Getting started with React Context menu component

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This section explains how to create a simple Context Menu and configure its core functionalities in a React application.

Dependencies

The following dependencies are required to use the Context Menu component:

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-navigations
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-lists
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
            |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons

Prerequisites

System requirements for Syncfusion® React UI components

Set up the Vite project

To create a new Vite project, use one of the commands that are specific to either NPM or Yarn.

npm create vite@latest my-project -- --template react
yarn create vite my-project --template react

After running the command, you will be prompted with a series of interactive questions to configure your project. Select the appropriate options for each prompt:

  1. Select a linter to use: Choose the linter for your project (for example, ESLint).
  2. Install with npm and start now?: Type Yes to proceed with installing the dependencies and automatically start the development server, or No to install dependencies manually later.

Navigate into the project directory with:

cd my-project

Add Syncfusion® React packages

Syncfusion® React component packages are available at npmjs.com. To use Syncfusion® React components in the project, install the corresponding npm package.

To install the React Context Menu component package, use the following command:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations
yarn add @syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations

Import Syncfusion® CSS styles

Themes for Syncfusion® React components can be applied using CSS or SASS files from the npm theme packages, CDN, CRG, or Theme Studio. For more information, see the themes documentation.

This guide uses the Tailwind 3 theme as an example, sourced from the theme package. In this package, each component includes an index.css file that automatically loads all the required dependency styles. To install the Tailwind 3 theme package, use the following command:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-tailwind3-theme
yarn add @syncfusion/ej2-tailwind3-theme

By default, Vite projects include default styles in the src/index.css and src/App.css files. These default styles may conflict with Syncfusion component styles. Clear all content from both files to prevent style conflicts.

The required styles for the Context Menu component are imported in the src/App.css file:

@import "@syncfusion/ej2-tailwind3-theme/styles/context-menu/index.css";

You can also refer to the combined CSS file for all Syncfusion components in your application. For more information, see the documentation on referring themes through npm packages.

Add Context Menu component

Replace the existing boilerplate content in src/App.jsx with the following code to add the Context Menu component to the application.

The target prop accepts a CSS selector string that specifies the element on which the Context Menu opens (on right-click or touch hold). The items prop accepts an array of menu item objects — each item supports text, iconCss, and nested items for sub-menus. For a full list of supported properties, see the ContextMenuComponent API reference.

import { ContextMenuComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import './App.css';
function App() {
    let menuItems = [
        {
            text: 'Cut'
        },
        {
            text: 'Copy'
        },
        {
            text: 'Paste'
        }
    ];
    return (
    <div>
        <div id="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div>
        <ContextMenuComponent target="#target" items={menuItems}/>
      </div>);
}
export default App;

Run the application

Run the npm run dev command in the terminal to start the development server. This command compiles your code and serves the application locally, opening it in the browser.

npm run dev

The output will appear as follows:

Refer to the React Context Menu feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our React Context Menu component example that shows how to render the Context Menu in React.

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