Getting Started

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

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the Menu component in an application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations
|   |-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-base
|   |-- @syncfusion/ej2-navigations
|   |   -- @syncfusion/ej2-base

Setup for local development

Easily set up a React application using create-vite-app, which provides a faster development environment, smaller bundle sizes, and optimized builds compared to traditional tools like create-react-app. For detailed steps, refer to the Vite installation instructions. Vite sets up your environment using JavaScript and optimizes your application for production.

Note: To create a React application using create-react-app, refer to this documentation for more details.

To create a new React application, run the following command.

npm create vite@latest my-app

This command will prompt you for a few settings for the new project, such as selecting a framework and a variant.

Initial_setup

To set up a React application in TypeScript environment, run the following command.

npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template react-ts
cd my-app
npm run dev

To set up a React application in JavaScript environment, run the following command.

npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template react
cd my-app
npm run dev

Adding Syncfusion® packages

All the available Essential® JS 2 packages are published in the npmjs.com public registry.

To install the Menu component, use the following command:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations --save

This command installs the necessary packages and their dependencies, which are required to render the component in a React environment.

Adding Stylesheets to the Application

Add the Menu component’s styles as shown below in App.css.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/tailwind3.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/tailwind3.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/tailwind3.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/tailwind3.css";

Add Menu to the project

Create the Menu component in the application. Add the Menu component to the src/App.tsx file using the following code snippet. The items property defines the structure of the menu.

import { MenuComponent, MenuItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';

function App() {
    let menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
        {
            text: 'File',
            items: [
                { text: 'New' },
                { text: 'Open' },
                { text: 'Save' },
                { text: 'Close' }]
        },
        {
            text: 'Edit',
            items: [
                { text: 'Cut' },
                { text: 'Copy' },
                { text: 'Paste' }]
        },
        {
            text: 'View',
            items: [
                { text: 'Toolbar' },
                { text: 'Sidebar' }]
        },
        {
            text: 'Tools',
            items: [
                { text: 'Options' },
                { text: 'Settings' }]
        },
        {
            text: 'Help'
        }
    ];
    return (
            <div className="container">
                <MenuComponent items={menuItems}></MenuComponent>
            </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