ant-design/components/menu/index.en-US.md

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category: Components
cols: 1
type: Navigation
title: Menu
cover: https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/alicdn/3XZcjGpvK/Menu.svg
---

A versatile menu for navigation.

## When To Use

Navigation is an important part of any website, as a good navigation setup allows users to move around the site quickly and efficiently. Ant Design offers top and side navigation options. Top navigation provides all the categories and functions of the website. Side navigation provides the multi-level structure of the website.

More layouts with navigation: [Layout](/components/layout).

## Notes for developers

- Menu render as `ul` element. So it only support [`li` and `script-supporting` elements](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-ul-element) as children node。Your customize node should wrapped by `Menu.Item`.
- Menu need collect node structure. So it's children node should be `Menu.*` or HOC which used by it.

## API

```jsx
<Menu>
  <Menu.Item>Menu</Menu.Item>
  <SubMenu title="SubMenu">
    <Menu.Item>SubMenuItem</Menu.Item>
  </SubMenu>
</Menu>
```

### Menu

| Param | Description | Type | Default value | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| defaultOpenKeys | Array with the keys of default opened sub menus | string\[] | - |  |
| defaultSelectedKeys | Array with the keys of default selected menu items | string\[] | - |  |
| expandIcon | custom expand icon of submenu | ReactNode \| `(props: SubMenuProps & { isSubMenu: boolean }) => ReactNode` | - | 4.9.0 |
| forceSubMenuRender | Render submenu into DOM before it becomes visible | boolean | false |  |
| inlineCollapsed | Specifies the collapsed status when menu is inline mode | boolean | - |  |
| inlineIndent | Indent (in pixels) of inline menu items on each level | number | 24 |  |
| mode | Type of menu | `vertical` \| `horizontal` \| `inline` | `vertical` |  |
| multiple | Allows selection of multiple items | boolean | false |  |
| openKeys | Array with the keys of currently opened sub-menus | string\[] | - |  |
| overflowedIndicator | Customized icon when menu is collapsed | ReactNode | - |  |
| selectable | Allows selecting menu items | boolean | true |  |
| selectedKeys | Array with the keys of currently selected menu items | string\[] | - |  |
| style | Style of the root node | CSSProperties | - |  |
| subMenuCloseDelay | Delay time to hide submenu when mouse leaves (in seconds) | number | 0.1 |  |
| subMenuOpenDelay | Delay time to show submenu when mouse enters, (in seconds) | number | 0 |  |
| theme | Color theme of the menu | `light` \| `dark` | `light` |  |
| triggerSubMenuAction | Which action can trigger submenu open/close | `hover` \| `click` | `hover` |  |
| onClick | Called when a menu item is clicked | function({ item, key, keyPath, domEvent }) | - |  |
| onDeselect | Called when a menu item is deselected (multiple mode only) | function({ item, key, keyPath, selectedKeys, domEvent }) | - |  |
| onOpenChange | Called when sub-menus are opened or closed | function(openKeys: string\[]) | - |  |
| onSelect | Called when a menu item is selected | function({ item, key, keyPath, selectedKeys, domEvent }) | - |  |

> More options in [rc-menu](https://github.com/react-component/menu#api)

### Menu.Item

| Param    | Description                          | Type      | Default value | Version |
| -------- | ------------------------------------ | --------- | ------------- | ------- |
| danger   | Display the danger style             | boolean   | false         | 4.3.0   |
| disabled | Whether menu item is disabled        | boolean   | false         |         |
| icon     | The icon of the menu item            | ReactNode | -             | 4.2.0   |
| key      | Unique ID of the menu item           | string    | -             |         |
| title    | Set display title for collapsed item | string    | -             |         |

> Note: `icon` is a newly added prop in `4.2.0`. For previous versions, please use the following method to define the icon.
>
> ```jsx
> <Menu.Item>
>   <PieChartOutlined />
>   <span>Option 1</span>
> </Menu.Item>
> <Menu.SubMenu
>   title={
>     <>
>       <PieChartOutlined />
>       <span>Option 2</span>
>     </>
>   }
> >
>   ...
> </Menu.SubMenu>
> ```

### Menu.SubMenu

| Param | Description | Type | Default value | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| children | Sub-menus or sub-menu items | Array&lt;MenuItem \| SubMenu> | - |  |
| disabled | Whether sub-menu is disabled | boolean | false |  |
| icon | Icon of sub menu | ReactNode | - | 4.2.0 |
| key | Unique ID of the sub-menu | string | - |  |
| popupClassName | Sub-menu class name, not working when `mode="inline"` | string | - |  |
| popupOffset | Sub-menu offset, not working when `mode="inline"` | \[number, number] | - |  |
| title | Title of sub menu | ReactNode | - |  |
| onTitleClick | Callback executed when the sub-menu title is clicked | function({ key, domEvent }) | - |  |

### Menu.ItemGroup

| Param    | Description            | Type        | Default value | Version |
| -------- | ---------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ------- |
| children | Sub-menu items         | MenuItem\[] | -             |         |
| title    | The title of the group | ReactNode   | -             |         |

### Menu.Divider

Divider line in between menu items, only used in vertical popup Menu or Dropdown Menu.

## FAQ

### Why Menu children node will render twice?

Menu collect structure info with [twice-render](https://github.com/react-component/menu/blob/f4684514096d6b7123339cbe72e7b0f68db0bce2/src/Menu.tsx#L543) to support HOC usage. Merge into one render may cause the logic much complex, welcome contribute to help improve collection logic.