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DropdownTitleView

A UINavigationItem.titleView compatible UIControl with a title, subtitle, and dropdown.

From GitHawkApp·Updated June 18, 2026·View on GitHub·

A simple and configurable "dropdown" view built for `UINavigationItem.titleView`. The project is written primarily in Swift, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2018. Key topics include: githawk.

DropdownTitleView

A simple and configurable "dropdown" view built for UINavigationItem.titleView.

Installation

Just add DropdownTitleView to your Podfile and pod install. Done!

pod 'DropdownTitleView'

Usage

Create an instance of DropdownTitleView, configure it, and set it as a UINavigationItem's titleView:

swift
func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() let titleView = DropdownTitleView() titleView.configure(title: "Hello world!", subtitle: "Is this thing on?") navigationItem.titleView = titleView }

Example

Add touch handling like you would any other UIControl:

swift
func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() // setup and set titleView titleView.addTarget( self, action: #selector(onTitle), for: .touchUpInside ) } @objc func onTitle() { print("do something") }

Configuration

DropdownTitleView has several appearance options:

  • titleFont and titleColor - UIFont and UIColor of the top title label
  • subtitleFont and subtitleColor - UIFont and UIColor of the bottom subtitle label
  • chevronTintColor - UIColor tint of the chevron image

All of these values are configurable via UIAppearance as well!

swift
DropdownTitleView.appearance().chevronTintColor = .blue DropdownTitleView.appearance().titleColor = .black DropdownTitleView.appearance().subtitleColor = .lightGray DropdownTitleView.appearance().titleFont = .systemFontOfSize(18) DropdownTitleView.appearance().subtitleFont = .systemFontOfSize(13)

You can also control the features of the view with params in configure(...) function:

  • subtitle - Leave nil to remove the subtitle and vertically center the title
  • chevronEnabled - Set to false to remove the chevron
  • accessibilityLabel and accessibilityHint - Set Accessibility features on the control

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