bring back context menu column formatter/field cutomizer

Question

I noticed, as soon as I apply any sort of formatting to SharePoint existing columns it looses its context menu.

I tried the column formatter JSON as well as field customizer.

Is there a way we can keep the context menu as it is and do our formatting or if we have any JSON/or anything in field customizer extension, to bring back the context menu?

Answer 1

SharePoint Online JSON formatting now supports opening context menu easily by using openContextMenu action under customRowAction property.

For example:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "txtContent": "@currentField",
  "customRowAction": {
    "action": "openContextMenu"
  },
  "style": {
    "color": "green"
  }
}

Output:

Note: It shows context menu on click of formatted column.

Documentation: SharePoint JSON Formatting syntax reference - customRowAction