From 5ca154b19b0571917fd9c223a1db29a616fc82a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristiyan Kostadinov <crisbeto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 01:49:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(menu): not picking up indirect descendant items (#9971)

Fixes the menu directive not picking up menu items that aren't direct descendants of the panel.

Fixes #9969.
---
 src/lib/menu/menu-directive.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/menu/menu-directive.ts b/src/lib/menu/menu-directive.ts
index e039ae97ce3..9cc38eef767 100644
--- a/src/lib/menu/menu-directive.ts
+++ b/src/lib/menu/menu-directive.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class MatMenu implements AfterContentInit, MatMenuPanel, OnDestroy {
   @ViewChild(TemplateRef) templateRef: TemplateRef<any>;
 
   /** List of the items inside of a menu. */
-  @ContentChildren(MatMenuItem) items: QueryList<MatMenuItem>;
+  @ContentChildren(MatMenuItem, {descendants: true}) items: QueryList<MatMenuItem>;
 
   /**
    * Menu content that will be rendered lazily.