{"name":"menuData","title":"menuData","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/menuData","revid":378335,"updated":"2026-04-02T16:30:53Z","groups":["GUI Control - Menu"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"1.56"},"since":"arma3 1.56","arma3_since":"1.56","description":"Returns data stored in menu entry on given path.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"menuData [idc, path]","params":[{"name":"idc","type":"Number","type_expr":"Number"},{"name":"path","type":"Tree View Path","type_expr":"Tree View Path"}],"returns":{"type":"String","type_expr":"String"},"form":"unary","right":{"text":"[idc, path]"}},{"syntax":"control menuData path","params":[{"name":"control","type":"Control","type_expr":"Control"},{"name":"path","type":"Tree View Path","type_expr":"Tree View Path"}],"returns":{"type":"String","type_expr":"String"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"control"},"right":{"text":"path"}}],"examples":[{"code":["// Create an entry which will return its data once clicked\nprivate _ctrlMenuStrip = findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120;\nprivate _indexMain = _ctrlMenuStrip menuAdd [[], \"Custom Tools\"];\nprivate _indexData = _ctrlMenuStrip menuAdd [[_indexMain],\"This entry will print its data to system chat when clicked\"];\n_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetData [[_indexMain,_indexData], \"[objNull,'Some String',true]\"];\n_ctrlMenuStrip menuSetAction [[_indexMain,_indexData], \"systemChat (findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120 menuData (menuHover (findDisplay 313 displayCtrl 120)));\"];"]}],"see_also":["menuSetData"]}