ReactJS UI Ant Design Menu Component

Ant Design Library has this component pre-built, and it is very easy to integrate as well. Menu Component is used to display a versatile menu for navigation purposes. We can use the following approach in ReactJS to use the Ant Design Menu Component.

Menu Props:

• defaultOpenKeys: It is used to denote the array with the keys of the default opened sub-menus.
• defaultSelectedKeys: It is used to denote the array with the keys of default selected menu items.
• expandIcon: It is used to pass the custom expand icon of the submenu.
• forceSubMenuRender: It is used to force the render submenu into DOM before it becomes visible.
• inlineCollapsed: It is used to specify the collapsed status when the menu is in an inline mode.
• inlineIndent: It is used to denote the indent of inline menu items on each level in pixels.
• mode: It is used to denote the type of menu.
• multiple: It is used to allow the selection of multiple items.
• openKeys: It is used to denote the array with the keys of the currently opened sub-menus.
• overflowedIndicator: It is used to pass the customized icon when the menu is collapsed.
• selectable: It is used to allow selecting menu items.
• selectedKeys: It is used to denote the array with the keys of currently selected menu items.
• style: It is used to define the style of the root node.
• subMenuCloseDelay: It denotes the delay time in seconds to hide the submenu when the mouse leaves.
• subMenuOpenDelay: It denotes the delay time in seconds to show the submenu when the mouse enters.
• theme: It is used to define the color theme of the menu.
• triggerSubMenuAction: It is a callback function that can trigger submenu open/close.
• onClick: It is a callback function that is called when a menu item is clicked.
• onDeselect: It is a callback function that is called when a menu item is deselected.
• onOpenChange: It is a callback function that is called when sub-menus are opened or closed.
• onSelect: It is a callback function that is called when a menu item is selected.

Menu.Item Props:

• danger: It is used to display the danger style.
• disabled: It is used to indicate whether the menu item is disabled or not.
• icon: It is used to pass the icon of the menu item.
• key: It is used to denote the unique ID of the menu item.
• title: It is used to set the display title for the collapsed item.

Menu.SubMenu Props:

• children: It is used to denote the sub-menus or sub-menu items.
• disabled: It is used to indicate whether the sub-menu is disabled or not.
• icon: It is used to pass the icon of the sub-menu.
• key: It is used to denote the unique ID of the sub-menu.
• popupClassName: It is used to denote the sub-menu class name.
• popupOffset: It is used to denote the sub-menu offset.
• title: It is used to denote the title of the sub-menu.
• onTitleClick: It is a callback function that is triggered when the sub-menu title is clicked.

Menu.ItemGroup Props:

• children: It is used to denote the Sub-menu items.
• title: It is used to denote the title of the group.

Menu.Divider: It is used as a divider line in between menu items. This component is only used in vertical popup Menu or Dropdown Menu.

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

• Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

  npx create-react-app foldername

• Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:

  cd foldername

• Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:

  npm install antd

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Project Structure

Example: Now write down the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output:

Reference: https://ant.design/components/menu/