View source for FAQ How do I add menus to the main menu?

Menus and submenus are added to the main menu by using the 
<tt>org.eclipse.ui.actionSets</tt> extension point.  Here is an example
of a top-level menu defined by the FAQ Examples plug-in:
<pre>
   &lt;menu
      label=&quot;FA&amp;Q Examples&quot;
      id=&quot;exampleMenu&quot;&gt;
      &lt;separator name=&quot;exampleGroup&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/menu&gt;
</pre>
Each menu contains one or more <tt>separator</tt> elements that 
define <i>groups</i> within that menu.  The menu ID, along with the 
separator name, is used by actions contributing to that menu.
If you want to create a submenu, you also need to define a
<tt>path</tt> attribute that specifies what menu and group your menu
should appear under.  This <tt>path</tt> attribute has the same syntax
as the <tt>menubarPath</tt> attribute on action definitions. 
To add a submenu to the menu defined earlier, you would add the 
following attribute:
<pre>
   path=&quot;exampleMenu/exampleGroup&quot;
</pre>
To add a submenu to the '''File''' menu after the '''New'''
submenu, the path would be:
<pre>
   path=&quot;file/new.ext&quot;
</pre>
The syntax of menu paths is described in more detail in FAQ 223.


== See Also: ==

[[FAQ_What_is_an_action_set%3F]]

[[FAQ_How_do_I_add_actions_to_the_main_menu%3F]]

[[FAQ_Where_can_I_find_a_list_of_existing_action_group_names%3F]]

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