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# menuItem

Displays a label for an item.

## Overview

One or more `menuItem` elements are used inside of a `menuBar` element to indicate
the available elements. Here’s an example with two items inside of a menu bar.

```xml
<menuBar>
   <menuItem id="navigation_top_movies" data-identifier="list">
      <title>Top Movies</title>
   </menuItem>
   <menuItem id="navigation_genres" data-identifier="index">
      <title>Genres</title>
   </menuItem>
</menuBar>
```

### Subelements of menuItem

- [title](/documentation/TVML/title)

### Elements that Use menuItem

- [menuBar](/documentation/TVML/menubar)
- [section](/documentation/TVML/section)

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