How to show a context menu in SwiftUI?

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The context menu provides you access to additional functionality related to onscreen items without cluttering the screen. You can create a context menu using .contextMenu modifier. The context menu is triggered with a long press. Each menu item in the context menu represents a SwiftUI button. You can add action, text and icon on those buttons.

struct ContentView: View {
   var body: some View {
        Text("Long press for menu")
            .contextMenu {
                Button {
                    print("Pills selected")
                } label: {
                    Label("Pills", systemImage: "pills")
                }

                Button {
                    print("Heart selected")
                } label: {
                    Label("Heart rate", systemImage: "heart")
                }

                Button {
                    print("ECG selected")
                } label: {
                    Label("ECG", systemImage: "waveform.path.ecg")
                }
            }
    }
}

Here, we have a context menu with three buttons. You can use the “Long press for menu” to reveal a context menu. When open, a context menu displays a preview of the item and lists the commands that act on it. It is recommended to place the most frequently used menu items at the top of the menu.

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