Menu

Menu is abstraction layer on top of Popup.

local Menu = require("nui.menu")
local event = require("nui.utils.autocmd").event

local popup_options = {
  relative = "cursor",
  position = {
    row = 1,
    col = 0,
  },
  border = {
    style = "rounded",
    text = {
      top = "[Choose Item]",
      top_align = "center",
    },
  },
  win_options = {
    winhighlight = "Normal:Normal",
  }
}

local menu = Menu(popup_options, {
  lines = {
    Menu.separator("Group One"),
    Menu.item("Item 1"),
    Menu.item("Item 2"),
    Menu.separator("Group Two", {
      char = "-",
      text_align = "right",
    }),
    Menu.item("Item 3"),
    Menu.item("Item 4"),
  },
  max_width = 20,
  keymap = {
    focus_next = { "j", "<Down>", "<Tab>" },
    focus_prev = { "k", "<Up>", "<S-Tab>" },
    close = { "<Esc>", "<C-c>" },
    submit = { "<CR>", "<Space>" },
  },
  on_close = function()
    print("CLOSED")
  end,
  on_submit = function(item)
    print("SUBMITTED", vim.inspect(item))
  end,
})

You can manipulate the assocciated buffer and window using the split.bufnr and split.winid properties.

NOTE: the first argument accepts options for nui.popup component.

Options

lines

Type: table

List of menu items.

Menu.item(content, data?)

Menu.item is used to create an item object for the Menu.

Parameters

Example

Menu.item("One") --> { text = "One" }

Menu.item("Two", { id = 2 }) --> { id = 2, text = "Two" }

This is what you get as the argument of on_submit callback function. You can include whatever you want in the item object.

Menu.separator(content?, options?)

Menu.separator is used to create a menu item that can't be focused.

Parameters

You can just use Menu.item only and implement Menu.separator's behavior by providing a custom should_skip_item function.

prepare_item

Type: function

Signature: prepare_item(item)

If provided, this function is used for preparing each menu item.

The return value should be a NuiLine object or string or a list containing either of them.

If return value is nil, that node will not be rendered.

should_skip_item

Type: function

Signature: should_skip_item(item)

If provided, this function is used to determine if an item should be skipped when focusing previous/next item.

The return value should be boolean.

By default, items created by Menu.separator are skipped.

max_height

Type: number

Maximum height of the menu.

min_height

Type: number

Minimum height of the menu.

max_width

Type: number

Maximum width of the menu.

min_width

Type: number

Minimum width of the menu.

keymap

Type: table

Key mappings for the menu.

Example

keymap = {
  close = { "<Esc>", "<C-c>" },
  focus_next = { "j", "<Down>", "<Tab>" },
  focus_prev = { "k", "<Up>", "<S-Tab>" },
  submit = { "<CR>" },
},

on_change

Type: function

Signature: on_change(item, menu)

Callback function, called when menu item is focused.

on_close

Type: function

Signature: on_close(item, menu)

Callback function, called when menu is closed.

on_submit

Type: function

Signature: on_submit(item)

Callback function, called when menu is submitted.

Methods

Methods from nui.popup are also available for nui.menu.

Properties

menu.tree

The underlying NuiTree object used for rendering the menu. You can use it to manipulate the menu items on-the-fly and access all the NuiTree methods.

Wiki Page

You can find additional documentation/examples/guides/tips-n-tricks in nui.menu wiki page.