JavaScript Top Menu

The LemonadeJS Top Menu is a functional component designed to facilitate convenient access to key actions within your application. Comprising a set of thoughtfully arranged buttons, this interface ensures a straightforward and efficient user experience.

With a focus on usability, the Top Menu presents a collection of essential features in a visually organized manner. The design emphasizes clarity and simplicity, allowing users to navigate through the menu with ease.

This component serves as a centralized point for accessing core functionalities, contributing to an improved overall user experience. Its adaptable nature enables seamless integration into diverse applications, ensuring a consistent and responsive menu system aligned with your application's requirements.

Documentation

Installation

npm install @lemonadejs/topmenu

Settings

Property Type Description
options optionItem[] An array of option objects describing the rendering options. Each item should follow the structure defined in the 'Option Properties' section below.

Options Properties

Property Type Description
title? string The title text associated with the option.
submenu? submenuItem[] An optional array containing options displayed as a sub-menu. Each item should follow the structure defined in the 'Submenu Properties' section below.

Submenu Properties

Property Type Description
title? string The title text associated with the option.
submenu? array of submenu options An optional array containing options displayed as a submenu.
onclick? function Onclick event for the contextmenu item.
render? function The function executed when rendering the option.
type? string Context menu item type: line, divisor, default.
id? string HTML id property of the item DOM element.
disabled? boolean Item is disabled.
shortcut? string A short description or instruction for the item. Normally a shortcut. Ex. CTRL + C.
tooltip? string Show this text when the user mouse over the element.

Keyboard Accessibility and Focus Management

The LemonadeJS Top Menu emphasizes user-friendly keyboard navigation with the following features:

  1. Comprehensive Keyboard Accessibility:

    • Enables seamless navigation through menu options using standard keyboard controls.
  2. Smart Focus Management:

    • Automatically opens submenus upon hovering over options after opening them for the first time.
    • Facilitates exploration of different sections without the need for manual submenu handling.

This design choice not only accommodates users relying on keyboard input but also enhances overall usability, providing an efficient navigation experience.

Examples

Displaying Options

To showcase options, incorporate objects containing a title and a submenu array with submenu objects.

<html>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lemonadejs/dist/lemonade.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.min.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/modal/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.min.css" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" />

<div id='root' style="background-color: white; border-radius: 5px"></div>

<script>
let root = document.getElementById('root');

const options = [
    {
        title: 'File',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'New',
            },
            {
                title: 'Open',
            },
            {
                title: 'Save',
            },
            {
                title: 'Save As',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'About Us',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Undo',
            },
            {
                title: 'Redo',
            },
            {
                title: 'Cut',
            },
            {
                title: 'Copy',
            },
            {
                title: 'Paste',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'View',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Zoom In',
            },
            {
                title: 'Zoom Out',
            },
        ]
    },
];
    

Topmenu(root, {
    options: options,
});
</script>
</html>
// Add the following link to your HTML file:
// <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" />
import Contextmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu';
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';

export default function App() {
    const self = this;

    self.options = [
    {
        title: 'File',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'New',
            },
            {
                title: 'Open',
            },
            {
                title: 'Save',
            },
            {
                title: 'Save As',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'About Us',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Undo',
            },
            {
                title: 'Redo',
            },
            {
                title: 'Cut',
            },
            {
                title: 'Copy',
            },
            {
                title: 'Paste',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'View',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Zoom In',
            },
            {
                title: 'Zoom Out',
            },
        ]
    },
];

    return `<div>
        <Topmenu :options="self.options" :ref="self.topmenu" />
    </div>`
}
import React, { useRef } from "react";
import Topmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/react';
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';


const options = [
    {
        title: 'File',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'New',
            },
            {
                title: 'Open',
            },
            {
                title: 'Save',
            },
            {
                title: 'Save As',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'About Us',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Undo',
            },
            {
                title: 'Redo',
            },
            {
                title: 'Cut',
            },
            {
                title: 'Copy',
            },
            {
                title: 'Paste',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'View',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Zoom In',
            },
            {
                title: 'Zoom Out',
            },
        ]
    },
];

export default function App() {
    const myRef = useRef();
    
    return (
        <>
            <div>
                <Topmenu options={options} ref={myRef} />
            </div>
        </>
    );
}
<template>
    <div>
        <Topmenu :options="options" />
    </div>
</template>

<script>
import Topmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/vue'
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';

export default {
    name: 'App',
    components: {
        Topmenu
    },
    data() {
        return {
            options: [
                {
                    title: 'File',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'New',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Open',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Save',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Save As',
                        },
                    ]
                },
                {
                    title: 'About Us',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Undo',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Redo',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Cut',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Copy',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Paste',
                        },
                    ]
                },
                {
                    title: 'View',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Zoom In',
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Zoom Out',
                        },
                    ]
                },
            ]
        }
    }
}
</script>

Submenus and Icons

The submenu feature facilitates the creation of nested submenus, allowing for submenus within submenus. Furthermore, icons can be associated with each option within the submenus.

<html>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lemonadejs/dist/lemonade.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.min.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/modal/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.min.css" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" />

<div id='root' style="background-color: white; border-radius: 5px"></div>

<script>
let root = document.getElementById('root');

const options = [
    {
        title: 'Tools',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Selection',
                icon: 'select_all'
            },
            {
                title: 'Brush',
                icon: 'brush'
            },
            {
                title: 'Eraser',
                icon: 'delete'
            },
            {
                title: 'Advanced Tools',
                submenu: [
                    {
                        title: 'Clone Stamp',
                        icon: 'content_copy'
                    },
                    {
                        title: 'Magic Wand',
                        icon: 'wb_iridescent'
                    }
                ]
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'Effects',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Blur',
                icon: 'blur_on'
            },
            {
                title: 'Sharpen',
                icon: 'tune'
            },
            {
                title: 'Color Adjustment',
                icon: 'color_lens'
            },
            {
                title: 'Artistic Effects',
                submenu: [
                    {
                        title: 'Watercolor',
                        icon: 'invert_colors'
                    },
                    {
                        title: 'Oil Paint',
                        icon: 'colorize'
                    }
                ]
            },
        ]
    },
];
    

Topmenu(root, {
    options: options,
});
</script>
</html>
// Add the following link to your HTML file:
// <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" />
import Contextmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu';
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';

export default function App() {
    const self = this;

    self.options = [
        {
            title: 'Tools',
            submenu: [
                {
                    title: 'Selection',
                    icon: 'select_all'
                },
                {
                    title: 'Brush',
                    icon: 'brush'
                },
                {
                    title: 'Eraser',
                    icon: 'delete'
                },
                {
                    title: 'Advanced Tools',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Clone Stamp',
                            icon: 'content_copy'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Magic Wand',
                            icon: 'wb_iridescent'
                        }
                    ]
                },
            ]
        },
        {
            title: 'Effects',
            submenu: [
                {
                    title: 'Blur',
                    icon: 'blur_on'
                },
                {
                    title: 'Sharpen',
                    icon: 'tune'
                },
                {
                    title: 'Color Adjustment',
                    icon: 'color_lens'
                },
                {
                    title: 'Artistic Effects',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Watercolor',
                            icon: 'invert_colors'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Oil Paint',
                            icon: 'colorize'
                        }
                    ]
                },
            ]
        },
    ];

    return `<div>
        <Topmenu :options="self.options" :ref="self.topmenu" />
    </div>`
}
import React, { useRef } from "react";
import Topmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/react';
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';


const options = [
    {
        title: 'Tools',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Selection',
                icon: 'select_all'
            },
            {
                title: 'Brush',
                icon: 'brush'
            },
            {
                title: 'Eraser',
                icon: 'delete'
            },
            {
                title: 'Advanced Tools',
                submenu: [
                    {
                        title: 'Clone Stamp',
                        icon: 'content_copy'
                    },
                    {
                        title: 'Magic Wand',
                        icon: 'wb_iridescent'
                    }
                ]
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'Effects',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Blur',
                icon: 'blur_on'
            },
            {
                title: 'Sharpen',
                icon: 'tune'
            },
            {
                title: 'Color Adjustment',
                icon: 'color_lens'
            },
            {
                title: 'Artistic Effects',
                submenu: [
                    {
                        title: 'Watercolor',
                        icon: 'invert_colors'
                    },
                    {
                        title: 'Oil Paint',
                        icon: 'colorize'
                    }
                ]
            },
        ]
    },
];

export default function App() {
    const myRef = useRef();
    
    return (
        <>
            <div>
                <Topmenu options={options} ref={myRef} />
            </div>
        </>
    );
}
<template>
    <div>
        <Topmenu :options="options" />
    </div>
</template>

<script>
import Topmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/vue'
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';

export default {
    name: 'App',
    components: {
        Topmenu
    },
    data() {
        return {
            options: [
                {
                    title: 'Tools',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Selection',
                            icon: 'select_all'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Brush',
                            icon: 'brush'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Eraser',
                            icon: 'delete'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Advanced Tools',
                            submenu: [
                                {
                                    title: 'Clone Stamp',
                                    icon: 'content_copy'
                                },
                                {
                                    title: 'Magic Wand',
                                    icon: 'wb_iridescent'
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                    ]
                },
                {
                    title: 'Effects',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Blur',
                            icon: 'blur_on'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Sharpen',
                            icon: 'tune'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Color Adjustment',
                            icon: 'color_lens'
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Artistic Effects',
                            submenu: [
                                {
                                    title: 'Watercolor',
                                    icon: 'invert_colors'
                                },
                                {
                                    title: 'Oil Paint',
                                    icon: 'colorize'
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                    ]
                },
            ]
        }
    }
}
</script>

Associate Actions to Options

Options should be linked to corresponding actions. The following example illustrates how this association is established:

<html>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lemonadejs/dist/lemonade.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.min.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/modal/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.min.css" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" />

<div style="display:flex; margin-bottom: 20px">
    <div id='square' style="border: solid 1px black; height: 60px; width: 60px;"></div>
</div>
<div id='root' style="background-color: white; border-radius: 5px"></div>

<script>
let root = document.getElementById('root');
let square = document.getElementById('square');

const options = [
    {
        title: 'Color',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Fill with Red',
                onclick: function() {
                    square.style.backgroundColor = 'red'
                }
            },
            {
                title: 'Fill with Green',
                onclick: function() {
                    square.style.backgroundColor = 'green'
                }
            },
            {
                title: 'Fill with Blue',
                onclick: function() {
                    square.style.backgroundColor = 'blue'
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        title: 'Dimensions',
        submenu: [
            {
                title: 'Increase',
                onclick: function() {
                    square.style.width = square.offsetWidth + 10 + 'px'
                    square.style.height = square.offsetHeight + 10 + 'px'
                }
            },
            {
                title: 'Decrease',
                onclick: function() {
                    square.style.width = square.offsetWidth - 10 + 'px'
                    square.style.height = square.offsetHeight - 10 + 'px'
                }
            },
            {
                title: 'Reset',
                onclick: function() {
                    square.style.width = '60px'
                    square.style.height = '60px'
                }
            }
        ]
    }
];
    

Topmenu(root, {
    options: options,
});
</script>
</html>
// Add the following link to your HTML file:
// <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" />
import Contextmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu';
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';

export default function App() {
    const self = this;

    self.options = [
        {
            title: 'Color',
            submenu: [
                {
                    title: 'Fill with Red',
                    onclick: function() {
                        self.square.style.backgroundColor = 'red'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Fill with Green',
                    onclick: function() {
                        self.square.style.backgroundColor = 'green'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Fill with Blue',
                    onclick: function() {
                        self.square.style.backgroundColor = 'blue'
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            title: 'Dimensions',
            submenu: [
                {
                    title: 'Increase',
                    onclick: function() {
                        self.square.style.width = self.square.offsetWidth + 10 + 'px'
                        self.square.style.height = self.square.offsetHeight + 10 + 'px'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Decrease',
                    onclick: function() {
                        self.square.style.width = self.square.offsetWidth - 10 + 'px'
                        self.square.style.height = self.square.offsetHeight - 10 + 'px'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Reset',
                    onclick: function() {
                        self.square.style.width = '60px'
                        self.square.style.height = '60px'
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ];

    return `<div>
        <div :ref="self.square" style="border: 1px solid black; height: 60px; width: 60px;"></div>
        <Topmenu :options="self.options" :ref="self.topmenu" />
    </div>`
}
import React, { useRef } from "react";
import Topmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/react';
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';



export default function App() {
    const myRef = useRef();
    const squareRef = useRef();

    const options = [
        {
            title: 'Color',
            submenu: [
                {
                    title: 'Fill with Red',
                    onclick: function() {
                        squareRef.current.style.backgroundColor = 'red'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Fill with Green',
                    onclick: function() {
                        squareRef.current.style.backgroundColor = 'green'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Fill with Blue',
                    onclick: function() {
                        squareRef.current.style.backgroundColor = 'blue'
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            title: 'Dimensions',
            submenu: [
                {
                    title: 'Increase',
                    onclick: function() {
                        squareRef.current.style.width = squareRef.current.offsetWidth + 10 + 'px'
                        squareRef.current.style.height = squareRef.current.offsetHeight + 10 + 'px'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Decrease',
                    onclick: function() {
                        squareRef.current.style.width = squareRef.current.offsetWidth - 10 + 'px'
                        squareRef.current.style.height = squareRef.current.offsetHeight - 10 + 'px'
                    }
                },
                {
                    title: 'Reset',
                    onclick: function() {
                        squareRef.current.style.width = '60px'
                        squareRef.current.style.height = '60px'
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ];
    
    return (
        <>
            <div>
                <div ref={squareRef} style={{ border: 'solid 1px black', height: '60px', width: '60px' }}></div>
                <Topmenu options={options} ref={myRef} />
            </div>
        </>
    );
}
<template>
    <div>
        <div :ref="square" style="border: solid 1px black; height: 60px; width: 60px"></div>
        <Topmenu :options="options" />
    </div>
</template>

<script>
import Topmenu from '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/vue'
import '@lemonadejs/topmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/contextmenu/dist/style.css';
import '@lemonadejs/modal/dist/style.css';

export default {
    name: 'App',
    components: {
        Topmenu
    },
    data() {
        return {
            options: [
                {
                    title: 'Color',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Fill with Red',
                            onclick: function() {
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.backgroundColor = 'red'
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Fill with Green',
                            onclick: function() {
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.backgroundColor = 'green'
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Fill with Blue',
                            onclick: function() {
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.backgroundColor = 'blue'
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    title: 'Dimensions',
                    submenu: [
                        {
                            title: 'Increase',
                            onclick: function() {
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.width = this.$refs.square.current.offsetWidth + 10 + 'px'
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.height = this.$refs.square.current.offsetHeight + 10 + 'px'
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Decrease',
                            onclick: function() {
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.width = this.$refs.square.current.offsetWidth - 10 + 'px'
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.height = this.$refs.square.current.offsetHeight - 10 + 'px'
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            title: 'Reset',
                            onclick: function() {
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.width = '60px'
                                this.$refs.square.current.style.height = '60px'
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}
</script>