Context Menu
A menu of actions revealed by right-clicking a region, with roving focus.
Preview
Controls
Device view renders in an isolated frame so real responsive breakpoints apply. Switch to Full for overflowing popovers.
Installation
php artisan ui:add context-menu
Behavior layer (Alpine)
This component installs a self-registering Alpine module to
resources/js/ui/context-menu.js. Import the behavior layer once
from your bundle so it loads (it hooks alpine:init):
import './context-menu.js';
Registry contract
Install confidence
php artisan ui:add context-menu
writes only the generated targets below. The CLI validates each file hash before writing and
prompts before replacing local changes unless --force is used.
- Version
- 1.0.2
- License
- open
- Stability
- stable
- Contract
- v2
- Foundation
- ≥ 1.0.0
| Type | Generated target |
|---|---|
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/context-menu.blade.php |
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/context-menu/trigger.blade.php |
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/context-menu/content.blade.php |
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/context-menu/item.blade.php |
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/context-menu/separator.blade.php |
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/context-menu/label.blade.php |
| js | resources/js/ui/context-menu.js |
Registry dependencies
None.
Package dependencies
composer: jml/brok:^1.0
npm: alpinejs
Guidance
Secondary action menuProvide compact access to secondary actions.
Use when
- Use for secondary actions when compact access is more important than constant visibility. Do not hide the most frequent or highest-value actions in a menu when discoverability matters.
Avoid when
- Avoid using context-menu as a default simply because it is available in the library. Choose it only when its interaction cost, visibility, and behavior match the job to be done.
- Task length
- micro
- Interaction cost
- medium
- Interruptiveness
- none
- Input precision
- none
- Mobile / touch risk
- medium
- Accessibility risk
- high
- Needs background context
- Yes
- Comparison needed
- No
Preferred alternatives
- Visible button for frequent actions
- Inline action bar
Anti-patterns
- Hiding primary actions in menus
API
manifest knowledge + registry-derived coverageProps
No documented props. Pass normal Blade attributes through the component root.
Slots
default— Primary Blade slot rendered by the component.x-ui.context-menu.trigger— Installed subcomponent from the registry item.x-ui.context-menu.content— Installed subcomponent from the registry item.x-ui.context-menu.item— Installed subcomponent from the registry item.x-ui.context-menu.separator— Installed subcomponent from the registry item.x-ui.context-menu.label— Installed subcomponent from the registry item.
Data slots
context-menu
context-menu-content
context-menu-item
context-menu-label
context-menu-separator
context-menu-trigger
Capabilities
Behavior
- Uses server-rendered Blade and semantic HTML.
- Installs a JavaScript behavior module when the registry item includes resources/js/ui files.
- Declares registry capability flags: a11y, interactive, responsive, rtl, darkMode, localized.
Usage
<x-ui.context-menu>
<x-ui.context-menu.trigger>
<div class="flex h-40 w-full items-center justify-center rounded-md border-2 border-dashed border-border text-sm text-muted-foreground">
{{ __('Right-click here') }}
</div>
</x-ui.context-menu.trigger>
<x-ui.context-menu.content>
<x-ui.context-menu.label>{{ __('Actions') }}</x-ui.context-menu.label>
<x-ui.context-menu.item>{{ __('Back') }}</x-ui.context-menu.item>
<x-ui.context-menu.item>{{ __('Reload') }}</x-ui.context-menu.item>
<x-ui.context-menu.separator />
<x-ui.context-menu.item>{{ __('Save as...') }}</x-ui.context-menu.item>
</x-ui.context-menu.content>
</x-ui.context-menu>
Accessibility & localization
data-slot
Keyboard focus-visible
Localized labels
- Accessibility target: wcag-2.2-aa-target.
- Uses semantic HTML and a stable
data-slotattribute for styling/scripting hooks. - Focus-visible rings use the
ringtoken so keyboard focus is always visible. - Disabled and invalid states are conveyed to assistive tech, not by color alone.
- Targets WCAG 2.2 AA; verify contrast in light, dark, admin and customer surfaces above.
- Labels go through
__()and the component uses logical properties (ms-*,text-start,start-*) so it mirrors correctly — flip the preview to RTL to confirm.
Source
The exact, editable file ui:add writes
into your app — copy it or own the whole thing. Previews
render this same code; there are no preview-only components.
Changelog
Current version: v1.0.2. See the site changelog for the full release history.