Revert "Revert "Add support for nested submenus to ActionMenu""

.changeset/wild-students-bow.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": minor
+---
+
+Adds support for nested submenus to `ActionMenu`

packages/react/src/ActionList/ActionListContainerContext.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type ContextProps = {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
   afterSelect?: Function
   enableFocusZone?: boolean
+  defaultTrailingVisual?: React.ReactElement
 }
 
 export const ActionListContainerContext = React.createContext<ContextProps>({})

packages/react/src/ActionList/Item.tsx

@@ -74,14 +74,22 @@ export const Item = React.forwardRef<HTMLLIElement, ActionListItemProps>(
       inlineDescription: [Description, props => props.variant !== 'block'],
     })
 
+    const {container, afterSelect, selectionAttribute, defaultTrailingVisual} =
+      React.useContext(ActionListContainerContext)
+
+    // Be sure to avoid rendering the container unless there is a default
+    const wrappedDefaultTrailingVisual = defaultTrailingVisual ? (
+      <TrailingVisual>{defaultTrailingVisual}</TrailingVisual>
+    ) : null
+    const trailingVisual = slots.trailingVisual ?? wrappedDefaultTrailingVisual
+
     const {
       variant: listVariant,
       role: listRole,
       showDividers,
       selectionVariant: listSelectionVariant,
     } = React.useContext(ListContext)
     const {selectionVariant: groupSelectionVariant} = React.useContext(GroupContext)
-    const {container, afterSelect, selectionAttribute} = React.useContext(ActionListContainerContext)
     const inactive = Boolean(inactiveText)
     const showInactiveIndicator = inactive && container === undefined
 
@@ -308,7 +316,7 @@ export const Item = React.forwardRef<HTMLLIElement, ActionListItemProps>(
               sx={{display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0}}
             >
               <ConditionalWrapper
-                if={Boolean(slots.trailingVisual) || (showInactiveIndicator && !slots.leadingVisual)}
+                if={Boolean(trailingVisual) || (showInactiveIndicator && !slots.leadingVisual)}
                 sx={{display: 'flex', flexGrow: 1}}
               >
                 <ConditionalWrapper
@@ -339,7 +347,7 @@ export const Item = React.forwardRef<HTMLLIElement, ActionListItemProps>(
                   ) : (
                     // If it's not inactive, or it has a leading visual that can be replaced,
                     // just render the trailing visual slot.
-                    slots.trailingVisual
+                    trailingVisual
                   )
                 }
               </ConditionalWrapper>

packages/react/src/ActionMenu/ActionMenu.features.stories.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {ActionMenu, ActionList, Box} from '../'
-import {WorkflowIcon, ArchiveIcon, GearIcon, CopyIcon, RocketIcon, CommentIcon, BookIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'
+import {
+  WorkflowIcon,
+  ArchiveIcon,
+  GearIcon,
+  CopyIcon,
+  RocketIcon,
+  CommentIcon,
+  BookIcon,
+  SparkleFillIcon,
+} from '@primer/octicons-react'
 
 export default {
   title: 'Components/ActionMenu/Features',
@@ -181,3 +190,45 @@ export const InactiveItems = () => (
     </ActionMenu.Overlay>
   </ActionMenu>
 )
+
+export const Submenus = () => (
+  <ActionMenu>
+    <ActionMenu.Button>Edit</ActionMenu.Button>
+    <ActionMenu.Overlay>
+      <ActionList>
+        <ActionList.Item>Cut</ActionList.Item>
+        <ActionList.Item>Copy</ActionList.Item>
+        <ActionList.Item>Paste</ActionList.Item>
+        <ActionMenu>
+          <ActionMenu.Anchor>
+            <ActionList.Item>
+              <ActionList.LeadingVisual>
+                <SparkleFillIcon />
+              </ActionList.LeadingVisual>
+              Paste special
+            </ActionList.Item>
+          </ActionMenu.Anchor>
+          <ActionMenu.Overlay>
+            <ActionList>
+              <ActionList.Item>Paste plain text</ActionList.Item>
+              <ActionList.Item>Paste formulas</ActionList.Item>
+              <ActionList.Item>Paste with formatting</ActionList.Item>
+              <ActionMenu>
+                <ActionMenu.Anchor>
+                  <ActionList.Item>Paste from</ActionList.Item>
+                </ActionMenu.Anchor>
+                <ActionMenu.Overlay>
+                  <ActionList>
+                    <ActionList.Item>Current clipboard</ActionList.Item>
+                    <ActionList.Item>History</ActionList.Item>
+                    <ActionList.Item>Another device</ActionList.Item>
+                  </ActionList>
+                </ActionMenu.Overlay>
+              </ActionMenu>
+            </ActionList>
+          </ActionMenu.Overlay>
+        </ActionMenu>
+      </ActionList>
+    </ActionMenu.Overlay>
+  </ActionMenu>
+)

packages/react/src/ActionMenu/ActionMenu.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React, {useEffect, useState} from 'react'
-import {TriangleDownIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'
+import React, {useCallback, useContext, useMemo, useEffect, useState} from 'react'
+import {TriangleDownIcon, ChevronRightIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'
 import type {AnchoredOverlayProps} from '../AnchoredOverlay'
 import {AnchoredOverlay} from '../AnchoredOverlay'
 import type {OverlayProps} from '../Overlay'
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ import type {MandateProps} from '../utils/types'
 import type {ForwardRefComponent as PolymorphicForwardRefComponent} from '../utils/polymorphic'
 import {Tooltip} from '../TooltipV2/Tooltip'
 
+export type MenuCloseHandler = (
+  gesture: 'anchor-click' | 'click-outside' | 'escape' | 'tab' | 'item-select' | 'arrow-left',
+) => void
+
 export type MenuContextProps = Pick<
   AnchoredOverlayProps,
   'anchorRef' | 'renderAnchor' | 'open' | 'onOpen' | 'anchorId'
 > & {
-  onClose?: (gesture: 'anchor-click' | 'click-outside' | 'escape' | 'tab') => void
+  onClose?: MenuCloseHandler
+  isSubmenu?: boolean
 }
 const MenuContext = React.createContext<MenuContextProps>({renderAnchor: null, open: false})
 
@@ -44,9 +49,23 @@ const Menu: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<ActionMenuProps>> = ({
   onOpenChange,
   children,
 }: ActionMenuProps) => {
+  const parentMenuContext = useContext(MenuContext)
+
   const [combinedOpenState, setCombinedOpenState] = useProvidedStateOrCreate(open, onOpenChange, false)
   const onOpen = React.useCallback(() => setCombinedOpenState(true), [setCombinedOpenState])
-  const onClose = React.useCallback(() => setCombinedOpenState(false), [setCombinedOpenState])
+  const onClose: MenuCloseHandler = React.useCallback(
+    gesture => {
+      setCombinedOpenState(false)
+
+      // Close the parent stack when an item is selected or the user tabs out of the menu entirely
+      switch (gesture) {
+        case 'tab':
+        case 'item-select':
+          parentMenuContext.onClose?.(gesture)
+      }
+    },
+    [setCombinedOpenState, parentMenuContext],
+  )
 
   const menuButtonChild = React.Children.toArray(children).find(
     child => React.isValidElement<ActionMenuButtonProps>(child) && (child.type === MenuButton || child.type === Anchor),
@@ -100,15 +119,59 @@ const Menu: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<ActionMenuProps>> = ({
   })
 
   return (
-    <MenuContext.Provider value={{anchorRef, renderAnchor, anchorId, open: combinedOpenState, onOpen, onClose}}>
+    <MenuContext.Provider
+      value={{
+        anchorRef,
+        renderAnchor,
+        anchorId,
+        open: combinedOpenState,
+        onOpen,
+        onClose,
+        // will be undefined for the outermost level, then false for the top menu, then true inside that
+        isSubmenu: parentMenuContext.isSubmenu !== undefined,
+      }}
+    >
       {contents}
     </MenuContext.Provider>
   )
 }
 
 export type ActionMenuAnchorProps = {children: React.ReactElement; id?: string}
 const Anchor = React.forwardRef<HTMLElement, ActionMenuAnchorProps>(({children, ...anchorProps}, anchorRef) => {
-  return React.cloneElement(children, {...anchorProps, ref: anchorRef})
+  const {onOpen, isSubmenu} = React.useContext(MenuContext)
+
+  const openSubmenuOnRightArrow: React.KeyboardEventHandler<HTMLElement> = useCallback(
+    event => {
+      children.props.onKeyDown?.(event)
+      if (isSubmenu && event.key === 'ArrowRight' && !event.defaultPrevented) onOpen?.('anchor-key-press')
+    },
+    [children, isSubmenu, onOpen],
+  )
+
+  // Add right chevron icon to submenu anchors rendered using `ActionList.Item`
+  const parentActionListContext = useContext(ActionListContainerContext)
+  const thisActionListContext = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      isSubmenu
+        ? {
+            ...parentActionListContext,
+            defaultTrailingVisual: <ChevronRightIcon />,
+            // Default behavior is to close after selecting; we want to open the submenu instead
+            afterSelect: () => onOpen?.('anchor-click'),
+          }
+        : parentActionListContext,
+    [isSubmenu, onOpen, parentActionListContext],
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <ActionListContainerContext.Provider value={thisActionListContext}>
+      {React.cloneElement(children, {
+        ...anchorProps,
+        ref: anchorRef,
+        onKeyDown: openSubmenuOnRightArrow,
+      })}
+    </ActionListContainerContext.Provider>
+  )
 })
 
 /** this component is syntactical sugar 🍭 */
@@ -133,19 +196,24 @@ type MenuOverlayProps = Partial<OverlayProps> &
 const Overlay: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<MenuOverlayProps>> = ({
   children,
   align = 'start',
-  side = 'outside-bottom',
+  side,
   'aria-labelledby': ariaLabelledby,
   ...overlayProps
 }) => {
   // we typecast anchorRef as required instead of optional
   // because we know that we're setting it in context in Menu
-  const {anchorRef, renderAnchor, anchorId, open, onOpen, onClose} = React.useContext(MenuContext) as MandateProps<
-    MenuContextProps,
-    'anchorRef'
-  >
+  const {
+    anchorRef,
+    renderAnchor,
+    anchorId,
+    open,
+    onOpen,
+    onClose,
+    isSubmenu = false,
+  } = React.useContext(MenuContext) as MandateProps<MenuContextProps, 'anchorRef'>
 
   const containerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  useMenuKeyboardNavigation(open, onClose, containerRef, anchorRef)
+  useMenuKeyboardNavigation(open, onClose, containerRef, anchorRef, isSubmenu)
 
   // If the menu anchor is an icon button, we need to label the menu by tooltip that also labelled the anchor.
   const [anchorAriaLabelledby, setAnchorAriaLabelledby] = useState<null | string>(null)
@@ -167,7 +235,7 @@ const Overlay: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<MenuOverlayProps>> = ({
       onOpen={onOpen}
       onClose={onClose}
       align={align}
-      side={side}
+      side={side ?? (isSubmenu ? 'outside-right' : 'outside-bottom')}
       overlayProps={overlayProps}
       focusZoneSettings={{focusOutBehavior: 'wrap'}}
     >
@@ -179,7 +247,7 @@ const Overlay: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<MenuOverlayProps>> = ({
             // If there is a custom aria-labelledby, use that. Otherwise, if exists, use the id that labels the anchor such as tooltip. If none of them exist, use anchor id.
             listLabelledBy: ariaLabelledby || anchorAriaLabelledby || anchorId,
             selectionAttribute: 'aria-checked', // Should this be here?
-            afterSelect: onClose,
+            afterSelect: () => onClose?.('item-select'),
           }}
         >
           {children}