---
title: Context Menu
description: Displays a menu to the user — such as a set of actions or functions — triggered by a button.
component: true
links:
  doc: https://www.radix-ui.com/docs/primitives/components/context-menu
  api: https://www.radix-ui.com/docs/primitives/components/context-menu#api-reference
---

<ComponentPreview
  name="context-menu-demo"
  description="A context menu with sub menu items."
/>

## Installation

<CodeTabs>

<TabsList>
  <TabsTrigger value="cli">CLI</TabsTrigger>
  <TabsTrigger value="manual">Manual</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
<TabsContent value="cli">

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add context-menu
```

</TabsContent>

<TabsContent value="manual">

<Steps>

<Step>Install the following dependencies:</Step>

```bash
npm install @radix-ui/react-context-menu
```

<Step>Copy and paste the following code into your project.</Step>

<ComponentSource name="context-menu" title="components/ui/context-menu.tsx" />

<Step>Update the import paths to match your project setup.</Step>

</Steps>

</TabsContent>

</CodeTabs>

## Usage

```tsx showLineNumbers
import {
  ContextMenu,
  ContextMenuContent,
  ContextMenuItem,
  ContextMenuTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/context-menu"
```

```tsx showLineNumbers
<ContextMenu>
  <ContextMenuTrigger>Right click</ContextMenuTrigger>
  <ContextMenuContent>
    <ContextMenuItem>Profile</ContextMenuItem>
    <ContextMenuItem>Billing</ContextMenuItem>
    <ContextMenuItem>Team</ContextMenuItem>
    <ContextMenuItem>Subscription</ContextMenuItem>
  </ContextMenuContent>
</ContextMenu>
```