ActionMenu (legacy)

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

Deprecation

Use new version of ActionMenu with composable API, design updates and accessibility fixes.

Before

<ActionMenu
  anchorContent="Menu"
  onAction={fn}
  items={[
    {text: 'New file'},
    {text: 'Copy link'},
    {text: 'Edit file'},
    ActionMenu.Divider,
    {text: 'Delete file', variant: 'danger'}
  ]}
  overlayProps={{width: 'small'}}
/>

After

<ActionMenu>
  <ActionMenu.Button>Menu</ActionMenu.Button>
  <ActionMenu.Overlay width="small">
    <ActionList>
      <ActionList.Item onSelect={fn}>New file</ActionList.Item>
      <ActionList.Item>Copy link</ActionList.Item>
      <ActionList.Item>Edit file</ActionList.Item>
      <ActionList.Divider />
      <ActionList.Item variant="danger">Delete file</ActionList.Item>
    </ActionList>
  </ActionMenu.Overlay>
</ActionMenu>

Or continue using deprecated API:

import {ActionMenu} from '@primer/react/deprecated'

Default example

<ActionMenu
  anchorContent="Menu"
  onAction={({text}) => console.log(text)}
  items={[
    {text: 'New file', key: 'new-file'},
    ActionMenu.Divider,
    {text: 'Copy link', key: 'copy-link'},
    {text: 'Edit file', key: 'edit-file'},
    {text: 'Delete file', variant: 'danger', key: 'delete-file'}
  ]}
/>

<ActionMenu
  anchorContent="Menu"
  onAction={({text}) => console.log(text)}
  items={[
    {text: 'New file', key: 'new-file'},
    ActionMenu.Divider,
    {text: 'Copy link', key: 'copy-link'},
    {text: 'Edit file', key: 'edit-file'},
    {text: 'Delete file', variant: 'danger', key: 'delete-file'}
  ]}
/>

Example with grouped items

<ActionMenu
  anchorContent="Menu"
  onAction={({text}) => console.log(text)}
  groupMetadata={[
    {groupId: '0'},
    {groupId: '1', header: {title: 'Live query', variant: 'subtle'}},
    {groupId: '2', header: {title: 'Layout', variant: 'subtle'}},
    {groupId: '3'},
    {groupId: '4'}
  ]}
  items={[
    {key: '1', leadingVisual: TypographyIcon, text: 'Rename', groupId: '0'},
    {key: '2', leadingVisual: VersionsIcon, text: 'Duplicate', groupId: '0'},
    {key: '3', leadingVisual: SearchIcon, text: 'repo:github/github', groupId: '1'},
    {
      key: '4',
      leadingVisual: NoteIcon,
      text: 'Table',
      description: 'Information-dense table optimized for operations across teams',
      descriptionVariant: 'block',
      groupId: '2'
    },
    {
      key: '5',
      leadingVisual: ProjectIcon,
      text: 'Board',
      description: 'Kanban-style board focused on visual states',
      descriptionVariant: 'block',
      groupId: '2'
    },
    {
      key: '6',
      leadingVisual: FilterIcon,
      text: 'Save sort and filters to current view',
      disabled: true,
      groupId: '3'
    },
    {key: '7', leadingVisual: FilterIcon, text: 'Save sort and filters to new view', groupId: '3'},
    {key: '8', leadingVisual: GearIcon, text: 'View settings', groupId: '4'}
  ]}
/>

<ActionMenu
  anchorContent="Menu"
  onAction={({text}) => console.log(text)}
  groupMetadata={[
    {groupId: '0'},
    {groupId: '1', header: {title: 'Live query', variant: 'subtle'}},
    {groupId: '2', header: {title: 'Layout', variant: 'subtle'}},
    {groupId: '3'},
    {groupId: '4'}
  ]}
  items={[
    {key: '1', leadingVisual: TypographyIcon, text: 'Rename', groupId: '0'},
    {key: '2', leadingVisual: VersionsIcon, text: 'Duplicate', groupId: '0'},
    {key: '3', leadingVisual: SearchIcon, text: 'repo:github/github', groupId: '1'},
    {
      key: '4',
      leadingVisual: NoteIcon,
      text: 'Table',
      description: 'Information-dense table optimized for operations across teams',
      descriptionVariant: 'block',
      groupId: '2'
    },
    {
      key: '5',
      leadingVisual: ProjectIcon,
      text: 'Board',
      description: 'Kanban-style board focused on visual states',
      descriptionVariant: 'block',
      groupId: '2'
    },
    {
      key: '6',
      leadingVisual: FilterIcon,
      text: 'Save sort and filters to current view',
      disabled: true,
      groupId: '3'
    },
    {key: '7', leadingVisual: FilterIcon, text: 'Save sort and filters to new view', groupId: '3'},
    {key: '8', leadingVisual: GearIcon, text: 'View settings', groupId: '4'}
  ]}
/>

Component props

Name	Type	Default	Description
items	`ItemProps[]`	`undefined`	Required. A list of item objects conforming to the `ActionList.Item` props interface.
renderItem	`(props: ItemProps) => JSX.Element`	`ActionList.Item`	Optional. If defined, each item in `items` will be passed to this function, allowing for `ActionList`-wide custom item rendering.
groupMetadata	`GroupProps[]`	`undefined`	Optional. If defined, `ActionList` will group `items` into `ActionList.Group`s separated by `ActionList.Divider` according to their `groupId` property.
renderAnchor	`(props: ButtonProps) => JSX.Element`	`Button`	Optional. If defined, provided component will be used to render the menu anchor. Will receive the selected `Item` text as `children` prop when an item is activated.
anchorContent	React.ReactNode	`undefined`	Optional. If defined, it will be passed to the trigger as the elements child.
onAction	(props: ItemProps) => void	`undefined`	Optional. If defined, this function will be called when a menu item is activated either by a click or a keyboard press.
open	boolean	`undefined`	Optional. If defined, ActionMenu will use this to control the open/closed state of the Overlay instead of controlling the state internally. Should be used in conjunction with the `setOpen` prop.
setOpen	(state: boolean) => void	`undefined`	Optional. If defined, ActionMenu will use this to control the open/closed state of the Overlay instead of controlling the state internally. Should be used in conjunction with the `open` prop.

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