Underline a character in the item text in Vue Context menu component

16 Mar 20233 minutes to read

Underline a particular character in a text can be handled in beforeItemRender event by adding <u> tag in between the text and given as innerHTML in li rendering.

app.vue

<template>
<div>
<div id="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div>
<ejs-contextmenu target='#target' :items='menuItems' :beforeItemRender='itemRender'></ejs-contextmenu>
</div>
</template>

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

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

export default {
    data () {
        return {
            menuItems:[
                {
                    text: 'Cut'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Copy'
                },
                {
                    text: 'Paste'
                }]
        };
    },
    methods: {
        itemRender: function(args ) {
            if (args.item.text === 'Copy') {
                // To underline a particular character.
                args.element.innerHTML = '<u>C</u>opy';
            }
        }
    }
}
</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>