---
name: "menuText"
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/menuText
revid: 378349
updated: 2026-04-02T16:31:38Z
---

# menuText

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

## Description

Returns current text set in menu entry on given path.

## Syntax

### Syntax 1

```sqf
menuText [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 menuText 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
_ctrlMenuStrip menuText [1];
```

## See also

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

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — menuText](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuText) (revision 378349).</sub>