Fix Issue #378

#399 in iced-rs/iced_aw — merged 2026-01-02

Background

Issue #378: Buttons inside the ContextMenu overlay do not show hover states.

Summary of Key Changes

Created a new MenuButton widget specifically designed for menus and overlays that:

1. Explicitly manages hover state - Tracks hover in its update() method by directly checking cursor.is_over(bounds)
2. Draws its own background - Renders hover effects directly in draw() instead of relying on iced's styling system

Files Modified/Created

• Created: src/menu_button.rs - The new widget
• Modified: src/widget.rs - Added module export
• Modified: src/lib.rs - Added public export
• Modified: Cargo.toml - Added menu_button feature
• Modified: examples/context_menu.rs - Updated to use MenuButton
• Modified: src/widget/overlay/context_menu.rs - Fixed warning

Usage

  use iced_aw::MenuButton;

  MenuButton::new(text("Menu Item"))
      .on_press(Message::ItemClicked)
      .width(Length::Fill)
      .padding(8.0)

3. Updated Example

• Modified examples/context_menu.rs to use MenuButton (Right-click on "right click me!" and hover over the menu items - you should now see hover highlights.)

4. Updated integration tests

• Modified: tests/context_menu_integration_tests.rs
• Created: tests/menu_button_integration_tests.rs

# test
cargo test --lib widget::menu_button::tests && cargo test --test menu_button_integration_tests

# example 
cargo build --example context_menu --features menu_button,context_menu