The Menu Bar node can have Menu child nodes that represent menus at the top level of the Main Window.

For the Menu Bar option, a Toolbar node is made available. The Toolbar node and the Menu nodes have the same type of child nodes.

The child nodes of the Menu and Toolbar nodes can be of type Menu, Item, Toggle Item, or Separator, exemplified in the figure below:7

A Menu node has settings for Name and Title.

A Menu node can have child Menu nodes that represent submenus.

A Separator displays a horizontal line between groups of menus and items, and has no settings.

The Settings window for an Item node is similar to that of a button and contains a sequence of commands. Just like a button, an item can have associated text, an icon, and a keyboard shortcut. For more information, see Button and Item. In a similar way, the Settings window for a Toggle Item node is similar to that of a toggle button.

The figure below shows the Settings window for an Item associated with a method for saving an application using the command Save Application As.

The figure below shows an example of an application with a File menu.

You can enable and disable ribbon, menu, and main toolbar items from methods. For more information, see Appendix E — Built-In Method Library.