@material/menu

What is @material/menu?

@material/menu is a Material Design menu component for the web. It provides a simple way to create menus that follow the Material Design guidelines, including support for nested menus, keyboard navigation, and accessibility features.

What are @material/menu's main functionalities?

Basic Menu

This code demonstrates how to create a basic menu using the @material/menu package. It initializes a menu component and opens it.

import {MDCMenu} from '@material/menu';

const menu = new MDCMenu(document.querySelector('.mdc-menu'));
menu.open = true;

Menu with Items

This code shows how to create a menu with items and add an event listener to handle item clicks.

import {MDCMenu} from '@material/menu';

const menu = new MDCMenu(document.querySelector('.mdc-menu'));
menu.open = true;

const listItem = document.querySelector('.mdc-list-item');
listItem.addEventListener('click', () => {
  console.log('Item clicked');
});

Nested Menus

This code demonstrates how to create nested menus using the @material/menu package. It initializes a parent menu and a child menu, and opens the child menu when an item in the parent menu is clicked.

import {MDCMenu} from '@material/menu';

const parentMenu = new MDCMenu(document.querySelector('.mdc-menu-parent'));
const childMenu = new MDCMenu(document.querySelector('.mdc-menu-child'));

parentMenu.open = true;

const parentItem = document.querySelector('.mdc-list-item-parent');
parentItem.addEventListener('click', () => {
  childMenu.open = true;
});

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README

Menus

A menu displays a list of choices on a temporary surface. They appear when users interact with a button, action, or other control.

Design & API Documentation

• Material Design guidelines: Menus
• Demo

Installation

npm install @material/menu

Basic Usage

HTML Structure

<div class="mdc-menu mdc-menu-surface" tabindex="-1">
  <ul class="mdc-list" role="menu" aria-hidden="true" aria-orientation="vertical">
    <li class="mdc-list-item" role="menuitem">
      <span class="mdc-list-item__text">A Menu Item</span>
    </li>
    <li class="mdc-list-item" role="menuitem">
      <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Another Menu Item</span>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

Styles

@import "@material/list/mdc-list";
@import "@material/menu-surface/mdc-menu-surface";
@import "@material/menu/mdc-menu";

JavaScript Instantiation

import {MDCMenu} from '@material/menu';

const menu = new MDCMenu(document.querySelector('.mdc-menu'));
menu.open = true;

See Importing the JS component for more information on how to import JavaScript.

Variants

Selection Group Menu

Menus can contain a group of list items that can represent the selection state of elements within the group.

<div class="mdc-menu mdc-menu-surface" tabindex="-1" id="demo-menu">
  <ul class="mdc-list" role="menu" aria-hidden="true" aria-orientation="vertical">
    <li>
      <ul class="mdc-menu__selection-group">
        <li class="mdc-list-item" role="menuitem">
          <span class="mdc-menu__selection-group-icon">
            ...
          </span>
          <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Single</span>
        </li>
        <li class="mdc-list-item" role="menuitem">
          <span class="mdc-menu__selection-group-icon">
           ...
          </span>
          <span class="mdc-list-item__text">1.15</span>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="mdc-list-divider" role="separator"></li>
    <li class="mdc-list-item" role="menuitem">
      <span class="mdc-list-item__text">Add space before paragraph</span>
    </li>
    ...
  </ul>
</div>

Disabled Menu Items

Menu items can be disabled by adding the mdc-list-item--disabled modifier class (from MDC List). Disabled menu items will be excluded from keyboard navigation.

Anchors and Positioning

Anchored To Parent

The menu can be positioned to automatically anchor to a parent element when opened.

<div id="toolbar" class="toolbar mdc-menu-surface--anchor">
  <div class="mdc-menu mdc-menu-surface">
  ...
  </div>
</div>

Anchor To Element Within Wrapper

The menu can be positioned to automatically anchor to another element, by wrapping the other element with the anchor class.

<div id="demo-menu" class="mdc-menu-surface--anchor">
  <button id="menu-button">Open Menu</button>
  <div class="mdc-menu mdc-menu-surface">
  ...
  </div>
</div>

Fixed Position

The menu can use fixed positioning when being displayed.

<div class="mdc-menu mdc-menu-surface">
...
</div>

// ...
menu.setFixedPosition(true);

Absolute Position

The menu can use absolutely positioned when being displayed.

<div class="mdc-menu mdc-menu-surface">
...
</div>

// ...
menu.hoistMenuToBody(); // Not required if the menu is already positioned on the body.
menu.setAbsolutePosition(100, 100);

Style Customization

CSS Classes

CSS Class	Description
mdc-menu	Required on the root element
mdc-menu-surface	Required on the root element. See mdc-menu-surface documentation for other mdc-menu-surface classes.
mdc-list	Required on the nested ul element. See mdc-list documentation for other mdc-list classes.
mdc-menu__selection-group	Used to wrap a group of mdc-list-item elements that will represent a selection group.
mdc-menu__selection-group-icon	Required when using a selection group to indicate which item is selected. Should contain an icon or svg that indicates the selected state of the list item.
mdc-menu-item--selected	Used to indicate which element in a selection group is selected.

Sass Mixins

Mixin	Description
mdc-menu-width($width)	Used to set the width of the menu. When used without units (e.g. 4 or 5) it computes the width by multiplying by the base width (56px). When used with units (e.g. 240px, 15%, or calc(200px + 10px) it sets the width to the exact value provided.

MDCMenu Properties and Methods

See Importing the JS component for more information on how to import JavaScript.

Property	Value Type	Description
open	Boolean	Proxies to the menu surface's open property.
items	Array	Proxies to the list to query for all .mdc-list-item elements.
quickOpen	Boolean	Proxies to the menu surface quickOpen property.
wrapFocus	Boolean	Proxies to list's wrapFocus property.

Method Signature	Description
setAnchorCorner(Corner) => void	Proxies to the menu surface's setAnchorCorner(Corner) method.
setAnchorMargin(AnchorMargin) => void	Proxies to the menu surface's setAnchorMargin(AnchorMargin) method.
setAbsolutePosition(x: number, y: number) => void	Proxies to the menu surface's setAbsolutePosition(x: number, y: number) method.
setFixedPosition(isFixed: boolean) => void	Proxies to the menu surface's setFixedPosition(isFixed: boolean) method.
hoistMenuToBody() => void	Proxies to the menu surface's hoistMenuToBody() method.
setIsHoisted(isHoisted: boolean) => void	Proxies to the menu surface's setIsHoisted(isHoisted: boolean) method.
setAnchorElement(element: HTMLElement) => void	Proxies to the menu surface's setAnchorElement(element) method.
getOptionByIndex(index: number) => ?HTMLElement	Returns the list item at the index specified.
getDefaultFoundation() => MDCMenuFoundation	Returns the foundation.

See Menu Surface and List documentation for more information on proxied methods and properties.

Usage within Web Frameworks

If you are using a JavaScript framework, such as React or Angular, you can create a Menu for your framework. Depending on your needs, you can use the Simple Approach: Wrapping MDC Web Vanilla Components, or the Advanced Approach: Using Foundations and Adapters. Please follow the instructions here.

MDCMenuAdapter

Method Signature	Description
addClassToElementAtIndex(index: number, className: string) => void	Adds the className class to the element at the index specified.
removeClassFromElementAtIndex(index: number, className: string) => void	Removes the className class from the element at the index specified.
addAttributeToElementAtIndex(index: number, attr: string, value: string) => void	Adds the attr attribute with value value to the element at the index specified.
removeAttributeFromElementAtIndex(index: number, attr: string) => void	Removes the attr attribute from the element at the index specified.
elementContainsClass(element: HTMLElement, className: string) => boolean	Returns true if the element contains the className class.
closeSurface() => void	Closes the menu surface.
getElementIndex(element: HTMLElement) => number	Returns the index value of the element.
getParentElement(element: HTMLElement) => ?HTMLElement	Returns the .parentElement element of the element provided.
getSelectedElementIndex(element: HTMLElement) => number	Returns the index value of the element within the selection group provided, element that contains the mdc-menu-item--selected class.
notifySelected(index: number) => void	Emits a MDCMenu:selected event for the element at the index specified.

MDCMenuFoundation

Method Signature	Description
handleKeydown(evt: Event) => void	Event handler for the keydown events within the menu.
handleClick(evt: Event) => void	Event handler for the click events within the menu.
handleSelection(listItem: Element) => void	Handler for a selected list item. Use this instead of handleClick when you don't have access to list item click event.

Events

Event Name	Data	Description
MDCMenu:selected	{detail: {item: HTMLElement, index: number}}	Used to indicate when an element has been selected. This event also includes the item selected and the list index of that item.