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ActionMenu

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An ActionMenu is an ActionList-based component for creating a menu of actions that expands through a trigger button.


import {ActionMenu} from '@primer/react'

Examples

Minimal example

ActionMenu ships with ActionMenu.Button which is an accessible trigger for the overlay. It's recommended to compose ActionList with ActionMenu.Overlay

With a custom anchor

You can choose to have a different anchor for the Menu dependending on the application's context.

With Groups

With selection

Use selectionVariant on ActionList to create a menu with single or multiple selection.

With External Anchor

To create an anchor outside of the menu, you need to switch to controlled mode for the menu and pass it as anchorRef to ActionMenu. Make sure you add aria-expanded and aria-haspopup to the external anchor.

Make sure to add aria-label to ActionList with the purpose of the menu, example: "File options".

With Overlay Props

To create an anchor outside of the menu, you need to switch to controlled mode for the menu and pass it as anchorRef to ActionMenu:

Accessibility

Single Selection

For menus with selection, it's common to show the selected value in the button. To give context to the user, it's important to show the purpose of the menu as well.

Visually, this can be an external label above the button or an inline label inside the button. In both cases, the label for screen readers should have both purpose and value, example: "Field type: Number".

If you have an external label, you can achieve that by adding an aria-label to ActionMenu.Button which contains both the purpose and current selected value, example: "Field type: Number". In addition to that, you must also add aria-labelledby to the ActionList with the id of the external label to indicate the purpose of the menu.

Alternatively, you can add an inline label by passing label to ActionMenu.Button instead of aria-label, example: "Field type", which will add the correct aria-label (Field type: Number) on the button and aria-labelledby (Field type) on the menu for you.

Props / API reference

ActionMenu

NameTypeDefaultDescription
children Required
React.ReactElement[]
Recommended: ActionMenu.Button or ActionMenu.Anchor with ActionMenu.Overlay
open
boolean
falseIf defined, will control the open/closed state of the overlay. Must be used in conjuction with onOpenChange.
onOpenChange
(open: boolean) => void
If defined, will control the open/closed state of the overlay. Must be used in conjuction with open.
anchorRef
React.RefObject<HTMLElement>
Useful for defining an external anchor

ActionMenu.Button

NameTypeDefaultDescription
children Required
React.ReactElement
aria-label
string
Label for button, also used to label the menu
label
string
Add an inline label, as a replacement for aria-label
Additional props are passed to the <Button> element. See Button docs for a list of props accepted by the <Button> element. If an as prop is specified, the accepted props will change accordingly.

ActionMenu.Anchor

NameTypeDefaultDescription
children Required
React.ReactElement
Accepts a single child element

ActionMenu.Overlay

NameTypeDefaultDescription
children Required
React.ReactElement | React.ReactElement[]
align
start | center | end
start
Additional props are passed to the <Overlay> element. See Overlay docs for a list of props accepted by the <Overlay> element.

Status

Alpha

  • Component props are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Component does not have any unnecessary third-party dependencies.
  • Component can adapt to different themes.
  • Component can adapt to different screen sizes.
  • Component has 100% test coverage.

Beta

  • Component is used in a production application.
  • Common usage examples are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Common usage examples are documented in storybook stories.
  • Component has been reviewed by a systems designer and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component has been manually reviewed by the accessibility team and any resulting issues have been addressed.

Stable

  • Component API has been stable with no breaking changes for at least one month.
  • Feedback on API usability has been sought from developers using the component and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component has corresponding design guidelines documented in the interface guidelines.
  • Component has corresponding Figma component in the Primer Web library.

Further reading

Interface guidelines: Action List + Menu