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MenuItem

Represents a menu item.

This object is available in API version 32.0 and later.

Supported SOAP Calls

query(), update()

Supported REST HTTP Methods

GET, POST

Fields

Field	Details
Active	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether the item in the menu is active (`true`) or not (`false`).
AppId	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description The ID of the app that this menu item is associated with. Can be an enum (such as Feed or People) or an alphanumeric ID. Use AppId as the unique ID for the menu item, not Id.
Color	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The color of the menu item that appears in the user interface. This field is described in Web color RGB format, such as `00FF00`.
IconURL	Type url Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The URL of an icon in the menu item.
Label	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The menu item label that appears in the user interface.
MenuType	Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The type of menu that this menu item belongs to. Valid values are: `AppSwitcher`: the app menu, a drop-down menu that’s displayed at the top of every app page `Salesforce1`: the Salesforce mobile app navigation menu `NetworkTabs`: the Digital Experiences tab set This field is required for `query()`.
SortOrder	Type int Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The SortOrder value determines the order in which a menu item is displayed in the user interface. This field must be an ordinal number greater than 0, and must be unique in the list. Inactive menu items have a value of -1.
Theme	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The associated theme, which must be one of the following values. `theme2`: the Salesforce theme that was used prior to Spring ’10 `theme3`: the Salesforce theme that was introduced in Spring ’10 `theme4`: the theme that was introduced in Winter ’14 for the mobile touchscreen version of Salesforce `custom`: the theme that’s associated with a custom icon This field is required for `query()` for Color and IconURL.

Usage

MenuItem can be queried and manipulated to change how menu items appear in Salesforce. The following example modifies the Salesforce mobile app navigation menu.