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Customize menu items in React Menu Bar component

Add or remove menu items

Menu items can be added or removed using the insertAfter, insertBefore and removeItems methods.

In the following example, the Europe menu items are added before the Oceania item, the Africa menu items are added after the Asia, and the South America and Mexico items are removed from menu.

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index.tsx
index.html
index.jsx
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { FieldSettingsModel, MenuComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
    public menuObj: MenuComponent;

    // Menu data source
    public data: Array<{ [key: string]: any }> = [
        {
            continent: 'Asia',
            countries: [
                { country: 'China' },
                { country: 'India' },
                { country: 'Japan' }
            ]
        },
        {
            continent: 'North America',
            countries: [
                { country: 'Canada' },
                { country: 'Mexico' },
                { country: 'USA' }
            ]
        },
        {
            continent: 'South America',
            countries: [
                { country: 'Brazil' },
                { country: 'Colombia' },
                { country: 'Argentina' }
            ]
        },
        {
            continent: 'Oceania',
            countries: [
                { country: 'Australia' },
                { country: 'New Zealand' },
                { country: 'Samoa' },
            ]
        },
        { continent: 'Antarctica' }
    ];

    // Menu fields definition
    public menuFields: FieldSettingsModel = {
        children: ['countries'],
        text: ['continent', 'country'],
    };
    constructor(props: any) {
        super(props);
        this.created = this.created.bind(this);
    }
    public created(): void {
        let insertItem: Array<{ [key: string]: any }> = [
            {
                continent: 'Europe',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'Finland' },
                    { country: 'Austria' }
                ]
            }
        ];
        // Add items before to 'Oceania'
        this.menuObj.insertBefore(insertItem, 'Oceania', false);

        insertItem = [
            {
                continent: 'Africa',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'Nigeria' }
                ]
            }
        ];

        // Add items after to 'Asia'
        this.menuObj.insertAfter(insertItem, 'Asia', false);

        // Remove items
        this.menuObj.removeItems(['South America', 'Mexico'], false);
    }

    public render() {
        return (
            <MenuComponent ref={scope => this.menuObj = scope} items={this.data} fields={this.menuFields} created={this.created}/>
        );
    }
}

ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('element'));
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ContextMenu</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { MenuComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        // Menu data source
        this.data = [
            {
                continent: 'Asia',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'China' },
                    { country: 'India' },
                    { country: 'Japan' }
                ]
            },
            {
                continent: 'North America',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'Canada' },
                    { country: 'Mexico' },
                    { country: 'USA' }
                ]
            },
            {
                continent: 'South America',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'Brazil' },
                    { country: 'Colombia' },
                    { country: 'Argentina' }
                ]
            },
            {
                continent: 'Oceania',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'Australia' },
                    { country: 'New Zealand' },
                    { country: 'Samoa' },
                ]
            },
            { continent: 'Antarctica' }
        ];
        // Menu fields definition
        this.menuFields = {
            children: ['countries'],
            text: ['continent', 'country'],
        };
        this.created = this.created.bind(this);
    }
    created() {
        let insertItem = [
            {
                continent: 'Europe',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'Finland' },
                    { country: 'Austria' }
                ]
            }
        ];
        // Add items before to 'Oceania'
        this.menuObj.insertBefore(insertItem, 'Oceania', false);
        insertItem = [
            {
                continent: 'Africa',
                countries: [
                    { country: 'Nigeria' }
                ]
            }
        ];
        // Add items after to 'Asia'
        this.menuObj.insertAfter(insertItem, 'Asia', false);
        // Remove items
        this.menuObj.removeItems(['South America', 'Mexico'], false);
    }
    render() {
        return (<MenuComponent ref={scope => this.menuObj = scope} items={this.data} fields={this.menuFields} created={this.created}/>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

To process items with ID values, set isUnique to true.

Enable or disable menu items

You can enable and disable the menu items using the enableItems method in Menu. To enable menuItems, set the enable property in argument to true and vice-versa.

In the following example, the Directory header item, Conferences, and Music sub menu items are disabled.

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index.tsx
index.html
index.jsx
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';
import { BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs, MenuComponent, MenuItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
    public menuObj: MenuComponent;
    // Menu items definition
    public menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Conferences' },
                { text: 'Music' },
                { text: 'Workshops' }
            ],
            text: 'Events'
        },
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Now Showing' },
                { text: 'Coming Soon' }
            ],
            text: 'Movies'
        },
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Media Gallery' },
                { text: 'Newsletters' }
            ],
            text: 'Directory'
        },
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Our Policy' },
                { text: 'Site Map' }
            ],
            text: 'Queries'
        },
        { text: 'Services' }
    ];

    public disableItems: string[] = ['Conferences', 'Music', 'Directory'];
    constructor(props: any) {
        super(props);
        this.created = this.created.bind(this);
        this.beforeOpen = this.beforeOpen.bind(this);
        this.btnClick = this.btnClick.bind(this);
    }
    public beforeOpen(args: BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs): void {
        // Handling sub menu items
        for (const item of args.items) {
            if (this.disableItems.indexOf(item.text) > -1) {
                this.menuObj.enableItems([item.text], false, false);
            }
        }
    }

    public created(): void {
        // Disable items
        this.menuObj.enableItems(this.disableItems, false, false);
    }

    public btnClick(): void {
        // Enable items
        this.menuObj.enableItems(this.disableItems, true, false);
        this.disableItems = [];
    }

    public render() {
        return (
            <div className="control-section">
                <ButtonComponent id='enable' content='Enable all items' onClick={this.btnClick}/>
                <div className="menu-section">
                    <MenuComponent ref={scope => this.menuObj = scope} items={this.menuItems} beforeOpen={this.beforeOpen} created={this.created}/>
                </div>
            </div>
        );
    }
}

ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('element'));
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ContextMenu</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';
import { MenuComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        // Menu items definition
        this.menuItems = [
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Conferences' },
                    { text: 'Music' },
                    { text: 'Workshops' }
                ],
                text: 'Events'
            },
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Now Showing' },
                    { text: 'Coming Soon' }
                ],
                text: 'Movies'
            },
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Media Gallery' },
                    { text: 'Newsletters' }
                ],
                text: 'Directory'
            },
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Our Policy' },
                    { text: 'Site Map' }
                ],
                text: 'Queries'
            },
            { text: 'Services' }
        ];
        this.disableItems = ['Conferences', 'Music', 'Directory'];
        this.created = this.created.bind(this);
        this.beforeOpen = this.beforeOpen.bind(this);
        this.btnClick = this.btnClick.bind(this);
    }
    beforeOpen(args) {
        // Handling sub menu items
        for (const item of args.items) {
            if (this.disableItems.indexOf(item.text) > -1) {
                this.menuObj.enableItems([item.text], false, false);
            }
        }
    }
    created() {
        // Disable items
        this.menuObj.enableItems(this.disableItems, false, false);
    }
    btnClick() {
        // Enable items
        this.menuObj.enableItems(this.disableItems, true, false);
        this.disableItems = [];
    }
    render() {
        return (<div className="control-section">
                <ButtonComponent id='enable' content='Enable all items' onClick={this.btnClick}/>
                <div className="menu-section">
                    <MenuComponent ref={scope => this.menuObj = scope} items={this.menuItems} beforeOpen={this.beforeOpen} created={this.created}/>
                </div>
            </div>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

To disable sub menu items, use the beforeOpen event.

Hide or show menu items

You can show or hide the menu items using the showItems and hideItems methods.

In the following example, the Movies header item, Workshops, and Music sub menu items are hidden in menu.

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index.tsx
index.html
index.jsx
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';
import { BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs, MenuComponent, MenuItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';

enableRipple(true);

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
    public menuObj: MenuComponent;

    public menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Conferences' },
                { text: 'Music' },
                { text: 'Workshops' }
            ],
            text: 'Events'
        },
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Now Showing' },
                { text: 'Coming Soon' }
            ],
            text: 'Movies'
        },
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Media Gallery' },
                { text: 'Newsletters' }
            ],
            text: 'Directory'
        },
        {
            items: [
                { text: 'Our Policy' },
                { text: 'Site Map' }
            ],
            text: 'Queries'
        },
        { text: 'Services' }
    ];

    public hiddenItems: string[] = ['Workshops', 'Music', 'Movies'];
    constructor(props: any) {
        super(props);
        this.created = this.created.bind(this);
        this.beforeOpen = this.beforeOpen.bind(this);
        this.btnClick = this.btnClick.bind(this);
    }
    public beforeOpen(args: BeforeOpenCloseMenuEventArgs): void {
        // Handling sub menu items
        for (const item of args.items) {
            if (this.hiddenItems.indexOf(item.text) > -1) {
                this.menuObj.hideItems([item.text], false);
            }
        }
    }

    public created(): void {
        // Disable items
        this.menuObj.hideItems(this.hiddenItems, false);
    }

    public btnClick(): void {
        // show items
        this.menuObj.showItems(this.hiddenItems, false);
        this.hiddenItems = [];
    }

    public render() {
        return (
            <div className="control-section">
                <ButtonComponent content='Show all items' onClick={this.btnClick}/>
                <div className="menu-section">
                    <MenuComponent ref={scope => this.menuObj = scope} items={this.menuItems} beforeOpen={this.beforeOpen} created={this.created}/>
                </div>
            </div>
        );
    }
}

ReactDom.render(<App />,document.getElementById('element'));
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React ContextMenu</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';
import { MenuComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-navigations';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDom from 'react-dom';
enableRipple(true);
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.menuItems = [
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Conferences' },
                    { text: 'Music' },
                    { text: 'Workshops' }
                ],
                text: 'Events'
            },
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Now Showing' },
                    { text: 'Coming Soon' }
                ],
                text: 'Movies'
            },
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Media Gallery' },
                    { text: 'Newsletters' }
                ],
                text: 'Directory'
            },
            {
                items: [
                    { text: 'Our Policy' },
                    { text: 'Site Map' }
                ],
                text: 'Queries'
            },
            { text: 'Services' }
        ];
        this.hiddenItems = ['Workshops', 'Music', 'Movies'];
        this.created = this.created.bind(this);
        this.beforeOpen = this.beforeOpen.bind(this);
        this.btnClick = this.btnClick.bind(this);
    }
    beforeOpen(args) {
        // Handling sub menu items
        for (const item of args.items) {
            if (this.hiddenItems.indexOf(item.text) > -1) {
                this.menuObj.hideItems([item.text], false);
            }
        }
    }
    created() {
        // Disable items
        this.menuObj.hideItems(this.hiddenItems, false);
    }
    btnClick() {
        // show items
        this.menuObj.showItems(this.hiddenItems, false);
        this.hiddenItems = [];
    }
    render() {
        return (<div className="control-section">
                <ButtonComponent content='Show all items' onClick={this.btnClick}/>
                <div className="menu-section">
                    <MenuComponent ref={scope => this.menuObj = scope} items={this.menuItems} beforeOpen={this.beforeOpen} created={this.created}/>
                </div>
            </div>);
    }
}
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('element'));

Using the beforeOpen event, you can hide the sub menu items as in the above example since the menu supports to hide items only for headers initially.

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