25 Apr 202514 minutes to read
This article provides a step-by-step guide for setting up a Vue 2 project usingVue-CLI and integrating the Syncfusion® Vue Context menu component using theComposition API /Options API.
System requirements for Syncfusion® Vue UI components
The following list of dependencies are required to use the ContextMenu component in your application.
|--@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations|--@syncfusion/ej2-vue-base|--@syncfusion/ej2-navigations|--@syncfusion/ej2-base|--@syncfusion/ej2-data|--@syncfusion/ej2-lists|--@syncfusion/ej2-inputs|--@syncfusion/ej2-popups|--@syncfusion/ej2-buttonsTo generate a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI, use thevue create command. Follow these steps to install Vue CLI and create a new project:
npm install -g @vue/clivue create quickstartcd quickstartnpm run serveor
yarn global add @vue/clivue create quickstartcd quickstartyarn run serveWhen creating a new project, choose the optionDefault ([Vue 2] babel, eslint) from the menu.

Once thequickstart project is set up with default settings, proceed to add Syncfusion® components to the project.
Syncfusion® packages are available atnpmjs.com. To use Vue components, install the required npm package.
This article uses theVue Context menu component as an example. Install the@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations package by running the following command:
npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations --saveor
yarn add @syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigationsYou can import themes for the Syncfusion® Vue component in various ways, such as using CSS or SASS styles from npm packages, CDN,CRG andTheme Studio. Refer tothemes topic to know more about built-in themes and different ways to refer to themes in a Vue project.
In this article, theMaterial theme is applied using CSS styles, which are available in installed packages. The necessaryMaterial CSS styles for the Context menu component and its dependents were imported into the<style> section ofsrc/App.vue file.
<style>@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";</style>Follow the below steps to add the Vue Context menu component usingComposition API orOptions API:
1. First, import and register the Context menu component in thescript section of thesrc/App.vue file. If you are using theComposition API, you should add thesetup attribute to thescript tag to indicate that Vue will be using theComposition API.
<scriptsetup>import{ContextMenuComponentasEjsContextmenu}from"@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations";</script><script>import{ContextMenuComponent}from"@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations";exportdefault{components:{'ejs-contextmenu':ContextMenuComponent}}</script>2. In thetemplate section, define the Context menu component with theitems property.
<template><div><divid="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div><ejs-contextmenutarget='#target':items='menuItems'></ejs-contextmenu></div></template>3. Declare the value for theitem property in thescript section.
<scriptsetup>constmenuItems=[{text:'Cut'},{text:'Copy'},{text:'Paste'}];</script><script>data(){return{menuItems:[{text:'Cut'},{text:'Copy'},{text:'Paste'}]};}</script>Here is the summarized code for the above steps in thesrc/App.vue file:
<template><div><divid="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div><ejs-contextmenutarget='#target':items='menuItems'></ejs-contextmenu></div></template><scriptsetup>import{ContextMenuComponentasEjsContextmenu}from"@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations";import{enableRipple}from'@syncfusion/ej2-base';enableRipple(true);constmenuItems=[{text:'Cut'},{text:'Copy'},{text:'Paste'}];</script><style>@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";#target{border:1pxdashed;height:150px;padding:10px;position:relative;text-align:justify;color:gray;user-select:none;}</style><template><div><divid="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div><ejs-contextmenutarget='#target':items='menuItems'></ejs-contextmenu></div></template><script>import{ContextMenuComponent}from"@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations";import{enableRipple}from'@syncfusion/ej2-base';enableRipple(true);exportdefault{name:"App",components:{'ejs-contextmenu':ContextMenuComponent},data(){return{menuItems:[{text:'Cut'},{text:'Copy'},{text:'Paste'}]};}}</script><style>@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";#target{border:1pxdashed;height:150px;padding:10px;position:relative;text-align:justify;color:gray;user-select:none;}</style>To run the project, use the following command:
npm run serveor
yarn run serveThe Separators are the horizontal lines that are used to separate the menu items. You cannot select the separators. You can enable separators to group the menu items using theseparator property. Cut, Copy, and Paste menu items are grouped using theseparator property in the following sample.
<template><div><divid="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div><ejs-contextmenutarget='#target':items='menuItems'></ejs-contextmenu></div></template><scriptsetup>import{enableRipple}from'@syncfusion/ej2-base';import{ContextMenuComponentasEjsContextmenu}from"@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations";enableRipple(true);constmenuItems=[{text:'Cut'},{text:'Copy'},{text:'Paste'},{separator:true},{text:'Font'},{text:'Paragraph'}];</script><style>@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";#target{border:1pxdashed;height:150px;padding:10px;position:relative;text-align:justify;color:gray;user-select:none;}</style><template><div><divid="target">Right click / Touch hold to open the ContextMenu</div><ejs-contextmenutarget='#target':items='menuItems'></ejs-contextmenu></div></template><script>import{ContextMenuComponent}from"@syncfusion/ej2-vue-navigations";import{enableRipple}from'@syncfusion/ej2-base';enableRipple(true);exportdefault{name:"App",components:{'ejs-contextmenu':ContextMenuComponent},data(){return{menuItems:[{text:'Cut'},{text:'Copy'},{text:'Paste'},{separator:true},{text:'Font'},{text:'Paragraph'}]};}}</script><style>@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";@import"../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";#target{border:1pxdashed;height:150px;padding:10px;position:relative;text-align:justify;color:gray;user-select:none;}</style>The
separatorpropertyshould notbe given along with the other fields in theMenuItem.