---
title: About order action menus
description: >-
  Learn how you can use order action menu extensions to customize actions that
  customers can take to manage their orders.
source_url:
  html: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/customer-accounts/order-action-extensions
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/customer-accounts/order-action-extensions.md
api_name: customer-account-ui-extensions
---

# About order action menus

Order action menu extensions render buttons on the **Order index** and **Order status** pages, allowing customers to take actions on their order.

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## How it works

The order action menu offers a static [`customer-account.order.action.menu-item.render`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/targets/order-actions#order-action-menu-item-) target that renders on both the **Order index** and **Order status** pages in customer accounts.

To complete the order action flow, you can link the button to a modal. For example, to prompt the customer to confirm the action, or surface additional UI needed to complete the order action. The [customer account action](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/web-components/actions/customer-account-action) component is a modal that renders the [`customer-account.order.action.render`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/targets/order-actions#order-action-) static target.

If the order action experience you’re building requires complex forms or large amounts of information, you can alternatively also link a button to a [full-page extension](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/customer-accounts/full-page-extensions/build-new-pages), or any other function or action.

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## Limitations

The [`customer-account.order.action.menu-item.render`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/targets/order-actions#order-action-menu-item-) target only supports the [button](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/checkout-ui-extensions/latest/web-components/actions/button) component, which is available in the checkout UI component library.

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## Developer tools and resources

[Targets overview\
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](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/targets)

[Explore all targets available for customer account UI extensions.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/targets)

[Web components\
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](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/web-components)

[Learn about the components that you can use to build customer account UI extensions.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/customer-account-ui-extensions/latest/web-components)

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## Next steps

[Build an order action menu extension\
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](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/customer-accounts/order-action-extensions/build-for-order-action-menus)

[Build extensions on the order action menu that enable customers to report a problem with their orders.](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/customer-accounts/order-action-extensions/build-for-order-action-menus)

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