@spectrum-web-components/action-menu NPM

Overview

An <sp-action-menu> is an action button that triggers an overlay with <sp-menu-items> for activation. Use an <sp-menu> element to outline the items that will be made available to the user when interacting with the <sp-action-menu> element. By default, <sp-action-menu> does not manage a selection. If you'd like for a selection to be managed, use selects="single" on the <sp-menu> to activate this functionality.

Usage

yarn add @spectrum-web-components/action-menu

Import the side effectful registration of <sp-action-menu> via:

import '@spectrum-web-components/action-menu/sp-action-menu.js';

The default of <sp-action-menu> will load dependencies in @spectrum-web-components/overlay asynchronously via a dynamic import. In the case that you would like to import those tranverse dependencies statically, import the side effectful registration of <sp-action-menu> as follows:

import '@spectrum-web-components/action-menu/sync/sp-action-menu.js';

When looking to leverage the ActionMenu base class as a type and/or for extension purposes, do so via:

import { ActionMenu } from '@spectrum-web-components/action-menu';

Options

Sizes

<sp-action-menu size="s">
    <span slot="label">More Actions</span>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Deselect
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select inverse
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Feather...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select and mask...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Save selection
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>
        Make work path
    </sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

<sp-action-menu size="m">
    <span slot="label">More Actions</span>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Deselect
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select inverse
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Feather...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select and mask...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Save selection
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>
        Make work path
    </sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

<sp-action-menu size="l">
    <span slot="label">More Actions</span>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Deselect
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select inverse
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Feather...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select and mask...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Save selection
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>
        Make work path
    </sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

<sp-action-menu size="xl">
    <span slot="label">More Actions</span>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Deselect
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select inverse
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Feather...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select and mask...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Save selection
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>
        Make work path
    </sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

Variants

No icon

In order to deliver an <sp-action-menu> without an icon, use the label-only slot. This will supress any icon from being displayed, both the default ellipsis icon or any icon the user might provide to the element.

<sp-action-menu>
    <span slot="label-only">More Actions</span>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Deselect
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select inverse
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Feather...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select and mask...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Save selection
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>
        Make work path
    </sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

No visible label

The visible label that is be provided via the default <slot> interface can be omitted in preference of an icon only interface. In this context be sure that the <sp-action-menu> continued to be accessible to screen readers by applying the label attribute. This will apply an aria-label attribute of the same value to the <button> element that toggles the menu list.

<sp-action-menu label="More Actions">
    <sp-menu-item>
        Deselect
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select inverse
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Feather...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select and mask...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Save selection
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>
        Make work path
    </sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

Alternate icon

A custom icon can be supplied via the icon slot in order to replace the default meatballs icon.

<sp-action-menu>
    <sp-icon-settings slot="icon"></sp-icon-settings>
    <span slot="label">Actions under the gear</span>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Deselect
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select inverse
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Feather...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Select and mask...
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>
        Save selection
    </sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>
        Make work path
    </sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

Selection

When selects is set to single, the <sp-action-menu> element will maintain one selected item after an initial selection is made.

<p>
    The value of the `&lt;sp-action-menu&gt;` element is:
    <span id="single-value"></span>
</p>
<sp-action-menu
    selects="single"
    onchange="this.previousElementSibling.querySelector('#single-value').textContent=this.value"
>
    <span slot="label">Available shapes</span>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-1-square">Square</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-2-triangle">Triangle</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-3-parallelogram">Parallelogram</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-4-star">Star</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-5-hexagon">Hexagon</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-6-circle" disabled>Circle</sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

Force Popover on Mobile Devices

On mobile, the menu can be exposed in either a sp-popover or sp-tray. By default, sp-action-menu will render an sp-tray. If you would like to render sp-popover on mobile, add the attribute force-popover to the sp-action-menu.

Usage Guidance:

Use a tray when a menu’s proximity to its trigger is considered to be less important to the experience, or for showing a volume of content that is too overwhelming for a popover.
Use a popover when a menu’s proximity to its trigger is considered to be important to the experience, or for showing a volume of content that is manageable for a popover.

To see this functionality in action, load this page from your mobile device or use Chrome DevTools (or equivalent) and select a mobile device once the Device Toolbar (the phone/tablet icon) is active.

<sp-action-menu force-popover>
    <span slot="label">Action Menu</span>
    <sp-menu-item>Deselect</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Select Inverse</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Feather...</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item>Select and Mask...</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-divider></sp-menu-divider>
    <sp-menu-item>Save Selection</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item disabled>Make Work Path</sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

Adding tootip in action menu

Tooltip in action menu can be attached via adding <sp-tooltip> and can be customized by using various parameters (e.g. placement, content, etc) as needed.

<sp-action-menu>
    <sp-tooltip slot="tooltip" self-managed placement="bottom">
        Content
    </sp-tooltip>
    <span slot="label">Available shapes</span>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-1-square">Square</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-2-triangle">Triangle</sp-menu-item>
    <sp-menu-item value="shape-3-parallelogram">Parallelogram</sp-menu-item>
</sp-action-menu>

Accessibility

An <sp-action-menu> parent will ensure that the internal <sp-menu> features a role of listbox and contains children with the role option. Upon focusing the <sp-action-menu> using ArrowDown will also open the menu while throwing focus into first selected (or unselected when none are selected) menu item to assist in selecting of a new value.