MUI

Non-Obvious Components

Alert: a colored bar
Autocomplete
- Combo box (default): works the same as a Select, cannot type arbitrary
- Free solo: allows typing arbitrary
- Multiple values: shown as chips
Badge: like a notification badge on iOS
Chip: a pill-shaped component
Dialog: an overlaying menu with content that the user can potentially dismiss
Menu: the menu itself, decoupled from what triggers it
- Example code shows a button that triggers a menu
Modal: a low-level utility for displaying content on top of other content, used for Dialog, Menu, etc
NativeSelect: uses browser select which affects how the menu shows
Select: a dropdown custom-rendered by MUI
Popover: more sophisticated content that pops up over other content, and clicking away dismisses it
Popper: pop up arbitrary content, and clicking away doesn’t dismiss it
Snackbar: a message that appears on an edge of the window, and optionally automatically dismisses
Tooltip: show content on hover, by default plain text, with some customization options