{"name":"menuData","operator":null,"title":"menuData","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuData","revid":378335,"updated":"2026-04-02T16:30:53Z","groups":["GUI Control - Menu"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.56"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.56"},"arma3_since":"1.56","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns data stored in menu entry on given path.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"menuData [idc, path]","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"idc","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"idc: Number"},{"name":"path","type":"Tree View Path","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Tree View Path"],"since":null,"text":"path: Tree View Path"}],"returns":{"type":"String","types":["String"],"description":null,"text":"String"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"[idc, path]","types":["Array"]}},{"syntax":"control menuData path","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"control","type":"Control","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Control"],"since":null,"text":"control: Control"},{"name":"path","type":"Tree View Path","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Tree View Path"],"since":null,"text":"path: Tree View Path"}],"returns":{"type":"String","types":["String"],"description":null,"text":"String"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"control","types":["Control"]},"right":{"text":"path","types":["Tree View Path"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n// Create an entry which will return its data once clicked\nprivate _ctrlMenuStrip = findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120;\nprivate _indexMain = _ctrlMenuStrip menuAdd [[], \"Custom Tools\"];\nprivate _indexData = _ctrlMenuStrip menuAdd [[_indexMain],\"This entry will print its data to system chat when clicked\"];\n_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetData [[_indexMain,_indexData], \"[objNull,'Some String',true]\"];\n_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetAction [[_indexMain,_indexData], \"systemChat (findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120 menuData (menuHover (findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120)));\"];\n```","code":["// Create an entry which will return its data once clicked\nprivate _ctrlMenuStrip = findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120;\nprivate _indexMain = _ctrlMenuStrip menuAdd [[], \"Custom Tools\"];\nprivate _indexData = _ctrlMenuStrip menuAdd [[_indexMain],\"This entry will print its data to system chat when clicked\"];\n_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetData [[_indexMain,_indexData], \"[objNull,'Some String',true]\"];\n_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetAction [[_indexMain,_indexData], \"systemChat (findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120 menuData (menuHover (findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120)));\"];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["menuSetData"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: GUI Control - Menu","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.56","Scripting Commands"]}