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Table Column Operations Menu Context Menu for React

A right-click column menu to show, hide, move, and resize columns, with shortcut text on Hide Column.

The dashed area reads Right click here. Show Column and Hide Column come first, and Hide Column has shortcut text. Move Left, Move Right, Resize Column, and Auto-fit Columns follow.

Use it on a column header, which is where people look for these actions. A header Dropdown Menu helps anyone who does not right-click. In React, Base UI does not resize the column.

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Installation

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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>
      <ContextMenuItem>
        <EyeIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Show Column
      </ContextMenuItem>
      <ContextMenuItem>
        <EyeOffIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Hide Column
        <ContextMenuShortcut>⌘H</ContextMenuShortcut>
      </ContextMenuItem>
    </ContextMenuGroup>
    <ContextMenuSeparator />
    <ContextMenuGroup>
      <ContextMenuItem>
        <ArrowLeftRightIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Move Left
      </ContextMenuItem>
      <ContextMenuItem>
        <ArrowRightLeftIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Move Right
      </ContextMenuItem>
    </ContextMenuGroup>
    <ContextMenuSeparator />
{/* The rest of the file is under Installation. */}

FAQ

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.

Do the shortcuts work?

Not by themselves: ContextMenuShortcut is only a label at the end of the item. Listen for those keys in your app so they work without opening the menu.

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 should the trigger go?

Around each column header, so the menu knows which column it acts on. Pass the column's id to the handler.

API Reference

Context Menu

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

All 27 context menu examples