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Spell Check Menu Context Menu for React

A right-click spell check menu with three labeled suggestions, then Add to Dictionary and Ignore.

The dashed area reads Right click here. A Suggestions label sits over misspelled, misspell, and misplaced. Add to Dictionary and Ignore follow.

Use it when someone clicks a misspelled word in an editor. A Popover can hold a longer suggestion list if three is not enough. In React, Base UI does not spell-check the word.

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Anatomy

Context Menu anatomy: trigger, item, sub trigger, separator, item indicator, content

Usage

<ContextMenu>
  <ContextMenuTrigger className="flex h-[200px] w-full max-w-lg items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-dashed text-sm">
    <span className="pointer-fine:inline-block hidden">Right click here</span>
    <span className="pointer-coarse:inline-block hidden">
      Long press here
    </span>
  </ContextMenuTrigger>
  <ContextMenuContent className="w-56">
    <ContextMenuGroup>
      <ContextMenuGroupLabel>Suggestions</ContextMenuGroupLabel>
      <ContextMenuItem>
        <CheckIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        misspelled
      </ContextMenuItem>
      <ContextMenuItem>
        <CheckIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        misspell
      </ContextMenuItem>
      <ContextMenuItem>
        <CheckIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        misplaced
      </ContextMenuItem>
    </ContextMenuGroup>
    <ContextMenuSeparator />
    <ContextMenuGroup>
      <ContextMenuItem>Add to Dictionary</ContextMenuItem>
      <ContextMenuItem>Ignore</ContextMenuItem>
    </ContextMenuGroup>
  </ContextMenuContent>
</ContextMenu>

FAQ

How are the section labels added?

Each label is a ContextMenuGroupLabel at the top of a ContextMenuGroup with the items it names. The label isn't selectable; screen readers announce it as the group's name.

How are the icons added?

A Lucide icon as the first child of each item, hidden from assistive tech since the label names the action. The menu styles size and space it.

What opens the menu?

A right-click inside the dashed area, which reads Right click here on a mouse and Long press here on a touch screen. The area is ContextMenuTrigger; a long press on it opens the menu too. Wrap your own row, file or canvas in the trigger instead.

How do I run an action when an item is chosen?

Pass onClick to each ContextMenuItem.

The menu closes after the action runs.

How do keyboard and touch users find these actions?

The arrow keys move through an open menu, Enter runs an item and Escape closes it. A right-click is easy to miss, so also offer the same actions from a visible button, such as a Dropdown Menu.

Where do the suggestions come from?

They are written in the demo. In an app, get them from your spell checker for the word under the pointer and render one item per suggestion.

API Reference

Context Menu

No extra props in this demo. The rest is on the Context Menu page.