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This PR fixes #1809
Related Meshery Issue: meshery/meshery#21450

Description:

  • Replaced dynamic anchorEl state with a stable anchorRef attached to <ButtonGroup>.
  • Configured <Popper> to anchor to anchorRef.current with default placement="bottom-end" for consistent dropdown alignment underneath the dropdown arrow.
  • Added toggle fallback on the primary button when defaultActionClick is not provided.
  • Added disabled?: boolean, permissionKey?: PermissionKeySpec, and permissionAction?: PermissionAction support to ActionButtonProps and Option (passed down to Button and MenuItem for RBAC CASL gating).
  • Added comprehensive JSDoc docstrings for ActionButtonProps, Option, and ActionButton.
  • Added unit test suite in src/__testing__/ActionButton.test.tsx (9 tests covering labels, toggle behavior, permissions, and disabled states).

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  • New Features

    • Added configurable menu placement and a default “Action” label.
    • Added permission-based visibility and disabled-state support for the button and menu options.
    • The main button can open the dropdown when no primary action is configured.
    • Improved dropdown behavior when interacting with the button and menu.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Disabled or unauthorized options no longer trigger their actions.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for labels, actions, dropdown behavior, visibility, permissions, and disabled states.

Signed-off-by: Mayank Sharma <sharmamayank01010@gmail.com>
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ActionButton now supports optional actions, permission gating, disabled options, configurable placement, and consistent ButtonGroup anchoring. New tests cover labels, menu behavior, option handling, visibility, disabled states, and placement.

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ActionButton behavior

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ActionButton API and menu behavior
src/custom/ActionButton/ActionButton.tsx, src/__testing__/ActionButton.test.tsx
The component adds permission properties, optional primary actions, a default "Action" label, disabled menu handling, and dropdown toggling. Tests cover primary actions, options, hidden items, disabled states, labels, and primary-button disabling.
Anchored dropdown placement
src/custom/ActionButton/ActionButton.tsx, src/__testing__/ActionButton.test.tsx
The dropdown anchors to the full ButtonGroup and supports configurable placement. Tests verify the default and custom placements.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a6eee

The Actions dropdown now uses the full button group as its intended anchor, but test coverage does not yet verify that anchor through both ways of opening the menu. This is a bounded regression-coverage gap rather than evidence of a current UI failure.

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The PR includes changes outside issue #1809, including RBAC permission props, disabled-state handling, optional primary actions, fallback toggle behavior, and related JSDoc updates. Separate the unrelated permission, disabled-state, optional-action, and documentation changes into a separate PR, or link issues that explicitly require those changes.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the ActionButton changes, including prop enhancements, dropdown alignment, and unit tests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR addresses issue #1809 by anchoring the dropdown to the ButtonGroup, applying consistent placement, and adding regression tests for alignment and anchoring.
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@KhushamBansal review this

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@MAYANKSHARMA01010 please add a screenshot of your fix to the PR's description. That will make it easier for reviewers to validate at a quick glance that the fix is working.

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@Bharath314 Added the Before & After screenshots to the PR description for quick review!

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@MAYANKSHARMA01010 Good job with replacing useState(anchorEl) with a ref instead! That's the pattern used in the mui docs as well. I have a few comments. Please go through them when you can. Please add docstrings as well. And since, the PR does more than just fix the dropdown alignment, change the name of the PR to something suitable.

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@Bharath314 Thanks for the thorough review and feedback! All suggestions have been resolved:

  1. Test Suite: Updated regex to ^Action$, dynamically referenced mockOptions[i].label, and looped through mockOptions to assert all non-divider items.
  2. Placement: Updated default placement to 'bottom-end' to align the menu seamlessly under the dropdown arrow.
  3. Refactor: Removed the redundant handleMenuItemClick in favor of inlining setOpen(false).
  4. RBAC Support: Added permissionKey and permissionAction to ActionButtonProps and Option (passing down to Button and MenuItem), which allows Meshery UI to safely consume this component directly.
  5. Docs & Title: Added complete JSDoc docstrings and updated the PR title to [feat] ActionButton: Enhance props, dropdown alignment, and unit tests.

Ready for your re-review!

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- Line 33: Update the PermissionAction JSDoc example to list only the supported
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@MAYANKSHARMA01010 your changes look good to me, but please use a real image of meshery ui for the after picture. That isn't a real image of kanvas. There are many other components that uses the ActionButton if you are unable to get a screenshot of kanvas.

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@Bharath314 Thanks for the feedback and guidance!

Since Kanvas is a remote cloud extension that requires cloud provider access not available in my offline local environment, I had created a sandbox layout to preview the toolbar context. I appreciate the clarification and will make sure to use real Meshery UI pages going forward!

If everything looks good with the changes and tests, could you please approve this PR so we can get it merged and move forward with the Meshery PR next?

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The fix looks good, but could you add a small regression test for the actual dropdown alignment/anchoring? The current tests cover opening and interacting with the menu, but not the ButtonGroup anchor/placement that this PR is fixing.

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@PARTH-TUSSLE Thanks for the suggestion! I've added regression unit tests verifying that is anchored with the default placement="bottom-end" as well as custom placement (placement="bottom-start"). All 11 tests in the suite are passing.

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- Around line 147-159: Update the ActionButton tests covering both open paths to
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primary button and once via the dropdown arrow, and assert the anchorEl for each
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@PARTH-TUSSLE Thanks for the suggestion! I've added regression unit tests verifying that is anchored with the default placement="bottom-end" as well as custom placement (placement="bottom-start"). All 11 tests in the suite are passing.

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Thank you for your contribution!
Let’s discuss this during tomorrow’s website call at 5:30 PM IST / 6 AM CT.
If you would, please add it as an agenda item to the meeting minutes :)

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[Bug] ActionButton: Dropdown menu misaligned when clicking dropdown arrow

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