Menu

The Menu item list is a component that allows you to display related content grouped together and organized vertically. It can be used in various UI components such as dropdown, drawer, split button and more.

There are two ways to use this component: using slot or using items property

Using Slot

You can use slots to add menu items and submenu items components inside a menu item list component. This gives you greater control over the layout and content of the menu item list.

Single level menu

Menu ItemMenu ItemMenu Item

<qtm-menu-item-list>
  <qtm-menu-item id="menu1">
    <qtm-menu-item-label>
      <qtm-icon icon="account_circle"></qtm-icon>
      <qtm-typography>Menu Item</qtm-typography>
    </qtm-menu-item-label>
  </qtm-menu-item>
  <qtm-menu-item id="menu2">
    <qtm-menu-item-label>
      <qtm-icon icon="account_circle"></qtm-icon>
      <qtm-typography>Menu Item</qtm-typography>
    </qtm-menu-item-label>
  </qtm-menu-item>
  <qtm-menu-item id="menu3">
    <qtm-menu-item-label>
      <qtm-icon icon="account_circle"></qtm-icon>
      <qtm-typography>Menu Item</qtm-typography>
    </qtm-menu-item-label>
  </qtm-menu-item>
</qtm-menu-item-list>

Multi-level menu

For menu item with submenu items, a collapsed icon should also be displayed on the right side of menu item label. To select a suitable icon, please refer to the Icon documentation.

Menu ItemMenu ItemMenu ItemSubmenu ItemSubmenu ItemSubmenu Item

<qtm-menu-item-list>
  <qtm-menu-item id="menu1">
    <qtm-menu-item-label>
      <qtm-icon icon="account_circle"></qtm-icon>
      <qtm-typography>Menu Item</qtm-typography>
    </qtm-menu-item-label>
  </qtm-menu-item>
  <qtm-menu-item id="menu2">
    <qtm-menu-item-label>
      <qtm-icon icon="account_circle"></qtm-icon>
      <qtm-typography>Menu Item</qtm-typography>
    </qtm-menu-item-label>
  </qtm-menu-item>
  <qtm-menu-item id="menu3">
    <qtm-menu-item-label>
      <qtm-icon icon="account_circle"></qtm-icon>
      <qtm-typography>Menu Item</qtm-typography>
      <qtm-icon icon="keyboard_arrow_up"></qtm-icon>
    </qtm-menu-item-label>
    <qtm-submenu-item-list>
      <qtm-submenu-item id="submenu1">Submenu Item</qtm-submenu-item>
      <qtm-submenu-item id="submenu2">Submenu Item</qtm-submenu-item>
      <qtm-submenu-item id="submenu3">Submenu Item</qtm-submenu-item>
    </qtm-submenu-item-list>
  </qtm-menu-item>
</qtm-menu-item-list>

Using items property

You can also set the items property value in Javascript in order to generate the menu item list dynamically. This property has the following format:

type MenuItemItemType = {
  label: string,
  id: string,
  icon?: string | IconType,
  children?: [
    {
      label: string,
      id: string,
    }
  ],
};

Single level menu

<script>
  const items=[
    { label: 'Menu item', id: 'menu1', icon: 'account_circle' },
    { label: 'Menu item', id: 'menu2', icon: 'account_circle' },
    { label: 'Menu item', id: 'menu3', icon: 'account_circle' },
  ]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list"></qtm-menu-item-list>

Multi-level menu

For menu items that contain submenu items, a collapsed icon will be automatically displayed on the right side of the menu label. When a menu item with a submenu is clicked, the icon will dynamically expand or collapse.

<script>
  const items=[
    {label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},
    {label: "Menu item", id: "menu2", icon: "account_circle"},
    {
      label: "Menu item", id: "menu3", icon: "account_circle",
      children: [
        { label: 'Submenu item', id: 'submenu1' },
        { label: 'Submenu item', id: 'submenu2' },
        { label: 'Submenu item', id: 'submenu3' },
      ],
    },
  ]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list"></qtm-menu-item-list>

Multi-level menu with custom icon

To select an appropriate icon, please consult the Icon component documentation.

You can include an icon in the items property by adding either the icon name or an icon object with the following format:

type IconType = {
  icon: string,
  classes?: string,
  lib?: IconLibType,
  size?: IconSizeType,
  variant?: IconVariantType,
};

<script>
  const items=[
    {label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: {icon: 'applied_settings', lib:"business"}},
    {label: "Menu item", id: "menu2", icon: {icon: 'applied_settings', lib:"business"}},
    {
      label: "Menu item", id: "menu3",
      icon: { icon: 'applied_settings', lib:"business"}
      children: [
        { label: 'Submenu item', id: 'submenu1' },
        { label: 'Submenu item', id: 'submenu2' },
        { label: 'Submenu item', id: 'submenu3' },
      ],
    },
  ]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list"></qtm-menu-item-list>

Properties

All the properties listed below can be applied directly to the menu item list tag. This means that they are applicable to the menu item list generated by using either the slot or the items prop method.

NOTE: All menu item element and submenu item element must have an id attribute for the features to work properly.

Active

enable-auto-active

Setting the enable-auto-active property to true will automatically activate the active state of both menu items and submenu items when they are clicked or when the active-id prop value is changed.

</script>
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list" enable-auto-active></qtm-menu-item-list>

active-id

Set the active-id value to the active menu or submenu item ID by default

</script>
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list" active-id="menu2" enable-auto-active></qtm-menu-item-list>

disabledIds

Set the disabledIds value to a list of ids of disabled menu items or disabled submenu items

</script>
  const menu = document.getElementById("menu-list")
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  menu.items = items
  const disabledIds=['menu1', 'submenu2']
  menu.disabledIds = disabledIds
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list" active-id="menu2" enable-auto-active></qtm-menu-item-list>

collapsedIds

Set the collapsedIds value to a list of menu items that does not show their own nested submenu items by default

</script>
  const menu = document.getElementById("menu-list")
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  menu.items = items
  const collapsedIds = ['menu3']
  menu.collapsedIds = collapsedIds
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list"></qtm-menu-item-list>

size

The menu item lists come in three size: small, medium and large. By default, they are displayed in the medium size.

Small

Medium

Large

const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
<qtm-menu-item-list size="small" [items]="items"></qtm-menu-item-list>
<qtm-menu-item-list size="medium" [items]="items"></qtm-menu-item-list>
<qtm-menu-item-list size="large" [items]="items"></qtm-menu-item-list>

</script>
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  ["menu-list1", "menu-list2", "menu-list3"].forEach(listId =>
    document.getElementById(listId).items = items
  )
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list1" size="small"></qtm-menu-item-list>
<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list2" size="medium"></qtm-menu-item-list>
<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list3" size="large"></qtm-menu-item-list>

Scrolling

scrollable

If there are more menu items than can be displayed at once, you can make the menu item list scrollable by adding the scrollable attribute to this component. By default, the scrollable menu item list displays the first five menu items and half of the sixth one.

</script>
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list" scrollable></qtm-menu-item-list>

nb-visible-items

If you want to change the number of visible items when the menu item list is scrollable, you can change value of nb-visible-items attribute.

</script>
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list" scrollable nb-visible-items="2"></qtm-menu-item-list>

classes

Add your own classes in the classes attribute. This way you will be able to override or extend the styles applied to the component (you can use available utility classes by importing @qtm/css/dist/utilities.css).

</script>
  const items=[{label: "Menu item", id: "menu1", icon: "account_circle"},...]
  document.getElementById("menu-list").items = items
</script>

<qtm-menu-item-list id="menu-list" classes="bg-primary-100"></qtm-menu-item-list>

API

qtm-menu-item-list

Property	Type	Default	Description
activeId	string		The item whose id is activeId will activate when enableAutoActive is set to true
classes	string		list of classes to override or extend the styles applied to the component. You can use available utility classes by importing
collapsedIds	string[]	[]	The list of collapsed menu-item ids, only if they have submenu-items
disabledIds	string[]	[]	The list of disabled menu-item ids and disabled submenu items ids
enableAutoActive	boolean	false	If true, the menu item list activates automatically the active state of menu item and submenu item. The elements in list must have id attribute
items	MenuItemItemType[]		List of items to be generated as children nodes, ex: [{ label: 'label1', icon: 'person', id: 'id1', children: [ { label: 'subLabel'; id: 'subId1'; }, ... ]
nbVisibleItems	number		the number of visible items when the menu item list is scrollable
scrollable	boolean	false	if true, the menu item list is scrollable
size	"large" | "medium" | "small"		The size of child elements( menu-item, menu-item-label, submenu-item) in menu-item-list

Event	Type	Description
activeIdChanged	CustomEvent<string>	Callback fired when the activeId is modified
clickItem	CustomEvent<string>	Callback fired when a menu item or submenu item is clicked
collapsedIdsChanged	CustomEvent<string[]>	Callback fired when collapsed id list change

qtm-menu-item

Property	Type	Default	Description
active	boolean	false	If true, the menu item or submenu item is active
classes	string		list of classes to override or extend the styles applied to the component. You can use available utility classes by importing
collapsed	boolean	false	If true, the submenu item list is collapsed
disabled	boolean	false	If true, the component is disabled.
id	string		The id of menu item
item	{ label: string; icon?: string | IconType; id: string; children?: [{ label: string; id: string; }]; }

Event	Type	Description
clickedMenuItem	CustomEvent<string>	Callback fired when the menu item is clicked or when its submenu-item is clicked

qtm-menu-item-label

Property	Type	Default	Description
classes	string		list of classes to override or extend the styles applied to the component. You can use available utility classes by importing

Event	Type	Description
clickEvent	CustomEvent<void>	callback fired when a menu item label is clicked

qtm-submenu-item-list

Property	Type	Default	Description
classes	string

qtm-submenu-item

Property	Type	Default	Description
active	boolean		If true, the menu item or submenu item is active
classes	string		list of classes to override or extend the styles applied to the component. You can use available utility classes by importing
disabled	boolean	false	If true, the component is disabled.
id	string		The id of submenu item

Event	Type	Description
clickedSubmenuItem	CustomEvent<string>	Callback fired when when its submenu-item is clicked