---
name: "menuShortcutText"
type: command
status: broken
groups: ["GUI Control - Menu", "Broken Commands"]
arma3_since: "1.56"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuShortcutText
revid: 378343
updated: 2026-04-02T16:31:24Z
---

# menuShortcutText

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

> [!WARNING]
> This command is listed as broken on the wiki.

## Description

Returns a string containing shortcut text for menu item on the given path.

## Syntax

### Syntax 1

```sqf
menuShortcutText [idc, path]
```

**Parameters:**

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

**Returns:** [String](../topics/String.md)

### Syntax 2

```sqf
control menuShortcutText path
```

**Parameters:**

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

**Returns:** [String](../topics/String.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120 menuShortcutText [1, 8]; // returns "#"
```

## Problems

> [!WARNING]
> This command is currently broken in Arma 3 2.00. It only returns shortcuts which do not use a modifier key (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>, <kbd>Alt</kbd> and <kbd>Shift</kbd>).

## See also

[menuShortcut](../commands/menuShortcut.md) · [menuSetShortcut](../commands/menuSetShortcut.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — menuShortcutText](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuShortcutText) (revision 378343).</sub>