---
name: "menuSetAction"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["GUI Control - Menu"]
arma3_since: "1.56"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuSetAction
revid: 378340
updated: 2026-04-02T16:31:17Z
---

# menuSetAction

*Command · GUI Control - Menu · Arma 3 v1.56*

## Description

Sets new action into menu entry on given path.

## Syntax

### Syntax 1

```sqf
menuSetAction [idc, path, action]
```

**Parameters:**

- `idc`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `path`: [Tree View Path](../topics/Tree_View_Path.md)
- `action`: [String](../topics/String.md) - expression that should be executed when entry is clicked

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

### Syntax 2

```sqf
control menuSetAction [path, action]
```

**Parameters:**

- `control`: [Control](../topics/Control.md)
- `path`: [Tree View Path](../topics/Tree_View_Path.md)
- `action`: [String](../topics/String.md) - expression that should be executed when entry is clicked

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120 menuSetAction [[0, 1], "systemChat 'Hello World!'"];
```

## See also

[menuAction](../commands/menuAction.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — menuSetAction](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuSetAction) (revision 378340).</sub>