# New PM Dropdown Button
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** official, pm-dropdown
**Created:** [November 24, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093 "2021-11-24T21:47:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/1 "2021-11-24T21:47:33Z")
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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **New PM Dropdown Button** adds a New Message button to the PM notification dropdown menu in the site header. |
| 👓 | **Preview** | [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/new-pm-dropdown-button) |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-pm-dropdown-button](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-pm-dropdown-button) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |
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> [❓ **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&tags=pm-dropdown "Ask for support on configuring and using New PM Dropdown Button") [🐛 **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=pm-dropdown "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the theme component") [👀 **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=pm-dropdown "Discussion about the user interface of New PM Dropdown Button, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡 **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=pm-dropdown "Discussion about how existing New PM Dropdown Button features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")
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### Author:  [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/2 "2021-11-29T22:27:41Z")
Oh lord, this is awesome! In my opinion, the double-click method currently in place isn’t intuitive, some members don’t know how to access their inboxes (speaking of the double click).
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### Author:  [@JasonBosch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JasonBosch)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/3 "2022-08-08T06:36:34Z")
Thank you! This is useful.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/5 "2023-01-21T22:36:58Z")
This componen isn’t working anymore because of new notification menu and sidebar, right?
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### Author:  [@kynic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kynic)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/6 "2023-01-22T11:23:00Z")
yes, not working on the new menus. but works if you disable the new menus.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/7 "2023-01-22T11:26:39Z")
Thanks. So this is part of legacy tools and will on its end-of-life cycle. Well, the sidebar make this a bit unnecessary.
Kind of. I feel it would be nice add-on in new layout too 😉
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### Author:  [@kynic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kynic)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/8 "2023-01-23T20:29:54Z")
yea it would be good to have it. 😃
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### Author:  [@albert\_vu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albert_vu)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/9 "2023-05-04T08:03:14Z")
Hi there @awesomerobot,
I noticed the theme component doesn’t work with the new [notification menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rolling-out-the-new-notification-menu-to-all-discourse-communities/260358) (see image below).
Maybe an update to this component is in order? Or maybe there is another way to create a new PM in the new notification menu that I have yet to find out?
Thanks 😄
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-pm-dropdown-button/210093/10 "2023-05-04T17:19:30Z")
Thanks for mentioning it! I’ve just added support for the new user menu:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-pm-dropdown-button/pull/5](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-pm-dropdown-button/pull/5)
This is dependent on a change within Discourse, so you’ll also need a Discourse upgrade for it to work: [DEV: add panel-body-bottom outlet to user menu by awesomerobot · Pull Request #21386 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21386)