---
id: Custom menus
section: components
subsection: menus
---

import { cloneElement, Fragment, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';

import RhUiSettingsFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-settings-fill-icon';
import RhUiBranchFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-branch-fill-icon';
import RhUiStorageDomainFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-storage-domain-fill-icon';
import RhUiServerStackFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-server-stack-fill-icon';
import CubeIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/cube-icon';
import RhUiMenuBarsIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-menu-bars-icon';
import RhUiClipboardFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-clipboard-fill-icon';
import RhUiNotificationFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-notification-fill-icon';
import RhUiThumbnailViewSmallFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-ui-thumbnail-view-small-fill-icon';
import brandImg from '../assets/PF-IconLogo.svg';
import SearchIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/search-icon';
import RhMicronsCaretDownFillIcon from '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-microns-caret-down-fill-icon';
import RhMicronsCloseIcon from  '@patternfly/react-icons/dist/esm/icons/rh-microns-close-icon';
import avatarImg from '../assets/avatarImg.svg';
import { css } from '@patternfly/react-styles';
import styles from '@patternfly/react-styles/css/components/Menu/menu';
import text from '@patternfly/react-styles/css/utilities/Text/text';

## Examples

Custom menus can be constructed using a composable approach by combining the [menu](/components/menus/menu) and [menu toggle](/components/menus/menu-toggle) components in unique ways. To handle basic keyboard inputs, [dropdown](/components/menus/dropdown), [select](/components/menus/select), or [`<MenuContainer>`](/components/menus/menu#menucontainer) components may be used in combination with menu components.

Additionally, menu components may be connected to each other manually through our undocumented internal [popper.js](https://popper.js.org/) wrapper component called Popper.

### With actions

```ts file="./examples/ActionsMenuDemo.tsx"

```

### With favorites

```ts file="./examples/FavoritesDemo.tsx"

```

### With drilldown

```ts file="./examples/DrilldownMenuDemo.tsx"

```

### With inline search filter

```ts file="./examples/InlineSearchFilterMenuDemo.tsx"

```

### Tree view menu

When rendering a menu-like element that does not contain `<MenuItem>` components, [panel](/components/panel) allows more flexible control and customization.

```ts file="./examples/TreeViewMenuDemo.tsx"

```

### Flyout menu

The flyout will automatically position to the left or top if it would otherwise go outside the window. The menu must be placed in a container outside the main content like Popper, [popover](/components/popover) or [tooltip](/components/tooltip), since it may go over the side nav.

```ts file="./examples/FlyoutDemo.tsx"

```

### Application launcher menu

```ts file="./examples/ApplicationLauncherDemo.tsx"

```

### Context selector menu

```ts file="./examples/ContextSelectorDemo.tsx"

```

### Date select menu

```ts file="./examples/DateSelectDemo.tsx"

```