[Tree view] Possibility of using right arrow to reach a secondary action / context menu on tree items

[alina-jacob]

Acceptance criteria

The webMethod's API studio team is interested in having a context/overflow menu in a tree view item, to allow the addition of new folders, deletions, renaming, etc.

To add an overflow menu or right click context menu as a child of the tree view node, we have been exploring using right arrow to provide access to an overflow menu inside a node.

For end nodes, this would seem to be conflict-free, since right arrowing on an end node has no current action.
For a parent node, right arrow has an action. However, right arrow on an open parent node has an action which I would call a redundant action. All it does is move to the first child node of the parent, which can also be accomplished with a down arrow.

Current interaction
Right arrow:

• When focus is on a closed node, opens the node; focus does not move.
• When focus is on a open node, moves focus to the first child node.
• When focus is on an end node, does nothing.

Proposed interaction
Right arrow:

• When focus is on a closed node, opens the node; focus does not move.
• When focus is on a open node, moves focus to the secondary action, if one exists.
• When focus is on an end node, moves focus to the secondary action, if one exists.

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Important links:

• Getting a pulse from w3c here.
• Figma file

[Kritvi-bhatia17]

The best way to experience the proposed interaction is through the Monday tool, where it has been implemented effectively, making it easy to explore and interact with.