# tui/menu-set Set the app menu bar from a map of menu-name → list of `%MenuItem{}`. This is the low-level primitive for defining menus. Call it at any time with a dynamically-constructed menu map — no `get-menu` function required. Use `tui/menu-update` if you prefer to define a `get-menu` function and have the workspace re-evaluate it automatically. ## Syntax 
[tui/menu-set menus]
## Parameters - `menus` — a map `%{ "File" @{ ... } "Edit" @{ ... } }` where each value is a vector of `%MenuItem{ label "..." action "..." shortcut "..." }` tagged maps. ## Returns `true` if the menu was parsed and stored successfully, `false` otherwise. ## Example 
# Set a static menu
[tui/menu-set %{
    "File" @{ %MenuItem{ label "Open"  action "menu-open"  shortcut "Ctrl+O" }
               %MenuItem{ label "Save"  action "menu-save"  shortcut "Ctrl+S" } }
    "Edit" @{ %MenuItem{ label "Find"  action "menu-find"  shortcut "Ctrl+F" } }
}]

# Dynamically build a context-sensitive menu
def make-menu {readonly^bool} {
    set items @{ %MenuItem{ label "Save" action "menu-save" shortcut "Ctrl+S" } }
    if (not $readonly) {
        set items (append $items %MenuItem{ label "Delete" action "menu-delete" shortcut "Del" })
    }
    %{ "File" $items }
}

[tui/menu-set [make-menu false]]
## See also - tui/menu-update — re-evaluate a `get-menu` function
← tui/layer-set
tui/menu-update →