Open a dialog on contextmenu item click in Vue Context menu component

16 Mar 20236 minutes to read

This section explains about how to open a dialog on ContextMenu item click. This can be achieved by handling dialog open in select event of the ContextMenu.

Install Syncfusion Popups packages using below command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups --save

In the following sample, Dialog will open while clicking Save As... item.

app.vue

<template>
<div>
<div id="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div>
<ejs-dialog id="dialog" content="This file can be saved as PDF" :buttons='buttons' width='200px' height='110px' :visible='false'></ejs-dialog>
<ejs-contextmenu target='#target' :items='menuItems' :select='onSelect'></ejs-contextmenu>
</div>
</template>

<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { ContextMenuPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations";
import { DialogPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-popups";
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);
Vue.use(ContextMenuPlugin);
Vue.use(DialogPlugin);

export default {
    data () {
        return {
            menuItems:[
                {
                    text: 'Back'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Forward'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Reload'
                },
                {
                    separator: true
                },
                {
                    text: 'Save As...'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Print'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Cast'
                }],
            buttons: [{
                buttonModel: {
                    isPrimary: true,
                    content: 'Submit',
                    cssClass: 'e-flat',
                },
                click: function () {
                    this.hide();
                }
            }],
        };
    },
    methods: {
        onSelect: function(args ) {
            if(args.item.text === 'Save As...') {
                if (document.getElementById('dialog_dialog-content')) {
                    document.getElementById("dialog").ej2_instances[0].show();
                }
                else {
                    document.getElementById("dialog").ej2_instances[0].appendTo('#dialog');
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";

.list {
  display: none;
}

#target {
  border: 1px dashed;
  height: 150px;
  padding: 10px;
  position: relative;
  text-align: justify;
  color: gray;
  user-select: none;
}
</style>