Menu displays a list of items in vertical orientation.
import Menu from 'primevue/menu';
Menu requires a collection of menuitems as its model.
<Menu :model="items" />
Menu supports single level of grouping by defining children with the items property.
<Menu :model="items" />
Overlay mode is enabled by adding popup property and calling toggle function of the menu ref with an event of the target.
<Button type="button" icon="pi pi-ellipsis-v" @click="toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-controls="overlay_menu" />
<Menu ref="menu" id="overlay_menu" :model="items" :popup="true" />
Menu offers item customization with the item template that receives the menuitem instance from the model as a parameter. The submenu header has its own submenuheader template, additional slots named start and end are provided to embed content before or after the menu.
<Menu :model="items" class="w-full md:w-15rem">
<template #start>
<span class="inline-flex align-items-center gap-1 px-2 py-2">
<svg width="35" height="40" viewBox="0 0 35 40" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="h-2rem">
<path d="..." fill="var(--primary-color)" />
<path d="..." fill="var(--text-color)" />
</svg>
<span class="text-xl font-semibold">PRIME<span class="text-primary">APP</span></span>
</span>
</template>
<template #submenuheader="{ item }">
<span class="text-primary font-bold">{{ item.label }}</span>
</template>
<template #item="{ item, props }">
<a v-ripple class="flex align-items-center" v-bind="props.action">
<span :class="item.icon" />
<span class="ml-2">{{ item.label }}</span>
<Badge v-if="item.badge" class="ml-auto" :value="item.badge" />
<span v-if="item.shortcut" class="ml-auto border-1 surface-border border-round surface-100 text-xs p-1">{{ item.shortcut }}</span>
</a>
</template>
<template #end>
<button v-ripple class="relative overflow-hidden w-full p-link flex align-items-center p-2 pl-3 text-color hover:surface-200 border-noround">
<Avatar image="/images/avatar/amyelsner.png" class="mr-2" shape="circle" />
<span class="inline-flex flex-column">
<span class="font-bold">Amy Elsner</span>
<span class="text-sm">Admin</span>
</span>
</button>
</template>
</Menu>
The command property defines the callback to run when an item is activated by click or a key event.
<Menu :model="items" />
<Toast />
Items with navigation are defined with templating to be able to use a router link component, an external link or programmatic navigation.
<Menu :model="items">
<template #item="{ item, props }">
<router-link v-if="item.route" v-slot="{ href, navigate }" :to="item.route" custom>
<a v-ripple :href="href" v-bind="props.action" @click="navigate">
<span :class="item.icon" />
<span class="ml-2">{{ item.label }}</span>
</a>
</router-link>
<a v-else v-ripple :href="item.url" :target="item.target" v-bind="props.action">
<span :class="item.icon" />
<span class="ml-2">{{ item.label }}</span>
</a>
</template>
</Menu>
Menu component uses the menu role and the value to describe the menu can either be provided with aria-labelledby or aria-label props. Each list item has a menuitem role with aria-label referring to the label of the item and aria-disabled defined if the item is disabled.
In popup mode, the component implicitly manages the aria-expanded, aria-haspopup and aria-controls attributes of the target element to define the relation between the target and the popup.
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| tab | Add focus to the first item if focus moves in to the menu. If the focus is already within the menu, focus moves to the next focusable item in the page tab sequence. |
| shift + tab | Add focus to the first item if focus moves in to the menu. If the focus is already within the menu, focus moves to the previous focusable item in the page tab sequence. |
| enter | Activates the focused menuitem. If menu is in overlay mode, popup gets closes and focus moves to target. |
| space | Activates the focused menuitem. If menu is in overlay mode, popup gets closes and focus moves to target. |
| escape | If menu is in overlay mode, popup gets closes and focus moves to target. |
| down arrow | Moves focus to the next menuitem. |
| up arrow | Moves focus to the previous menuitem. |
| alt + up arrow | If menu is in overlay mode, popup gets closes and focus moves to the target. |
| home | Moves focus to the first menuitem. |
| end | Moves focus to the last menuitem. |