Electron MenuItem module

The menu item module allows you to add options to an app or menu.

View the menu example.

Class: MenuItem

Use the following method to create a MenuItem

new MenuItem(options)

• options Object
  • click Function - When a menu item is clicked, click(menuItem,browserWindow)
  • role String - Defines the behavior of menu items and is click the click property is specified
  • type String - Take the value normal separator checkbox radio
  • label String
  • sublabel String
  • accelerator Accelerator
  • icon NativeImage
  • enabled Boolean
  • visible Boolean
  • checked Boolean
  • submenu Menu - Should be a specific type of submenu menu item that can be ignored when it is a specific type of type: 'submenu' menu item. If its value is not Menu it will automatically change to Menu.buildFromTemplate
  • id String - flags the uniqueness of a menu. If used by definition, it will be used as a reference location property for this menu item.
  • position String - Defines the specific location information for a given menu.

When you create a menu item, if there is a matching method, it is recommended role without human action on its behavior, so that menu usage can give the user the best experience.

role property value can be:

• undo
• redo
• cut
• copy
• paste
• selectall
• minimize - Minimizes the current window
• close - Close the current window

On OS X, the role have the following values:

• about - Matches orderFrontStandardAboutPanel behavior
• hide - Matches the hide behavior
• hideothers - Match hideOtherApplications behavior
• unhide - Matches unhideAllApplications behavior
• front - Matches arrangeInFront behavior
• window - "Window" menu item
• help - "Help" menu item
• services - "Services" menu item