ion-action-sheet

An Action Sheet is a dialog that displays a set of options. It appears on top of the app's content, and must be manually dismissed by the user before they can resume interaction with the app. Destructive options are made obvious in ios mode. There are multiple ways to dismiss the action sheet, including tapping the backdrop or hitting the escape key on desktop.

Buttons

A button's role property can either be destructive or cancel. Buttons without a role property will have the default look for the platform. Buttons with the cancel role will always load as the bottom button, no matter where they are in the array. All other buttons will be displayed in the order they have been added to the buttons array. Note: We recommend that destructive buttons are always the first button in the array, making them the top button. Additionally, if the action sheet is dismissed by tapping the backdrop, then it will fire the handler from the button with the cancel role.

Customization

Action Sheet uses scoped encapsulation, which means it will automatically scope its CSS by appending each of the styles with an additional class at runtime. Overriding scoped selectors in CSS requires a higher specificity selector.

We recommend passing a custom class to cssClass in the create method and using that to add custom styles to the host and inner elements. This property can also accept multiple classes separated by spaces. View the Usage section for an example of how to pass a class using cssClass.

/* DOES NOT WORK - not specific enough */
.action-sheet-group {
  background: #e5e5e5;
}

/* Works - pass "my-custom-class" in cssClass to increase specificity */
.my-custom-class .action-sheet-group {
  background: #e5e5e5;
}

Any of the defined CSS Custom Properties can be used to style the Action Sheet without needing to target individual elements:

.my-custom-class {
  --background: #e5e5e5;
}

If you are building an Ionic Angular app, the styles need to be added to a global stylesheet file. Read Style Placement in the Angular section below for more information.

Usage

Angular

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { ActionSheetController } from '@ionic/angular';

@Component({
  selector: 'action-sheet-example',
  templateUrl: 'action-sheet-example.html',
  styleUrls: ['./action-sheet-example.css'],
})
export class ActionSheetExample {
  constructor(public actionSheetController: ActionSheetController) {}

  async presentActionSheet() {
    const actionSheet = await this.actionSheetController.create({
      header: 'Albums',
      cssClass: 'my-custom-class',
      buttons: [
        {
          text: 'Delete',
          role: 'destructive',
          icon: 'trash',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Delete clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Share',
          icon: 'share',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Share clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Play (open modal)',
          icon: 'caret-forward-circle',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Play clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Favorite',
          icon: 'heart',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Favorite clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Cancel',
          icon: 'close',
          role: 'cancel',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Cancel clicked');
          },
        },
      ],
    });
    await actionSheet.present();

    const { role } = await actionSheet.onDidDismiss();
    console.log('onDidDismiss resolved with role', role);
  }
}

Style Placement

In Angular, the CSS of a specific page is scoped only to elements of that page. Even though the Action Sheet can be presented from within a page, the ion-action-sheet element is appended outside of the current page. This means that any custom styles need to go in a global stylesheet file. In an Ionic Angular starter this can be the src/global.scss file or you can register a new global style file by adding to the styles build option in angular.json.

Javascript

async function presentActionSheet() {
  const actionSheet = document.createElement('ion-action-sheet');

  actionSheet.header = 'Albums';
  actionSheet.cssClass = 'my-custom-class';
  actionSheet.buttons = [
    {
      text: 'Delete',
      role: 'destructive',
      icon: 'trash',
      handler: () => {
        console.log('Delete clicked');
      },
    },
    {
      text: 'Share',
      icon: 'share',
      handler: () => {
        console.log('Share clicked');
      },
    },
    {
      text: 'Play (open modal)',
      icon: 'caret-forward-circle',
      handler: () => {
        console.log('Play clicked');
      },
    },
    {
      text: 'Favorite',
      icon: 'heart',
      handler: () => {
        console.log('Favorite clicked');
      },
    },
    {
      text: 'Cancel',
      icon: 'close',
      role: 'cancel',
      handler: () => {
        console.log('Cancel clicked');
      },
    },
  ];
  document.body.appendChild(actionSheet);
  await actionSheet.present();

  const { role } = await actionSheet.onDidDismiss();
  console.log('onDidDismiss resolved with role', role);
}

React

/* Using with useIonActionSheet Hook */

import React from 'react';
import { IonButton, IonContent, IonPage, useIonActionSheet } from '@ionic/react';

const ActionSheetExample: React.FC = () => {
  const [present, dismiss] = useIonActionSheet();

  return (
    <IonPage>
      <IonContent>
        <IonButton
          expand="block"
          onClick={() =>
            present({
              buttons: [{ text: 'Ok' }, { text: 'Cancel' }],
              header: 'Action Sheet',
            })
          }
        >
          Show ActionSheet
        </IonButton>
        <IonButton expand="block" onClick={() => present([{ text: 'Ok' }, { text: 'Cancel' }], 'Action Sheet')}>
          Show ActionSheet using params
        </IonButton>
        <IonButton
          expand="block"
          onClick={() => {
            present([{ text: 'Ok' }, { text: 'Cancel' }], 'Action Sheet');
            setTimeout(dismiss, 3000);
          }}
        >
          Show ActionSheet, hide after 3 seconds
        </IonButton>
      </IonContent>
    </IonPage>
  );
};

/* Using with IonActionSheet Component */

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { IonActionSheet, IonContent, IonButton } from '@ionic/react';
import { trash, share, caretForwardCircle, heart, close } from 'ionicons/icons';

export const ActionSheetExample: React.FC = () => {
  const [showActionSheet, setShowActionSheet] = useState(false);

  return (
    <IonContent>
      <IonButton onClick={() => setShowActionSheet(true)} expand="block">
        Show Action Sheet
      </IonButton>
      <IonActionSheet
        isOpen={showActionSheet}
        onDidDismiss={() => setShowActionSheet(false)}
        cssClass="my-custom-class"
        buttons={[
          {
            text: 'Delete',
            role: 'destructive',
            icon: trash,
            handler: () => {
              console.log('Delete clicked');
            },
          },
          {
            text: 'Share',
            icon: share,
            handler: () => {
              console.log('Share clicked');
            },
          },
          {
            text: 'Play (open modal)',
            icon: caretForwardCircle,
            handler: () => {
              console.log('Play clicked');
            },
          },
          {
            text: 'Favorite',
            icon: heart,
            handler: () => {
              console.log('Favorite clicked');
            },
          },
          {
            text: 'Cancel',
            icon: close,
            role: 'cancel',
            handler: () => {
              console.log('Cancel clicked');
            },
          },
        ]}
      ></IonActionSheet>
    </IonContent>
  );
};

Stencil

import { Component, h } from '@stencil/core';

import { actionSheetController } from '@ionic/core';

@Component({
  tag: 'action-sheet-example',
  styleUrl: 'action-sheet-example.css',
})
export class ActionSheetExample {
  async presentActionSheet() {
    const actionSheet = await actionSheetController.create({
      header: 'Albums',
      cssClass: 'my-custom-class',
      buttons: [
        {
          text: 'Delete',
          role: 'destructive',
          icon: 'trash',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Delete clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Share',
          icon: 'share',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Share clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Play (open modal)',
          icon: 'caret-forward-circle',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Play clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Favorite',
          icon: 'heart',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Favorite clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Cancel',
          icon: 'close',
          role: 'cancel',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Cancel clicked');
          },
        },
      ],
    });
    await actionSheet.present();

    const { role } = await actionSheet.onDidDismiss();
    console.log('onDidDismiss resolved with role', role);
  }

  render() {
    return [
      <ion-content>
        <ion-button onClick={() => this.presentActionSheet()}>Present Action Sheet</ion-button>
      </ion-content>,
    ];
  }
}

Vue

<template>
  <ion-button @click="presentActionSheet">Show Action Sheet</ion-button>
</template>

<script>
  import { IonButton, actionSheetController } from '@ionic/vue';
  import { defineComponent } from 'vue';
  import { caretForwardCircle, close, heart, trash, share } from 'ionicons/icons';

  export default defineComponent({
    components: { IonButton },
    methods: {
      async presentActionSheet() {
        const actionSheet = await actionSheetController.create({
          header: 'Albums',
          cssClass: 'my-custom-class',
          buttons: [
            {
              text: 'Delete',
              role: 'destructive',
              icon: trash,
              handler: () => {
                console.log('Delete clicked');
              },
            },
            {
              text: 'Share',
              icon: share,
              handler: () => {
                console.log('Share clicked');
              },
            },
            {
              text: 'Play (open modal)',
              icon: caretForwardCircle,
              handler: () => {
                console.log('Play clicked');
              },
            },
            {
              text: 'Favorite',
              icon: heart,
              handler: () => {
                console.log('Favorite clicked');
              },
            },
            {
              text: 'Cancel',
              icon: close,
              role: 'cancel',
              handler: () => {
                console.log('Cancel clicked');
              },
            },
          ],
        });
        await actionSheet.present();

        const { role } = await actionSheet.onDidDismiss();
        console.log('onDidDismiss resolved with role', role);
      },
    },
  });
</script>

Developers can also use this component directly in their template:

<template>
  <ion-button @click="setOpen(true)">Show Action Sheet</ion-button>
  <ion-action-sheet
    :is-open="isOpenRef"
    header="Albums"
    css-class="my-custom-class"
    :buttons="buttons"
    @didDismiss="setOpen(false)"
  >
  </ion-action-sheet>
</template>

<script>
  import { IonActionSheet, IonButton } from '@ionic/vue';
  import { defineComponent, ref } from 'vue';
  import { caretForwardCircle, close, heart, trash, share } from 'ionicons/icons';

  export default defineComponent({
    components: { IonActionSheet, IonButton },
    setup() {
      const isOpenRef = ref(false);
      const setOpen = (state: boolean) => (isOpenRef.value = state);
      const buttons = [
        {
          text: 'Delete',
          role: 'destructive',
          icon: trash,
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Delete clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Share',
          icon: share,
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Share clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Play (open modal)',
          icon: caretForwardCircle,
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Play clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Favorite',
          icon: heart,
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Favorite clicked');
          },
        },
        {
          text: 'Cancel',
          icon: close,
          role: 'cancel',
          handler: () => {
            console.log('Cancel clicked');
          },
        },
      ];

      return { buttons, isOpenRef, setOpen };
    },
  });
</script>

Properties

animated

Description	If true, the action sheet will animate.
Attribute	animated
Type	boolean
Default	true

backdropDismiss

Description	If true, the action sheet will be dismissed when the backdrop is clicked.
Attribute	backdrop-dismiss
Type	boolean
Default	true

buttons

Description	An array of buttons for the action sheet.
Attribute	undefined
Type	(string \| ActionSheetButton)[]
Default	[]

cssClass

Description	Additional classes to apply for custom CSS. If multiple classes are provided they should be separated by spaces.
Attribute	css-class
Type	string \| string[] \| undefined
Default	undefined

enterAnimation

Description	Animation to use when the action sheet is presented.
Attribute	undefined
Type	((baseEl: any, opts?: any) => Animation) \| undefined
Default	undefined

header

Description	Title for the action sheet.
Attribute	header
Type	string \| undefined
Default	undefined

keyboardClose

Description	If true, the keyboard will be automatically dismissed when the overlay is presented.
Attribute	keyboard-close
Type	boolean
Default	true

leaveAnimation

Description	Animation to use when the action sheet is dismissed.
Attribute	undefined
Type	((baseEl: any, opts?: any) => Animation) \| undefined
Default	undefined

mode

Description	The mode determines which platform styles to use.
Attribute	mode
Type	"ios" \| "md"
Default	undefined

subHeader

Description	Subtitle for the action sheet.
Attribute	sub-header
Type	string \| undefined
Default	undefined

translucent

Description	If true, the action sheet will be translucent. Only applies when the mode is "ios" and the device supports backdrop-filter.
Attribute	translucent
Type	boolean
Default	false

Events

Name	Description
ionActionSheetDidDismiss	Emitted after the alert has dismissed.
ionActionSheetDidPresent	Emitted after the alert has presented.
ionActionSheetWillDismiss	Emitted before the alert has dismissed.
ionActionSheetWillPresent	Emitted before the alert has presented.

Methods

dismiss

Description	Dismiss the action sheet overlay after it has been presented.
Signature	dismiss(data?: any, role?: string \| undefined) => Promise<boolean>

onDidDismiss

Description	Returns a promise that resolves when the action sheet did dismiss.
Signature	onDidDismiss<T = any>() => Promise<OverlayEventDetail<T>>

onWillDismiss

Description	Returns a promise that resolves when the action sheet will dismiss.
Signature	onWillDismiss<T = any>() => Promise<OverlayEventDetail<T>>

present

Description	Present the action sheet overlay after it has been created.
Signature	present() => Promise<void>

CSS Custom Properties

Name	Description
--backdrop-opacity	Opacity of the backdrop
--background	Background of the action sheet group
--button-background	Background of the action sheet button
--button-background-activated	Background of the action sheet button when pressed. Note: setting this will interfere with the Material Design ripple.
--button-background-activated-opacity	Opacity of the action sheet button background when pressed
--button-background-focused	Background of the action sheet button when tabbed to
--button-background-focused-opacity	Opacity of the action sheet button background when tabbed to
--button-background-hover	Background of the action sheet button on hover
--button-background-hover-opacity	Opacity of the action sheet button background on hover
--button-background-selected	Background of the selected action sheet button
--button-background-selected-opacity	Opacity of the selected action sheet button background
--button-color	Color of the action sheet button
--button-color-activated	Color of the action sheet button when pressed
--button-color-focused	Color of the action sheet button when tabbed to
--button-color-hover	Color of the action sheet button on hover
--button-color-selected	Color of the selected action sheet button
--color	Color of the action sheet text
--height	height of the action sheet
--max-height	Maximum height of the action sheet
--max-width	Maximum width of the action sheet
--min-height	Minimum height of the action sheet
--min-width	Minimum width of the action sheet
--width	Width of the action sheet