JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Vignesh Gopalakrishnan

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="bs-example">
    <div class="dropdown">
      <a id="dLabel" data-target="#" href="http://example.com" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
        Dropdown trigger
        <span class="caret"></span>
      </a>
    
      <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dLabel">
          <li>a</li>
          <li>b</li>
          <li>c</li>
          <li>d</li>
      </ul>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.bs-example
{
    height: 80px;
    border:1px solid black;
    overflow:auto;
}

JavaScript

$('.dropdown').on('show.bs.dropdown', function () {
  $('body').append($('.dropdown').css({
    position:'absolute',
    left:$('.dropdown').offset().left, 
    top:$('.dropdown').offset().top
  }).detach());
});

$('.dropdown').on('hidden.bs.dropdown', function () {
  $('.bs-example').append($('.dropdown').css({
    position:false, left:false, top:false
  }).detach());
});