GFG</div>
                    <div class="item">gfg</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <script>
            $('.ui.dropdown').dropdown();
        </script>
    </center>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Example 2:

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" 
          href=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/semantic-ui/2.4.1/semantic.min.css" />
    <script src=
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/semantic-ui/2.4.1/semantic.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <div class="ui container">
            <h1 style="color:green;">
                GeeksforGeeks
            </h1>
            <h3>Semantic-UI Dropdown Loading State</h3>
            <div class="ui loading fluid multiple
                        search selection dropdown">
                <input type="hidden"
                       name="country" 
                       value="kp">
                <i class="dropdown icon"></i>
                <input class="search">
                <div class="default text">
                  Search company name...
                </div>
                <div class="menu">
                    <div class="item">GeeksforGeeks</div>
                    <div class="item">Amazon</div>
                    <div class="item">Apple</div>
                    <div class="item">Flipkart</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <script>
            $('.ui.dropdown').dropdown();
        </script>
    </center>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Reference: https://semantic-ui.com/modules/dropdown.html#loading

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