Menu

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 two navigation options: top and side. 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.

Notes for developers#

  • Menu is rendered as a ul element, so it only supports li and script-supporting elements as children nodes。Your customized node should be wrapped by Menu.Item.

  • Menu needs to collect its node structure, so its children should be Menu.* or encapsulated HOCs.

Usage upgrade after 4.20.0#

// works when >=4.20.0, recommended ✅
const items = [
  { label: 'item 1', key: 'item-1' }, // remember to pass the key prop
  { label: 'item 2', key: 'item-2' }, // which is required
  {
    label: 'sub menu',
    key: 'submenu',
    children: [{ label: 'item 3', key: 'submenu-item-1' }],
  },
];
return <Menu items={items} />;

// works when <4.20.0, deprecated when >=4.20.0 🙅🏻‍♀️
<Menu>
  <Menu.Item>item 1</Menu.Item>
  <Menu.Item>item 2</Menu.Item>
  <Menu.SubMenu title="sub menu">
    <Menu.Item>item 3</Menu.Item>
  </Menu.SubMenu>
</Menu>;

The legacy demo code for version <4.20.0 could be found at https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design/tree/4.19.5/components/menu/demo.

Examples

Basic usage (deprecated syntactic sugar)

Use the syntax sugar to organize the menu directory tree. We recommend to use items after 4.20.0. In the next major version, the syntax sugar will be removed to make performance improvement be possible.

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import { Menu } from 'antd';
import { MailOutlined, AppstoreOutlined, SettingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';

const App = () => (
  <Menu mode="horizontal" defaultSelectedKeys={['mail']}>
    <Menu.Item key="mail" icon={<MailOutlined />}>
      Navigation One
    </Menu.Item>
    <Menu.SubMenu key="SubMenu" title="Navigation Two - Submenu" icon={<SettingOutlined />}>
      <Menu.Item key="two" icon={<AppstoreOutlined />}>
        Navigation Two
      </Menu.Item>
      <Menu.Item key="three" icon={<AppstoreOutlined />}>
        Navigation Three
      </Menu.Item>
      <Menu.ItemGroup title="Item Group">
        <Menu.Item key="four" icon={<AppstoreOutlined />}>
          Navigation Four
        </Menu.Item>
        <Menu.Item key="five" icon={<AppstoreOutlined />}>
          Navigation Five
        </Menu.Item>
      </Menu.ItemGroup>
    </Menu.SubMenu>
  </Menu>
);

export default App;
< 4.20.0
Top Navigation

Horizontal top navigation menu.

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import { AppstoreOutlined, MailOutlined, SettingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';
import { Menu } from 'antd';
import React, { useState } from 'react';

const items: MenuProps['items'] = [
  {
    label: 'Navigation One',
    key: 'mail',
    icon: <MailOutlined />,
  },
  {
    label: 'Navigation Two',
    key: 'app',
    icon: <AppstoreOutlined />,
    disabled: true,
  },
  {
    label: 'Navigation Three - Submenu',
    key: 'SubMenu',
    icon: <SettingOutlined />,
    children: [
      {
        type: 'group',
        label: 'Item 1',
        children: [
          {
            label: 'Option 1',
            key: 'setting:1',
          },
          {
            label: 'Option 2',
            key: 'setting:2',
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        type: 'group',
        label: 'Item 2',
        children: [
          {
            label: 'Option 3',
            key: 'setting:3',
          },
          {
            label: 'Option 4',
            key: 'setting:4',
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    label: (
      <a href="https://ant.design" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
        Navigation Four - Link
      </a>
    ),
    key: 'alipay',
  },
];

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [current, setCurrent] = useState('mail');

  const onClick: MenuProps['onClick'] = e => {
    console.log('click ', e);
    setCurrent(e.key);
  };

  return <Menu onClick={onClick} selectedKeys={[current]} mode="horizontal" items={items} />;
};

export default App;
Inline menu

Vertical menu with inline submenus.

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import { AppstoreOutlined, MailOutlined, SettingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';
import { Menu } from 'antd';
import React from 'react';

type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>['items'][number];

function getItem(
  label: React.ReactNode,
  key: React.Key,
  icon?: React.ReactNode,
  children?: MenuItem[],
  type?: 'group',
): MenuItem {
  return {
    key,
    icon,
    children,
    label,
    type,
  } as MenuItem;
}

const items: MenuProps['items'] = [
  getItem('Navigation One', 'sub1', <MailOutlined />, [
    getItem('Item 1', 'g1', null, [getItem('Option 1', '1'), getItem('Option 2', '2')], 'group'),
    getItem('Item 2', 'g2', null, [getItem('Option 3', '3'), getItem('Option 4', '4')], 'group'),
  ]),

  getItem('Navigation Two', 'sub2', <AppstoreOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 5', '5'),
    getItem('Option 6', '6'),
    getItem('Submenu', 'sub3', null, [getItem('Option 7', '7'), getItem('Option 8', '8')]),
  ]),

  getItem('Navigation Three', 'sub4', <SettingOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 9', '9'),
    getItem('Option 10', '10'),
    getItem('Option 11', '11'),
    getItem('Option 12', '12'),
  ]),
];

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const onClick: MenuProps['onClick'] = e => {
    console.log('click ', e);
  };

  return (
    <Menu
      onClick={onClick}
      style={{ width: 256 }}
      defaultSelectedKeys={['1']}
      defaultOpenKeys={['sub1']}
      mode="inline"
      items={items}
    />
  );
};

export default App;
Collapsed inline menu

Inline menu could be collapsed.

Here is a complete demo with sider layout.

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import {
  AppstoreOutlined,
  ContainerOutlined,
  DesktopOutlined,
  MailOutlined,
  MenuFoldOutlined,
  MenuUnfoldOutlined,
  PieChartOutlined,
} from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';
import { Button, Menu } from 'antd';
import React, { useState } from 'react';

type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>['items'][number];

function getItem(
  label: React.ReactNode,
  key: React.Key,
  icon?: React.ReactNode,
  children?: MenuItem[],
  type?: 'group',
): MenuItem {
  return {
    key,
    icon,
    children,
    label,
    type,
  } as MenuItem;
}

const items: MenuItem[] = [
  getItem('Option 1', '1', <PieChartOutlined />),
  getItem('Option 2', '2', <DesktopOutlined />),
  getItem('Option 3', '3', <ContainerOutlined />),

  getItem('Navigation One', 'sub1', <MailOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 5', '5'),
    getItem('Option 6', '6'),
    getItem('Option 7', '7'),
    getItem('Option 8', '8'),
  ]),

  getItem('Navigation Two', 'sub2', <AppstoreOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 9', '9'),
    getItem('Option 10', '10'),

    getItem('Submenu', 'sub3', null, [getItem('Option 11', '11'), getItem('Option 12', '12')]),
  ]),
];

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useState(false);

  const toggleCollapsed = () => {
    setCollapsed(!collapsed);
  };

  return (
    <div style={{ width: 256 }}>
      <Button type="primary" onClick={toggleCollapsed} style={{ marginBottom: 16 }}>
        {collapsed ? <MenuUnfoldOutlined /> : <MenuFoldOutlined />}
      </Button>
      <Menu
        defaultSelectedKeys={['1']}
        defaultOpenKeys={['sub1']}
        mode="inline"
        theme="dark"
        inlineCollapsed={collapsed}
        items={items}
      />
    </div>
  );
};

export default App;
Open current submenu only

Click the menu and you will see that all the other menus gets collapsed to keep the entire menu compact.

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import { AppstoreOutlined, MailOutlined, SettingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';
import { Menu } from 'antd';
import React, { useState } from 'react';

type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>['items'][number];

function getItem(
  label: React.ReactNode,
  key: React.Key,
  icon?: React.ReactNode,
  children?: MenuItem[],
  type?: 'group',
): MenuItem {
  return {
    key,
    icon,
    children,
    label,
    type,
  } as MenuItem;
}

const items: MenuItem[] = [
  getItem('Navigation One', 'sub1', <MailOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 1', '1'),
    getItem('Option 2', '2'),
    getItem('Option 3', '3'),
    getItem('Option 4', '4'),
  ]),
  getItem('Navigation Two', 'sub2', <AppstoreOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 5', '5'),
    getItem('Option 6', '6'),
    getItem('Submenu', 'sub3', null, [getItem('Option 7', '7'), getItem('Option 8', '8')]),
  ]),
  getItem('Navigation Three', 'sub4', <SettingOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 9', '9'),
    getItem('Option 10', '10'),
    getItem('Option 11', '11'),
    getItem('Option 12', '12'),
  ]),
];

// submenu keys of first level
const rootSubmenuKeys = ['sub1', 'sub2', 'sub4'];

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [openKeys, setOpenKeys] = useState(['sub1']);

  const onOpenChange: MenuProps['onOpenChange'] = keys => {
    const latestOpenKey = keys.find(key => openKeys.indexOf(key) === -1);
    if (rootSubmenuKeys.indexOf(latestOpenKey!) === -1) {
      setOpenKeys(keys);
    } else {
      setOpenKeys(latestOpenKey ? [latestOpenKey] : []);
    }
  };

  return (
    <Menu
      mode="inline"
      openKeys={openKeys}
      onOpenChange={onOpenChange}
      style={{ width: 256 }}
      items={items}
    />
  );
};

export default App;
Vertical menu

Submenus open as pop-ups.

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import { AppstoreOutlined, MailOutlined, SettingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps } from 'antd';
import { Menu } from 'antd';
import React from 'react';

type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>['items'][number];

function getItem(
  label: React.ReactNode,
  key?: React.Key | null,
  icon?: React.ReactNode,
  children?: MenuItem[],
  type?: 'group',
): MenuItem {
  return {
    key,
    icon,
    children,
    label,
    type,
  } as MenuItem;
}

const items: MenuItem[] = [
  getItem('Navigation One', 'sub1', <MailOutlined />, [
    getItem('Item 1', null, null, [getItem('Option 1', '1'), getItem('Option 2', '2')], 'group'),
    getItem('Item 2', null, null, [getItem('Option 3', '3'), getItem('Option 4', '4')], 'group'),
  ]),

  getItem('Navigation Two', 'sub2', <AppstoreOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 5', '5'),
    getItem('Option 6', '6'),
    getItem('Submenu', 'sub3', null, [getItem('Option 7', '7'), getItem('Option 8', '8')]),
  ]),

  getItem('Navigation Three', 'sub4', <SettingOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 9', '9'),
    getItem('Option 10', '10'),
    getItem('Option 11', '11'),
    getItem('Option 12', '12'),
  ]),
];

const onClick: MenuProps['onClick'] = e => {
  console.log('click', e);
};

const App: React.FC = () => (
  <Menu onClick={onClick} style={{ width: 256 }} mode="vertical" items={items} />
);

export default App;


Menu Themes

There are two built-in themes: light and dark. The default value is light.

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import { AppstoreOutlined, MailOutlined, SettingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps, MenuTheme } from 'antd';
import { Menu, Switch } from 'antd';
import React, { useState } from 'react';

type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>['items'][number];

function getItem(
  label: React.ReactNode,
  key?: React.Key | null,
  icon?: React.ReactNode,
  children?: MenuItem[],
  type?: 'group',
): MenuItem {
  return {
    key,
    icon,
    children,
    label,
    type,
  } as MenuItem;
}

const items: MenuItem[] = [
  getItem('Navigation One', 'sub1', <MailOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 1', '1'),
    getItem('Option 2', '2'),
    getItem('Option 3', '3'),
    getItem('Option 4', '4'),
  ]),

  getItem('Navigation Two', 'sub2', <AppstoreOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 5', '5'),
    getItem('Option 6', '6'),
    getItem('Submenu', 'sub3', null, [getItem('Option 7', '7'), getItem('Option 8', '8')]),
  ]),

  getItem('Navigation Three', 'sub4', <SettingOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 9', '9'),
    getItem('Option 10', '10'),
    getItem('Option 11', '11'),
    getItem('Option 12', '12'),
  ]),
];

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [theme, setTheme] = useState<MenuTheme>('dark');
  const [current, setCurrent] = useState('1');

  const changeTheme = (value: boolean) => {
    setTheme(value ? 'dark' : 'light');
  };

  const onClick: MenuProps['onClick'] = e => {
    console.log('click ', e);
    setCurrent(e.key);
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Switch
        checked={theme === 'dark'}
        onChange={changeTheme}
        checkedChildren="Dark"
        unCheckedChildren="Light"
      />
      <br />
      <br />
      <Menu
        theme={theme}
        onClick={onClick}
        style={{ width: 256 }}
        defaultOpenKeys={['sub1']}
        selectedKeys={[current]}
        mode="inline"
        items={items}
      />
    </>
  );
};

export default App;


Sub-menu theme

You can config SubMenu theme with theme prop to enable different theme color effect. This sample is dark for root and light for SubMenu.

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import { MailOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
import type { MenuProps, MenuTheme } from 'antd';
import { Menu, Switch } from 'antd';
import React, { useState } from 'react';

type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>['items'][number];

function getItem(
  label: React.ReactNode,
  key?: React.Key | null,
  icon?: React.ReactNode,
  children?: MenuItem[],
  theme?: 'light' | 'dark',
): MenuItem {
  return {
    key,
    icon,
    children,
    label,
    theme,
  } as MenuItem;
}

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [theme, setTheme] = useState<MenuTheme>('light');
  const [current, setCurrent] = useState('1');

  const changeTheme = (value: boolean) => {
    setTheme(value ? 'dark' : 'light');
  };

  const onClick: MenuProps['onClick'] = e => {
    setCurrent(e.key);
  };

  const items: MenuItem[] = [
    getItem(
      'Navigation One',
      'sub1',
      <MailOutlined />,
      [getItem('Option 1', '1'), getItem('Option 2', '2'), getItem('Option 3', '3')],
      theme,
    ),
    getItem('Option 5', '5'),
    getItem('Option 6', '6'),
  ];

  return (
    <>
      <Switch
        checked={theme === 'dark'}
        onChange={changeTheme}
        checkedChildren="Dark"
        unCheckedChildren="Light"
      />
      <br />
      <br />
      <Menu
        onClick={onClick}
        style={{ width: 256 }}
        defaultOpenKeys={['sub1']}
        selectedKeys={[current]}
        mode="vertical"
        theme="dark"
        items={items}
      />
    </>
  );
};

export default App;
Change Mode Change Style

Switch the menu type

Show the dynamic switching mode (between inline and vertical).

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import {
  AppstoreOutlined,
  CalendarOutlined,
  LinkOutlined,
  MailOutlined,
  SettingOutlined,
} from '@ant-design/icons';
import { Divider, Menu, Switch } from 'antd';
import type { MenuProps, MenuTheme } from 'antd/es/menu';
import React, { useState } from 'react';

type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>['items'][number];

function getItem(
  label: React.ReactNode,
  key?: React.Key | null,
  icon?: React.ReactNode,
  children?: MenuItem[],
): MenuItem {
  return {
    key,
    icon,
    children,
    label,
  } as MenuItem;
}

const items: MenuItem[] = [
  getItem('Navigation One', '1', <MailOutlined />),
  getItem('Navigation Two', '2', <CalendarOutlined />),
  getItem('Navigation Two', 'sub1', <AppstoreOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 3', '3'),
    getItem('Option 4', '4'),
    getItem('Submenu', 'sub1-2', null, [getItem('Option 5', '5'), getItem('Option 6', '6')]),
  ]),
  getItem('Navigation Three', 'sub2', <SettingOutlined />, [
    getItem('Option 7', '7'),
    getItem('Option 8', '8'),
    getItem('Option 9', '9'),
    getItem('Option 10', '10'),
  ]),
  getItem(
    <a href="https://ant.design" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
      Ant Design
    </a>,
    'link',
    <LinkOutlined />,
  ),
];

const App: React.FC = () => {
  const [mode, setMode] = useState<'vertical' | 'inline'>('inline');
  const [theme, setTheme] = useState<MenuTheme>('light');

  const changeMode = (value: boolean) => {
    setMode(value ? 'vertical' : 'inline');
  };

  const changeTheme = (value: boolean) => {
    setTheme(value ? 'dark' : 'light');
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Switch onChange={changeMode} /> Change Mode
      <Divider type="vertical" />
      <Switch onChange={changeTheme} /> Change Style
      <br />
      <br />
      <Menu
        style={{ width: 256 }}
        defaultSelectedKeys={['1']}
        defaultOpenKeys={['sub1']}
        mode={mode}
        theme={theme}
        items={items}
      />
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

API#

ParamDescriptionTypeDefault valueVersion
defaultOpenKeysArray with the keys of default opened sub menusstring[]-
defaultSelectedKeysArray with the keys of default selected menu itemsstring[]-
expandIconcustom expand icon of submenuReactNode | (props: SubMenuProps & { isSubMenu: boolean }) => ReactNode-4.9.0
forceSubMenuRenderRender submenu into DOM before it becomes visiblebooleanfalse
inlineCollapsedSpecifies the collapsed status when menu is inline modeboolean-
inlineIndentIndent (in pixels) of inline menu items on each levelnumber24
itemsMenu item contentItemType[]-4.20.0
modeType of menuvertical | horizontal | inlinevertical
multipleAllows selection of multiple itemsbooleanfalse
openKeysArray with the keys of currently opened sub-menusstring[]-
overflowedIndicatorCustomized the ellipsis icon when menu is collapsed horizontallyReactNode<EllipsisOutlined />
selectableAllows selecting menu itemsbooleantrue
selectedKeysArray with the keys of currently selected menu itemsstring[]-
styleStyle of the root nodeCSSProperties-
subMenuCloseDelayDelay time to hide submenu when mouse leaves (in seconds)number0.1
subMenuOpenDelayDelay time to show submenu when mouse enters, (in seconds)number0
themeColor theme of the menulight | darklight
triggerSubMenuActionWhich action can trigger submenu open/closehover | clickhover
onClickCalled when a menu item is clickedfunction({ item, key, keyPath, domEvent })-
onDeselectCalled when a menu item is deselected (multiple mode only)function({ item, key, keyPath, selectedKeys, domEvent })-
onOpenChangeCalled when sub-menus are opened or closedfunction(openKeys: string[])-
onSelectCalled when a menu item is selectedfunction({ item, key, keyPath, selectedKeys, domEvent })-

More options in rc-menu

ItemType#

type ItemType = MenuItemType | SubMenuType | MenuItemGroupType | MenuDividerType;

ParamDescriptionTypeDefault valueVersion
dangerDisplay the danger stylebooleanfalse
disabledWhether menu item is disabledbooleanfalse
iconThe icon of the menu itemReactNode-
keyUnique ID of the menu itemstring-
labelMenu labelReactNode-
titleSet display title for collapsed itemstring-

Note: icon is a newly added prop in 4.2.0. For previous versions, please use the following method to define the icon.

<Menu.Item>
  <PieChartOutlined />
  <span>Option 1</span>
</Menu.Item>
<Menu.SubMenu
  title={
    <>
      <PieChartOutlined />
      <span>Option 2</span>
    </>
  }
>
  ...
</Menu.SubMenu>
ParamDescriptionTypeDefault valueVersion
childrenSub-menus or sub-menu itemsItemType[]-
disabledWhether sub-menu is disabledbooleanfalse
iconIcon of sub menuReactNode-
keyUnique ID of the sub-menustring-
labelMenu labelReactNode-
popupClassNameSub-menu class name, not working when mode="inline"string-
popupOffsetSub-menu offset, not working when mode="inline"[number, number]-
themeColor theme of the SubMenu (inherits from Menu by default)light | dark-
onTitleClickCallback executed when the sub-menu title is clickedfunction({ key, domEvent })-

Define type as group to make as group:

const groupItem = {
  type: 'group', // Must have
  label: 'My Group',
  children: [],
};
ParamDescriptionTypeDefault valueVersion
childrenSub-menu itemsMenuItem[]-
labelThe title of the groupReactNode-

Divider line in between menu items, only used in vertical popup Menu or Dropdown Menu. Need define the type as divider：

const dividerItem = {
  type: 'divider', // Must have
};
ParamDescriptionTypeDefault valueVersion
dashedWhether line is dashedbooleanfalse

FAQ#

Why will Menu's children be rendered twice?#

Menu collects structure info with twice-render to support HOC usage. Merging into one render may cause the logic to become much more complex. Contributions to help improve the collection logic are welcomed.

Why Menu do not responsive collapse in Flex layout?#

Menu will render fully item in flex layout and then collapse it. You need tell flex not consider Menu width to enable responsive (online demo):

<div style={{ flex }}>
  <div style={{ ... }}>Some Content</div>
  <Menu style={{ minWidth: 0, flex: "auto" }} />
</div>
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