🎨 Dropdown Menu Styling Limits in Website Studio

Camilo Aponte

Camilo Aponte

Last updated on Sep 30, 2026

🔍 Overview

In Website Studio, dropdown menu styles — such as corner styles (rounded or square) — are controlled by a global style setting that applies across your entire site. This means any change you make to a dropdown's corner style will affect all dropdowns site-wide, not just a single menu or page.

This is a known platform limitation. Understanding how this works will help you make informed design decisions and avoid unexpected changes to your site's appearance.

⚙️ How Global Dropdown Styling Works

Website Studio applies dropdown corner styling globally. This means:

  • Changing the corner style on one dropdown will apply that style to all dropdowns across your entire site.
  • There is currently no option to override the corner style for a single dropdown independently of the rest of the site.

❓ Why This Is Not a Bug

Customers sometimes report this behaviour as a bug because they expect element-level style control. This is a known customization limitation of Website Studio's dropdown styling — individual dropdowns cannot be styled independently of the global setting at this time.

✅ What You Can Do

While per-dropdown corner styling is not currently available, you can work within this constraint by making an intentional global style choice that suits your site's overall design direction — for example, choosing either rounded or square corners as your consistent site-wide style.

If you require per-dropdown styling control that is not currently possible, this is a platform limitation and you would need to escalate it. When escalating, please have the following ready:

  • Your project or site name in Website Studio
  • A description of the specific dropdown(s) affected and what styling outcome you are trying to achieve
  • Any screenshots showing the current appearance versus your expected result

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.