# Menu A [Menu](https://material.google.com/components/menus.html) is a temporary piece of material emitted from a button, an action, a pointer, or another control that contains at least two menu items. Each menu item is a discrete option or action that can affect the app, the view, or selected elements within a view. Menus should not be used as a primary method for navigation within an app. You can compose a menu based on a few subcomponents, same as for Lists. ```jsx import {IconMenu, MenuItem, MenuDivider } from 'react-toolbox/lib/menu'; const MenuTest = () => ( ); ``` If you want to provide a theme for any of these subcomponents via context, the component key is `RTMenu`. ## Menu This subcomponent is the default wrapper for a menu and is responsible for the opening behavior. Its properties can affect to the Item children. ### Properties | Name | Type | Default | Description| |:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----| | `active` | `Boolean` | `false` | If true, the menu will be displayed as opened by default.| | `className` | `String` | `''` | Set a class to give custom styles to the menu wrapper.| | `onHide` | `Function` | | Callback that will be called when the menu is being hidden. | | `onSelect` | `Function` | | Callback that will be invoked when a menu item is selected. | | `onShow` | `Function` | | Callback that will be invoked when the menu is being shown. | | `outline` | `Boolean` | `true` | If true the menu wrapper will show an outline with a soft shadow. | | `position` | `String` | `static` | Determine the position of the menu. With `static` value the menu will be always shown, `auto` means that the it will decide the opening direction based on the current position. To force a position use `topLeft`, `topRight`, `bottomLeft`, `bottomRight`. | | `ripple` | `Boolean` | `true` | If true, the menu items will show a ripple effect on click. | | `selectable` | `Boolean` | `false` | If true, the menu will keep a value to highlight the active child item. | | `selected` | `Any` | | Used for selectable menus. Indicates the current selected value so the child item with this value can be highlighted. | ### Theming | Name | Description| |:---------|:-----------| | `active` | Added to the root element when menu is active.| | `bottomLeft` | Added to the root when position is bottom left.| | `bottomRight` | Added to the root when position is bottom right.| | `menu` | Used for the root element of the menu.| | `menuInner` | Used for the inner wrapper.| | `outline` | Used to draw the outline.| | `rippled` | Added to the menu in case if should have ripple.| | `static` | Added to the root in case its static.| | `topLeft` | Added to the root when position is top left.| | `topRight` | Added to the root when position is top right.| ## Icon Menu As the most usual scenario will be to open the menu from a click in an Icon, we provide this subcomponent implementing this behavior. The `IconMenu` shows an icon and implements a `Menu` under the covers that is shown when is clicked. Some of its properties are transferred to the menu, others to the children: ### Properties | Name | Type | Default | Description| |:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----| | `className` | `String` | `''` | Set a class to give custom styles to the icon wrapper.| | `icon` | `String` or `Element` | `more_vert` | Icon font key string or Element to display the opener icon. | | `iconRipple` | `Boolean` | `true` | If true, the icon will show a ripple when is clicked. | | `inverse` | `Boolean` | `false` | If true, the neutral colors are inverted. Useful if the icon is over a dark background. | | `menuRipple` | `Boolean` | `true` | Transferred to the `Menu` component. | | `onClick` | `Function` | | Callback that will be called when the icon is clicked. | | `onHide` | `Function` | | Callback that will be called when the menu is being hidden. | | `onSelect` | `Function` | | Callback that will be invoked when a menu item is selected. | | `onShow` | `Function` | | Callback that will be invoked when the menu is being shown. | | `position` | `String` | `auto` | Determines the position of the menu. This property is transferred to the inner `Menu` component. | | `selectable` | `Boolean` | `false` | If true, the menu will keep a value to highlight the active child item. | | `selected` | `Any` | | Used for selectable menus. Indicates the current selected value so the child item with this value can be highlighted. | ### Theming | Name | Description| |:---------|:-----------| | `icon` | Used for the icon element.| | `iconMenu` | Used for the root element of the icon menu.| ## Menu Item The inner component for menus and describes the content of each option. It behaves in a similar way to List Items but simpler. ### Properties | Name | Type | Default | Description| |:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----| | `caption` | `String` | | The text to include in the menu item. Required.| | `className` | `String` | `''` | Set a class to give custom styles to the item.| | `disabled` | `Boolean` | `false` | If true, the item will be displayed as disabled and is not selectable.| | `icon` | `String` or `Element` | | Icon font key string or Element to display in the right side of the option. | | `onClick` | `Function` | | Callback that will be called when Component is clicked. | | `selected` | `Boolean` | `false` | Transferred from the `Menu` component for selectable menus. Indicates if it's the current active option. | | `shortcut` | `String` | `''` | Displays shortcut text on the right side of the `caption` attribute. | ### Theming | Name | Description| |:---------|:-----------| | `caption` | Used for the caption inside the item.| | `disabled` | Added to the root element if it's disabled.| | `icon` | Used for the icon element if exists.| | `menuItem` | Used as the root class for the component.| | `selected` | Added to the root element in case it's selected.| | `shortcut` | Used for the shortcut element if exists.| ## Menu Divider A very simple component that just displays a separator between options. It has no props and no state or methods, just markup. Also it accepts a single class for the styling which is `menuDivider`.