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Help Menu Dropdown Menu for Solid

A help menu behind a question mark button with documentation, tutorials, FAQs, keyboard shortcuts and ways to reach support.

UI library: Ark UI

A question mark button opens Documentation, Video Tutorials, and FAQs, then Keyboard Shortcuts, then Chat with Support and Report a Bug. Documentation prints ⌘/ and Keyboard Shortcuts prints ⌘K.

Use it in a header when help should be one click away. Destinations that should stay visible belong in a Navigation Menu. In Solid, Ark UI does not open the docs or bind the keys.

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Installation

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Anatomy

Dropdown Menu anatomy: trigger, label, item, shortcut, separator, sub trigger, content

Usage

<DropdownMenu>
    <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild={props => <Button {...props()} aria-label="Help" size="icon-md" variant="ghost">
        <CircleHelpIcon aria-hidden="true" />
      </Button>} />
    <DropdownMenuContent class="w-56">
      <DropdownMenuItem value="documentation">
        <BookIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Documentation
        <DropdownMenuShortcut>⌘/</DropdownMenuShortcut>
      </DropdownMenuItem>
      <DropdownMenuItem value="video-tutorials">
        <VideoIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Video Tutorials
      </DropdownMenuItem>
      <DropdownMenuItem value="faqs">
        <FileQuestionIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        FAQs
      </DropdownMenuItem>
      <DropdownMenuSeparator />
      <DropdownMenuItem value="keyboard-shortcuts">
        <KeyboardIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Keyboard Shortcuts
        <DropdownMenuShortcut>⌘K</DropdownMenuShortcut>
      </DropdownMenuItem>
      <DropdownMenuSeparator />
      <DropdownMenuItem value="chat-with-support">
        <MessageCircleIcon aria-hidden="true" />
        Chat with Support
      </DropdownMenuItem>
      <DropdownMenuItem value="report-a-bug">
        <BugIcon aria-hidden="true" />
{/* The rest of the file is under Installation. */}

FAQ

What is in the help menu?

Three sections split by separators: Documentation, Video Tutorials and FAQs; Keyboard Shortcuts; Chat with Support and Report a Bug. The menu is w-56.

Which rows show a shortcut?

Documentation shows ⌘/ and Keyboard Shortcuts shows ⌘K, each in a DropdownMenuShortcut. They're hints; bind the keys on the page yourself.

Which icon leads each row?

A book, a video, a file with a question mark, a keyboard, a chat bubble and a bug, each aria-hidden before the label.

What does the trigger look like?

A ghost Button with size="icon-md", a question mark icon and aria-label set to Help.

How do I open Documentation when it is chosen?

Navigate, or open the docs in a new tab, from that row's handler. The menu closes on its own. Set onSelect on DropdownMenu and check for details.value documentation.

Can I move through the help rows from the keyboard?

Yes. Arrow keys move between rows, skipping the separators, Home and End jump to the first and last, and Enter picks one. Escape closes the menu.

API Reference

Dropdown Menu

Sets asChild, props, value="documentation", value="video-tutorials", value="faqs" and value="keyboard-shortcuts". The rest is on the Dropdown Menu page.

Button

Sets props, aria-label="Help", size="icon-md" and variant="ghost". The rest is on the Button page.

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