---
name: "menuSetText"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["GUI Control - Menu"]
arma3_since: "2.02"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuSetText
revid: 378350
updated: 2026-04-02T16:31:40Z
---

# menuSetText

*Command · GUI Control - Menu · Arma 3 v2.02*

## Description

Sets text of given menu strip entry.

## Syntax

### Syntax 1

```sqf
menuSetText [idc, path, text]
```

**Parameters:**

- `idc`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `path`: [Tree View Path](../topics/Tree_View_Path.md)
- `text`: [String](../topics/String.md)

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

### Syntax 2

```sqf
control menuSetText [path, text]
```

**Parameters:**

- `control`: [Control](../topics/Control.md)
- `path`: [Tree View Path](../topics/Tree_View_Path.md)
- `text`: [String](../topics/String.md)

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

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetText [[0,0,1], "Hello World!"];
```

## See also

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

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — menuSetText](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuSetText) (revision 378350).</sub>