From 845f31b41695860885466f32f8a4880bf7cfc8d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Bullington" <eric.s.bullington@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:52:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Modified spinner to close on (re-)click

---
 kivy/uix/spinner.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kivy/uix/spinner.py b/kivy/uix/spinner.py
index 2ed45a64f..ecb01d6cd 100644
--- a/kivy/uix/spinner.py
+++ b/kivy/uix/spinner.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class Spinner(Button):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self._dropdown = None
+        self._is_down = False
         super(Spinner, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         self.bind(
             on_release=self._open_dropdown,
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ class Spinner(Button):
     def _update_dropdown(self, *largs):
         dp = self._dropdown
         cls = self.option_cls
-
         dp.clear_widgets()
         for value in self.values:
             item = cls(text=value)
@@ -124,8 +124,13 @@ class Spinner(Button):
             dp.add_widget(item)
 
     def _open_dropdown(self, *largs):
-        self._dropdown.open(self)
+        if not self._is_down:
+            self._dropdown.open(self)
+            self._is_down = True
+        else:
+            self._dropdown.dismiss()
+            self._is_down = False
 
     def _on_dropdown_select(self, instance, data, *largs):
         self.text = data
-
+        self._is_down = False

From 4d28733b91753cc50c9168a68489c84d40073d71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Bullington" <eric.s.bullington@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 12:30:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Changed is_down Boolean property to is_open

---
 kivy/uix/dropdown.py | 8 ++++++++
 kivy/uix/spinner.py  | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kivy/uix/dropdown.py b/kivy/uix/dropdown.py
index 94ded676b..acc9f19c4 100644
--- a/kivy/uix/dropdown.py
+++ b/kivy/uix/dropdown.py
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ class DropDown(ScrollView):
     default to True.
     '''
 
+    is_open = BooleanProperty(False)
+    '''By default, the dropdown is not open.  Set to True to expand the dropdown
+    by default.
+
+    :data: `is_open` is a :class: `~kivy.properties.BooleanProperty`,
+    default to False.
+    '''
+
     attach_to = ObjectProperty(allownone=True)
     '''(internal) Property that will be set to the widget on which the drop down
     list is attached to.
diff --git a/kivy/uix/spinner.py b/kivy/uix/spinner.py
index ecb01d6cd..45939c7d4 100644
--- a/kivy/uix/spinner.py
+++ b/kivy/uix/spinner.py
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ class Spinner(Button):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self._dropdown = None
-        self._is_down = False
         super(Spinner, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         self.bind(
             on_release=self._open_dropdown,
@@ -124,13 +123,13 @@ class Spinner(Button):
             dp.add_widget(item)
 
     def _open_dropdown(self, *largs):
-        if not self._is_down:
+        if not self._dropdown.is_open:
             self._dropdown.open(self)
-            self._is_down = True
+            self._dropdown.is_open = True
         else:
             self._dropdown.dismiss()
-            self._is_down = False
+            self._dropdown.is_open = False
 
     def _on_dropdown_select(self, instance, data, *largs):
         self.text = data
-        self._is_down = False
+        self._dropdown.is_open = False