Renaming Main Menu Items

[sboudreaux96]

Hello - I am interested in renaming main menu items (such as: File, Open Workspace, Open Recent Workspace, etc.) and I wanted to know how I could go about finding the location of the labels for these? I know how to hide menu items but am not necessarily sure where to find the labels. Thanks!

[vince-fugnitto]

@sboudreaux96 there is no API as far as I am aware to update an existing menu item (ex: its label). Perhaps it is something we can add to the framework to make it easier for downstream applications.

I was able to get it to work by doing the following:

registerMenus(menus: MenuModelRegistry): void {

    // Collect existing `File` menu items.
    const fileMenus = menus.getMenu(CommonMenus.FILE).children;

    // Remove existing `File` menu.
    menus.unregisterMenuAction(CommonMenus.FILE.slice(-1)[0]);

    // Register updated `File` menu and children.
    menus.registerSubmenu(CommonMenus.FILE, 'Custom File');
    for (const menu of fileMenus) {
        menus.registerMenuNode(CommonMenus.FILE, menu);
    }

}

custom-file.mp4