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The dashed area reads Right click here. Cut, Copy, and Copy Path each show shortcut text. Move to... and Copy to... come after them.
Use it when clipboard actions and a destination both belong on the file. Repeat them on a Menubar if the app has a top menu. In Svelte, Ark UI only displays those shortcut labels.
Installation
Anatomy
Usage
<ContextMenu><ContextMenuTrigger class="flex h-[200px] w-full max-w-lg items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-dashed text-sm"><span class="pointer-fine:inline-block hidden">Right click here</span><span class="pointer-coarse:inline-block hidden">Long press here</span></ContextMenuTrigger><ContextMenuContent class="w-56"><ContextMenuGroup><ContextMenuItem value="cut"><ScissorsIcon aria-hidden="true" />Cut<ContextMenuShortcut>⌘X</ContextMenuShortcut></ContextMenuItem><ContextMenuItem value="copy"><CopyIcon aria-hidden="true" />Copy<ContextMenuShortcut>⌘C</ContextMenuShortcut></ContextMenuItem><ContextMenuItem value="copy-path"><FolderInputIcon aria-hidden="true" />Copy Path<ContextMenuShortcut>⌘⌥C</ContextMenuShortcut></ContextMenuItem></ContextMenuGroup><ContextMenuSeparator /><ContextMenuGroup><ContextMenuItem value="move-to"><FolderInputIcon aria-hidden="true" />Move to...</ContextMenuItem><ContextMenuItem value="copy-to"><CopyIcon aria-hidden="true" />Copy to...</ContextMenuItem></ContextMenuGroup></ContextMenuContent></ContextMenu>FAQ
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.
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?
Each item has a value; handle onSelect on ContextMenu, which receives { value }.
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.
API Reference
Context Menu
Sets value="cut", value="copy", value="copy-path", value="move-to" and value="copy-to". The rest is on the Context Menu page.
