Shouldn't the `ContextMenuDataProvider` work on ev...

# compose-desktop

[dbaelz]

Shouldn't the ContextMenuDataProvider work on every Composable and show menu (with custom entries) on right click? Doesn't work for me on Text, but works fine (with defaults) on TextField. Tested with alpha 2 and alpha3. Code in 🧵

[dbaelz]

My stripped down example code:

@ExperimentalComposeUiApi
@ExperimentalFoundationApi
@Composable
fun ExampleContextMenu() {
    ContextMenuDataProvider(
        items = {
            listOf(
                ContextMenuItem("Item 1") {},
                ContextMenuItem("Item 2") {}
            )
        }
    ) {
        Box {
            Text("No menu on right click")
        }

        Text("No menu on right click")

        TextField("Menu with default entries shown", {})
    }
}

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

By default it works only with TextFields and Selectable text. But you can enable it for any widget, See example below:

@ExperimentalComposeUiApi
@OptIn(ExperimentalFoundationApi::class)
@Composable
fun contextMenuDemo() {
    DesktopMaterialTheme {
        Column {
            ContextMenuDataProvider(
                items = {
                    listOf(
                        ContextMenuItem("Item 1") {},
                        ContextMenuItem("Item 2") {}
                    )
                }
            ) {
                TextField("Hello non-editable", {})

                SelectionContainer {
                    Text("Hello World!")
                }
            }

            ContextMenuArea(items = {
                listOf(
                    ContextMenuItem("Item 1") {},
                    ContextMenuItem("Item 2") {}
                )
            }) {
                Box(modifier = Modifier.background(Color.Blue).height(100.dp).width(100.dp)) {
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

[dbaelz]

Thanks, didn't found/see the ContextMenuArea in the Compose source code. When I change my example and use the ContextMenuArea instead of the ContextMenuDataProvider it works like charm.

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

It is indeed not clear. We will prepare a small tutorial on this