Menu

Simple Roles and Menus

A MenuItem template can have the following roles:

role: undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, pasteAndMatchStyle, delete, selectAll, reload, forceReload, toggleDevTools, resetZoom, zoomIn, zoomOut, togglefullscreen, window, minimize, close, help, about, services, hide, hideOthers, unhide, quit, startSpeaking, stopSpeaking, close, minimize, zoom, front, appMenu, fileMenu, editMenu, viewMenu, recentDocuments, toggleTabBar, selectNextTab, selectPreviousTab, mergeAllWindows, clearRecentDocuments, moveTabToNewWindow or windowMenu

main.js

  const menuBuilder = new MenuBuilder(mainWindow);
  menuBuilder.buildMenu();

Menubuilder.js

const template = [
  // { role: 'appMenu' }
  ...(isMac ? [{
    label: app.name,
    submenu: [
      { role: 'about' },
      { type: 'separator' },
      { role: 'services' },
      { type: 'separator' },
      { role: 'hide' },
      { role: 'hideothers' },
      { role: 'unhide' },
      { type: 'separator' },
      { role: 'quit' }
    ]
  }] : []),
  // { role: 'fileMenu' }
  {
    label: 'File',
    submenu: [
      isMac ? { role: 'close' } : { role: 'quit' }
    ]
  },
  // { role: 'editMenu' }
  {
    label: 'Edit',
    submenu: [
      { role: 'undo' },
      { role: 'redo' },
      { type: 'separator' },
      { role: 'cut' },
      { role: 'copy' },
      { role: 'paste' },
      ...(isMac ? [
        { role: 'pasteAndMatchStyle' },
        { role: 'delete' },
        { role: 'selectAll' },
        { type: 'separator' },
        {
          label: 'Speech',
          submenu: [
            { role: 'startspeaking' },
            { role: 'stopspeaking' }
          ]
        }
      ] : [
        { role: 'delete' },
        { type: 'separator' },
        { role: 'selectAll' }
      ])
    ]
  },
  // { role: 'viewMenu' }
  {
    label: 'View',
    submenu: [
      { role: 'reload' },
      { role: 'forcereload' },
      { role: 'toggledevtools' },
      { type: 'separator' },
      { role: 'resetzoom' },
      { role: 'zoomin' },
      { role: 'zoomout' },
      { type: 'separator' },
      { role: 'togglefullscreen' }
    ]
  },
  // { role: 'windowMenu' }
  {
    label: 'Window',
    submenu: [
      { role: 'minimize' },
      { role: 'zoom' },
      ...(isMac ? [
        { type: 'separator' },
        { role: 'front' },
        { type: 'separator' },
        { role: 'window' }
      ] : [
        { role: 'close' }
      ])
    ]
  },
  {
    role: 'help',
    submenu: [
      {
        label: 'Learn More',
        click: async () => {
          const { shell } = require('electron')
          await shell.openExternal('https://electronjs.org')
        }
      }
    ]
  }
]

const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template)
Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)

Custom MenuItems

const subMenuEdit = {
  label: "Edit",
  submenu: [
    { label: "Undo", accelerator: "Command+Z", selector: "undo:" },
    { label: "Redo", accelerator: "Shift+Command+Z", selector: "redo:" },
    { type: "separator" },
    { label: "Cut", accelerator: "Command+X", selector: "cut:" },
    { label: "Copy", accelerator: "Command+C", selector: "copy:" },
    { label: "Paste", accelerator: "Command+V", selector: "paste:" },
    { role: "pasteAndMatchStyle" },
    { role: "selectAll" },
    { type: "separator" },
    {
      label: "Speech",
      submenu: [{ role: "startspeaking" }, { role: "stopspeaking" }]
    }
  ]
};
    const subMenuWindow = {
      label: "Window",
      submenu: [
        {
          label: "Minimize",
          accelerator: "Command+M",
          selector: "performMiniaturize:"
        },
        { label: "Close", accelerator: "Command+W", selector: "performClose:" },
        { type: "separator" },
        { label: "Bring All to Front", selector: "arrangeInFront:" }
      ]
    };