# Context menu

A context menu displays a list of contextual actions.


## Overview

### Custom trigger button

The context menu trigger button can have an icon or custom text slotted.

### Menu item

In a menu item you can slot in text and icons along other layout components.

### Label

It can be visually displayed, or hidden but still available to screen readers.

### Guidelines

Use the context menu to give users all the options when you can’t fit them in the regular view, or to avoid cluttering the interface.

###   Destructive items

Some items in the menu may be destructive. Typical example is Delete. These items behave like the delete-button and should be displayed in red.

### Do's and don'ts


## UX Guidelines

### Writing UX text for context menus