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React TieredMenu

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React TieredMenu

React TieredMenu displays submenus in nested overlays.

Setup

Refer to PrimeReact setup documentation for download and installation steps for your environment.

Import

import { TieredMenu } from 'primereact/tieredmenu';

TieredMenu uses the common menu item api to define its items, visit MenuModel for details.

Getting Started

Menu requires a collection of menuitems as its model.

const items = [
    {
       label:'File',
       icon:'pi pi-fw pi-file',
       items:[
          {
             label:'New',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-plus',
             items:[
                {
                   label:'Bookmark',
                   icon:'pi pi-fw pi-bookmark'
                },
                {
                   label:'Video',
                   icon:'pi pi-fw pi-video'
                },

             ]
          },
          {
             label:'Delete',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-trash'
          },
          {
             separator:true
          },
          {
             label:'Export',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-external-link'
          }
       ]
    },
    {
       label:'Edit',
       icon:'pi pi-fw pi-pencil',
       items:[
          {
             label:'Left',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-align-left'
          },
          {
             label:'Right',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-align-right'
          },
          {
             label:'Center',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-align-center'
          },
          {
             label:'Justify',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-align-justify'
          },

       ]
    },
    {
       label:'Users',
       icon:'pi pi-fw pi-user',
       items:[
          {
             label:'New',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-user-plus',

          },
          {
             label:'Delete',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-user-minus',

          },
          {
             label:'Search',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-users',
             items:[
                {
                   label:'Filter',
                   icon:'pi pi-fw pi-filter',
                   items:[
                      {
                         label:'Print',
                         icon:'pi pi-fw pi-print'
                      }
                   ]
                },
                {
                   icon:'pi pi-fw pi-bars',
                   label:'List'
                }
             ]
          }
       ]
    },
    {
       label:'Events',
       icon:'pi pi-fw pi-calendar',
       items:[
          {
             label:'Edit',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-pencil',
             items:[
                {
                   label:'Save',
                   icon:'pi pi-fw pi-calendar-plus'
                },
                {
                   label:'Delete',
                   icon:'pi pi-fw pi-calendar-minus'
                },

             ]
          },
          {
             label:'Archieve',
             icon:'pi pi-fw pi-calendar-times',
             items:[
                {
                   label:'Remove',
                   icon:'pi pi-fw pi-calendar-minus'
                }
             ]
          }
       ]
    },
    {
       separator:true
    },
    {
       label:'Quit',
       icon:'pi pi-fw pi-power-off'
    }
];
<TieredMenu model={items} />

TieredMenu is inline by default whereas popup mode is supported by enabling popup property and calling toggle method with an event of the target.

<TieredMenu model={items} popup ref={menu} />
<Button label="Show" icon="pi pi-bars" onClick={(event) => menu.current.toggle(event)}/>

Theming

TieredMenu supports various themes featuring Material, Bootstrap, Fluent as well as your own custom themes via the Designer tool.

Resources

Visit the PrimeReact TieredMenu showcase for demos and documentation.

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