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<paper-menu>
Material design: Menus
<paper-menu>is deprecated in favour of <paper-listbox>. The APIs are very similar, and upgrading should be straight forward. For this reason, this element has not been ported to Polymer 2.x, and is not a hybrid element. If you use it along side other hybrid elements, please note that it will force your installed Polymer version to 1.x as a result.
<paper-menu> implements an accessible menu control with Material Design styling. The focused item is highlighted, and the selected item has bolded text.
<paper-menu>
<paper-item>Item 1</paper-item>
<paper-item>Item 2</paper-item>
</paper-menu>
An initial selection can be specified with the selected attribute.
<paper-menu selected="0">
<paper-item>Item 1</paper-item>
<paper-item>Item 2</paper-item>
</paper-menu>
Make a multi-select menu with the multi attribute. Items in a multi-select menu can be deselected, and multiple items can be selected.
<paper-menu multi>
<paper-item>Item 1</paper-item>
<paper-item>Item 2</paper-item>
</paper-menu>
Styling
The following custom properties and mixins are available for styling:
| Custom property | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
--paper-menu-background-color |
Menu background color | --primary-background-color |
--paper-menu-color |
Menu foreground color | --primary-text-color |
--paper-menu-disabled-color |
Foreground color for a disabled item | --disabled-text-color |
--paper-menu |
Mixin applied to the menu | {} |
--paper-menu-selected-item |
Mixin applied to the selected item | {} |
--paper-menu-focused-item |
Mixin applied to the focused item | {} |
--paper-menu-focused-item-after |
Mixin applied to the ::after pseudo-element for the focused item | {} |
Accessibility
<paper-menu> has role="menu" by default. A multi-select menu will also have aria-multiselectable set. It implements key bindings to navigate through the menu with the up and down arrow keys, esc to exit the menu, and enter to activate a menu item. Typing the first letter of a menu item will also focus it.
##<paper-submenu>
<paper-submenu> is a nested menu inside of a parent <paper-menu>. It consists of a trigger that expands or collapses another <paper-menu>:
<paper-menu>
<paper-submenu>
<paper-item class="menu-trigger">Topics</paper-item>
<paper-menu class="menu-content">
<paper-item>Topic 1</paper-item>
<paper-item>Topic 2</paper-item>
<paper-item>Topic 3</paper-item>
</paper-menu>
</paper-submenu>
<paper-submenu>
<paper-item class="menu-trigger">Faves</paper-item>
<paper-menu class="menu-content">
<paper-item>Fave 1</paper-item>
<paper-item>Fave 2</paper-item>
</paper-menu>
</paper-submenu>
<paper-submenu disabled>
<paper-item class="menu-trigger">Unavailable</paper-item>
<paper-menu class="menu-content">
<paper-item>Disabled 1</paper-item>
<paper-item>Disabled 2</paper-item>
</paper-menu>
</paper-submenu>
</paper-menu>
Just like in <paper-menu>, the focused item is highlighted, and the selected item has bolded text. Please see the <paper-menu> docs for which attributes (such as multi and selected), and styling options are available for the menu-content menu.
