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Application Menu
The Application menu lives at the top of the screen on Mac. On Windows, you can find it under your app window's title bar. You can easily add items to this menu using our Application Menu API.
This API is in beta and may change (or be completely removed) without warning.
window.todesktop.appMenu.add(parentMenu, label, callback, [options])Promise<void> - Menu Item is added to the application menu model. However, it will not appear on the UI until
refresh() is called.This allows you to easily add custom items to the application menu that control your application.
The items you add to the application menu will not appear on the UI until you call
window.todesktop.appMenu.refresh().const parentMenu = 'File'
const label = 'Save Note'
const options = {
// "accelerator" is the keyboard shortcut that you can use
// to trigger the menu item
accelerator: 'CommandOrControl+S'
}
await window.todesktop.appMenu.add(
parentMenu,
label,
() => {
// Put your app logic to "save a note" here
},
options
)
// This is required for the additional items to appear in the UI
await window.todesktop.appMenu.refresh()
"Save Note" has been added to the Application Menu on Mac
window.todesktop.appMenu.refresh()Promise<void> - The application menu is refreshed and the UI has been updated.
When you add a menu item to the menubar, it does not immediately appear in the application menu. You need to call
refresh() to update the menu that is displayed on the UI.If you are adding multiple items to the application menu then it is best to only call
refresh() after you have added all of the necessary items to the application menu.// Batch add all the app menu items
await Promise.all([
window.todesktop.appMenu.add(
// ...
),
window.todesktop.appMenu.add(
// ...
),
window.todesktop.appMenu.add(
// ...
)
])
// Once they are all added then you can call refresh
await window.todesktop.appMenu.refresh()
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