| mode | menu display mode | ^[enum]'horizontal' | 'vertical' | vertical |
| collapse | whether the menu is collapsed (available only in vertical mode) | ^[boolean] | false |
| ellipsis | whether the menu is ellipsis (available only in horizontal mode) | ^[boolean] | true |
| ellipsis-icon ^(2.4.4) | custom ellipsis icon (available only in horizontal mode and ellipsis is true) | ^[string] / ^[Component] | — |
| popper-offset ^(2.4.4) | offset of the popper (effective for all submenus) | ^[number] | 6 |
| default-active | index of active menu on page load | ^[string] | '' |
| default-openeds | array that contains indexes of currently active sub-menus | ^[array]string[] | [] |
| unique-opened | whether only one sub-menu can be active | ^[boolean] | false |
| menu-trigger | how sub-menus are triggered, only works when mode is 'horizontal' | ^[enum]'hover' | 'click' | hover |
| router | whether vue-router mode is activated. If true, index will be used as 'path' to activate the route action. Use with default-active to set the active item on load. | ^[boolean] | false |
| collapse-transition | whether to enable the collapse transition | ^[boolean] | true |
| popper-effect ^(2.2.26) | Tooltip theme, built-in theme: dark / light when menu is collapsed | ^[enum]'dark' | 'light' / ^[string] | dark |
| close-on-click-outside ^(2.4.4) | optional, whether menu is collapsed when clicking outside | ^[boolean] | false |
| popper-class ^(2.5.0) | custom class name for all popup menus and titles' tooltips | ^[string] | — |
| popper-style ^(2.11.5) | custom style for all popup menus and titles' tooltips | ^[string] / ^[object] | — |
| show-timeout ^(2.5.0) | control timeout for all menus before showing | ^[number] | 300 |
| hide-timeout ^(2.5.0) | control timeout for all menus before hiding | ^[number] | 300 |
| background-color ^(deprecated) | background color of Menu (hex format) (use --el-menu-bg-color in a style class instead) | ^[string] | #ffffff |
| text-color ^(deprecated) | text color of Menu (hex format) ( use --el-menu-text-color in a style class instead) | ^[string] | #303133 |
| active-text-color ^(deprecated) | text color of currently active menu item (hex format) ( use --el-menu-active-color in a style class instead) | ^[string] | #409eff |
| persistent ^(2.9.5) | when menu inactive and persistent is false , dropdown menu will be destroyed | ^[boolean] | true |
