This page explains how to add a custom menu bar to your application, to provide navigation and options for the application user.

Application level

• Default menu bar - no styling and cannot move (legacy)
• Custom menu bar - this applies to the whole application. You can now create App Menu from the screens page.... You can have more than 1. and appear as a screen... and will always be present...

Screen-specific buttons via layout components on the screen. 

Default menu is a legacy item now...

Open a screen on startup

• Setting the default action
• Screen has properties "open on startup". 
• When you create a menu bar it automatically has open on start...

Default Action was in menu item, is moving to Application properties - see flow 2.3. (currently in transit.)

Create a Custom Menu

1. Click  Add menu bar to create a new screen. 
2. In the pop-up menu, select the location for the menu bar.
   
   
3. Select a blank menu or a template. We can set any screen to open on startup, but that is not covered anywhere in the documents. When we discuss it I recommend stating the default action can also be set.
   Menu's are set to Open on Startup automatically.
4. PhixFlow prompts you to enter the name and description for the menu bar.
5. Specify the the dimensions of the menu bar in percentages or pixel's. For example:
   

   • vertical dimensions:

     • width: 100%

     • height: 50px

   • horizontal dimensions

     • width: 200px 

     • height: 100%

6. Click Confirm.
7. PhixFlow opens a new screen canvas on the left and the palette on the right.

Adding Menu Options

To add a top-level menu option that will open a screen:

1. Open the repository to show the list of screens.
2. Drag a screen-name from the repository onto the menu bar.
3. PhixFlow prompts you to add the Display Name text you want to appear in the menu. By default, the text is the screen's name.
4. PhixFlow adds the menu option and automatically creates the actionflow.
   When a user clicks the option, the screen opens automatically.

Use the Menu properties to configure more complex menus, for example, nested menus or options that run an actionflow. This link talks about the default menu and covered nothing about editing the custom menu above?