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Document how to use secondary actions in lists

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#6398 opened on Aug 10, 2017

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P4area: material/listdocsfeaturehelp wantedneeds: discussion

Description

Bug, feature request, or proposal:

Improved documentation

What is the expected behavior?

It should be possible to include one or more buttons (or "infos") as a secondary action in a list item per the spec.

What is the current behavior?

The List documentation and examples do not show secondary actions.

Is there anything else we should know?

The documentation for Lists in Material 1 show extensive examples, including (at the very end) the use of multiple secondary actions, via the md-secondary class. I'm guessing this is probably already possible in Material 2 but I can't figure out how. (For the time being, I'm hacking it together with manual float:right and some margin twiddling.)

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Tech stack
typescriptangularhtmlcss
Domain
frontenddocumentation
Issue type
documentation
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Angular Materialdocumentation contribution
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
The issue requests documentation for secondary actions in list items. Start by examining the current list documentation source files in the Angular Material components repo (e.g., src/material/list/). Look for existing examples and the spec linked in the issue. The goal is to add a section or example demonstrating how to use buttons or info as secondary actions. Check comments for any prior attempts or suggestions. No pull requests are linked, so this is a fresh documentation addition.