---
title: "EditorSuggestionMenu"
description: "A command menu that displays formatting and action suggestions when typing the / character in the editor."
canonical_url: "https://ui.nuxt.com/docs/components/editor-suggestion-menu"
---
# EditorSuggestionMenu

> A command menu that displays formatting and action suggestions when typing the / character in the editor.

## Usage

The EditorSuggestionMenu component displays a menu of formatting and action suggestions when typing a trigger character in the editor and executes the corresponding [handler](/docs/components/editor#handlers) when an item is selected.

> [!NOTE]
> 
> It uses the `useEditorMenu` composable built on top of TipTap's [Suggestion](https://tiptap.dev/docs/editor/api/utilities/suggestion) utility to filter items as you type and support keyboard navigation (arrow keys, enter to select, escape to close).

> [!CAUTION]
> 
> It must be used inside an [Editor](/docs/components/editor) component's default slot to have access to the editor instance.

```vue [EditorSuggestionMenuExample.vue]
<script setup lang="ts">
import type { EditorSuggestionMenuItem } from '@nuxt/ui'

const value = ref(`# Suggestion Menu

Type / to open the suggestion menu and browse available formatting commands.`)

const items: EditorSuggestionMenuItem[][] = [[{
  type: 'label',
  label: 'Text'
}, {
  kind: 'paragraph',
  label: 'Paragraph',
  icon: 'i-lucide-type'
}, {
  kind: 'heading',
  level: 1,
  label: 'Heading 1',
  icon: 'i-lucide-heading-1'
}, {
  kind: 'heading',
  level: 2,
  label: 'Heading 2',
  icon: 'i-lucide-heading-2'
}, {
  kind: 'heading',
  level: 3,
  label: 'Heading 3',
  icon: 'i-lucide-heading-3'
}], [{
  type: 'label',
  label: 'Lists'
}, {
  kind: 'bulletList',
  label: 'Bullet List',
  icon: 'i-lucide-list'
}, {
  kind: 'orderedList',
  label: 'Numbered List',
  icon: 'i-lucide-list-ordered'
}], [{
  type: 'label',
  label: 'Insert'
}, {
  kind: 'blockquote',
  label: 'Blockquote',
  icon: 'i-lucide-text-quote'
}, {
  kind: 'codeBlock',
  label: 'Code Block',
  icon: 'i-lucide-square-code'
}, {
  kind: 'horizontalRule',
  label: 'Divider',
  icon: 'i-lucide-separator-horizontal'
}]]

// SSR-safe function to append menus to body (avoids z-index issues in docs)
const appendToBody = import.meta.client ? () => document.body : undefined
</script>

<template>
  <UEditor
    v-slot="{ editor }"
    v-model="value"
    content-type="markdown"
    placeholder="Type / for commands..."
    class="w-full min-h-21"
  >
    <UEditorSuggestionMenu :editor="editor" :items="items" :append-to="appendToBody" />
  </UEditor>
</template>
```

### Items

Use the `items` prop as an array of objects with the following properties:

- [`kind?: "textAlign" | "heading" | "link" | "image" | "blockquote" | "bulletList" | "orderedList" | "taskList" | "codeBlock" | "horizontalRule" | "paragraph" | "clearFormatting" | "duplicate" | "delete" | "moveUp" | "moveDown" | "suggestion" | "mention" | "emoji"`](/docs/components/editor#handlers)
- `label?: string`
- `description?: string`
- `icon?: string`
- `type?: "label" | "separator"`
- `disabled?: boolean`

```vue [EditorSuggestionMenuItemsExample.vue]
<script setup lang="ts">
import type { EditorSuggestionMenuItem } from '@nuxt/ui'

const value = ref(`Type / to see a list of commands.

You can customize the items with icons, labels, and descriptions.`)

const items: EditorSuggestionMenuItem[][] = [[{
  type: 'label',
  label: 'Text Styles'
}, {
  kind: 'paragraph',
  label: 'Paragraph',
  icon: 'i-lucide-type'
}, {
  kind: 'heading',
  level: 1,
  label: 'Heading 1',
  icon: 'i-lucide-heading-1'
}, {
  kind: 'heading',
  level: 2,
  label: 'Heading 2',
  icon: 'i-lucide-heading-2'
}, {
  kind: 'heading',
  level: 3,
  label: 'Heading 3',
  icon: 'i-lucide-heading-3'
}], [{
  type: 'label',
  label: 'Lists'
}, {
  kind: 'bulletList',
  label: 'Bullet List',
  icon: 'i-lucide-list'
}, {
  kind: 'orderedList',
  label: 'Numbered List',
  icon: 'i-lucide-list-ordered'
}], [{
  type: 'label',
  label: 'Blocks'
}, {
  kind: 'blockquote',
  label: 'Blockquote',
  icon: 'i-lucide-text-quote'
}, {
  kind: 'codeBlock',
  label: 'Code Block',
  icon: 'i-lucide-square-code'
}, {
  kind: 'horizontalRule',
  label: 'Divider',
  icon: 'i-lucide-separator-horizontal'
}]]
</script>

<template>
  <UEditor
    v-slot="{ editor }"
    v-model="value"
    content-type="markdown"
    placeholder="Type / for commands..."
    class="w-full min-h-19"
  >
    <UEditorSuggestionMenu :editor="editor" :items="items" />
  </UEditor>
</template>
```

> [!NOTE]
> 
> You can also pass an array of arrays to the `items` prop to create separated groups of items.

> [!TIP]
> 
> Use `type: 'label'` for section headers and `type: 'separator'` for visual dividers to organize commands into logical groups for better discoverability.

### Char

Use the `char` prop to change the trigger character. Defaults to `/`.

```vue
<template>
  <UEditor v-slot="{ editor }">
    <UEditorSuggestionMenu :editor="editor" :items="items" char=">" />
  </UEditor>
</template>
```

### Suggestion `Soon`

Use the `suggestion` prop to customize TipTap's [Suggestion matching behavior](https://tiptap.dev/docs/editor/api/utilities/suggestion#settings).

This is useful when the trigger character should open directly after other characters instead of requiring the default whitespace prefix.

```vue
<template>
  <UEditor v-slot="{ editor }">
    <UEditorSuggestionMenu
      :editor="editor"
      :items="items"
      char=":"
      :suggestion="{
        allowedPrefixes: null
      }"
    />
  </UEditor>
</template>
```

### Options

Use the `options` prop to customize the positioning behavior using [Floating UI options](https://floating-ui.com/docs/computeposition#options).

```vue
<template>
  <UEditor v-slot="{ editor }">
    <UEditorSuggestionMenu
      :editor="editor"
      :items="items"
      :options="{
        placement: 'bottom-start',
        offset: 4
      }"
    />
  </UEditor>
</template>
```

## API

### Props

```ts
/**
 * Props for the EditorSuggestionMenu component
 */
interface EditorSuggestionMenuProps {
  size?: "xs" | "md" | "sm" | "lg" | "xl" | undefined;
  items?: T[] | T[][] | undefined;
  ui?: { content?: ClassNameValue; viewport?: ClassNameValue; group?: ClassNameValue; label?: ClassNameValue; separator?: ClassNameValue; item?: ClassNameValue; itemLeadingIcon?: ClassNameValue; itemLeadingAvatar?: ClassNameValue; itemLeadingAvatarSize?: ClassNameValue; itemWrapper?: ClassNameValue; itemLabel?: ClassNameValue; itemDescription?: ClassNameValue; itemLabelExternalIcon?: ClassNameValue; } | undefined;
  editor?: Editor;
  /**
   * The trigger character (e.g., '/', '@', ':')
   * @default "\"/\""
   */
  char?: string | undefined;
  /**
   * Plugin key to identify this menu
   * @default "\"suggestionMenu\""
   */
  pluginKey?: string | undefined;
  /**
   * Fields to filter items by.
   */
  filterFields?: string[] | undefined;
  /**
   * Maximum number of items to display
   */
  limit?: number | undefined;
  /**
   * The options for positioning the menu. Those are passed to Floating UI and include options for the placement, offset, flip, shift, size, autoPlacement, hide, and inline middleware.
   */
  options?: FloatingUIOptions | undefined;
  /**
   * Optional TipTap Suggestion matching options.
   */
  suggestion?: Omit<Partial<SuggestionOptions<any, any>>, "editor" | "char" | "pluginKey" | "items" | "command" | "render"> | undefined;
  /**
   * The DOM element to append the menu to. Default is the editor's parent element.
   * 
   * Sometimes the menu needs to be appended to a different DOM context due to accessibility, clipping, or z-index issues.
   */
  appendTo?: HTMLElement | (() => HTMLElement) | undefined;
}
```

## Theme

```ts [app.config.ts]
export default defineAppConfig({
  ui: {
    editorSuggestionMenu: {
      slots: {
        content: 'min-w-48 max-w-60 max-h-96 bg-default shadow-lg rounded-md ring ring-default overflow-hidden data-[state=open]:animate-[scale-in_100ms_ease-out] data-[state=closed]:animate-[scale-out_100ms_ease-in] origin-(--reka-dropdown-menu-content-transform-origin) flex flex-col',
        viewport: 'relative divide-y divide-default scroll-py-1 overflow-y-auto flex-1',
        group: 'p-1 isolate',
        label: 'w-full flex items-center font-semibold text-highlighted',
        separator: '-mx-1 my-1 h-px bg-border',
        item: 'group relative w-full flex items-start select-none outline-none before:absolute before:z-[-1] before:inset-px before:rounded-md data-disabled:cursor-not-allowed data-disabled:opacity-75',
        itemLeadingIcon: 'shrink-0 flex items-center justify-center',
        itemLeadingAvatar: 'shrink-0',
        itemLeadingAvatarSize: '',
        itemWrapper: 'flex-1 flex flex-col text-start min-w-0',
        itemLabel: 'truncate',
        itemDescription: 'truncate text-muted',
        itemLabelExternalIcon: 'inline-block size-3 align-top text-dimmed'
      },
      variants: {
        size: {
          xs: {
            label: 'p-1 text-[10px]/3 gap-1',
            item: 'p-1 text-xs gap-1',
            itemLeadingIcon: 'size-4 text-sm',
            itemLeadingAvatarSize: '3xs'
          },
          sm: {
            label: 'p-1.5 text-[10px]/3 gap-1.5',
            item: 'p-1.5 text-xs gap-1.5',
            itemLeadingIcon: 'size-4 text-sm',
            itemLeadingAvatarSize: '3xs'
          },
          md: {
            label: 'p-1.5 text-xs gap-1.5',
            item: 'p-1.5 text-sm gap-1.5',
            itemLeadingIcon: 'size-5 text-base',
            itemLeadingAvatarSize: '2xs'
          },
          lg: {
            label: 'p-2 text-xs gap-2',
            item: 'p-2 text-sm gap-2',
            itemLeadingIcon: 'size-5 text-base',
            itemLeadingAvatarSize: '2xs'
          },
          xl: {
            label: 'p-2 text-sm gap-2',
            item: 'p-2 text-base gap-2',
            itemLeadingIcon: 'size-6 text-xl',
            itemLeadingAvatarSize: 'xs'
          }
        },
        active: {
          true: {
            item: 'text-highlighted before:bg-elevated/75',
            itemLeadingIcon: 'text-default'
          },
          false: {
            item: [
              'text-default data-highlighted:not-data-disabled:text-highlighted data-highlighted:not-data-disabled:before:bg-elevated/50',
              'transition-colors before:transition-colors'
            ],
            itemLeadingIcon: [
              'text-dimmed group-data-highlighted:not-group-data-disabled:text-default',
              'transition-colors'
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      defaultVariants: {
        size: 'md'
      }
    }
  }
})
```

## Changelog

See commit history for [component](https://github.com/nuxt/ui/commits/v4/src/runtime/components/EditorSuggestionMenu.vue) and [theme](https://github.com/nuxt/ui/commits/v4/src/theme/editor-suggestion-menu.ts).


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