# menu Element

Contains information about the custom menus used in the view.

## Type

    xsd:complexType

## Structure

Name | Description
--- | ---
button | (Optional element) Defines a button that has an associated action.
caption | (Required attribute) Used as the caption for a menu.
menu | (Optional element) Contains information about the menus used within a menu (cascading menus).

## Remarks

The menu element is an optional element of the view, toolbar, and menuArea elements. Multiple menus can be declared for a form, and each menu can contain multiple menu or button elements.

Note To create cascading menus, a menu element can be nested inside another menu element.

## Example

The following is an example of the menu element:

    <xsf:menuArea name="msoInsertMenu">
       <xsf:menu caption="&amp;Section">
          <xsf:button action="xCollection::insert" xmlToEdit="CD_10"
             caption="CD" showIf="always"></xsf:button>
          <xsf:button action="xCollection::insert" xmlToEdit="Track_14"
             caption="Track" showIf="always"></xsf:button>
          <xsf:button action="xOptional::insert" xmlToEdit="Label_16"
             caption="Label"></xsf:button>
       </xsf:menu>
    </xsf:menuArea>

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