Calcite Block header-menu-actions popover style/direction control

[RSantosGIS]

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Description

I would like to have the same options for positioning the Block header-menu-actions overflow popover/dropdown menu that I do for the Calcite Dropdown

• overlay positioning, to allow me to overflow the parent container
• placement (with extended options), to allow me to position it in the start/end of the left/right/top/bottom

You can see how this doesn't feel great below:

Collapsed Behavior:

Expanded Behavior:

Desired Behavior (achieved with a Calcite list item under the block using a dropdown, since our sublayers don't need to be expanded further):

Acceptance Criteria

Block header-menu-actions has same placement options as dropdown

Relevant Info

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Which Component

Calcite Block

Example Use Case

No response

Priority impact

p3 - want for upcoming milestone

Calcite package

• [X] @esri/calcite-components
• [X] @esri/calcite-components-react

Esri team

ArcGIS Knowledge

[jcfranco]

Thanks for submitting this.

Could you clarify which component you're using in your screenshots? Block doesn't have a menu.

[RSantosGIS]

Just Calcite Block with Calcite actions that are in the blocks header-menu-actions slot:

[geospatialem]

Spike needed to determine which components should accommodate placement, such as block, panel, action-group, etc.

[driskull]

Seems like we should just add placement and flipPlacements properties to all three of these components.

[github-actions[bot]]

Installed and assigned for verification.

[DitwanP]

🍭 Verified locally on dev

One example below, menuPlacement: bottom & menuFlipPlacements: ["left"]

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1d5c0db4-5bc0-4d59-b64a-f43b4dabdbe1