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Tries to find the UI menu element, and trigger it. If the element is a menu or submenu, that will open the menu. If the element is a menu item, its related function will be called.

On success, it returns a menu item reference which can be used as input in other menu actions of UI Actions.

The action will raise an error if the requested menu item couldn't be found.

Parameters

App

Select the app which the menu belongs to.

Type: An app from a pre-defined list of available apps

Targeting options

You can look up a menu item or sub menu by either …

  • its title, e.g. Contacts…
  • its path, e.g. Edit > AutoFill > Contacts…
  • its segmented path, e.g. Edit, AutoFill, Contacts…
  • its reference, i.e. a menu item returned by another Shortcuts action.

A menu path is a single string containing the path segments separated by ">".

Leading and trailing whitespace in segments is stripped. The lookup deals gracefully with segments ending in either an ellipses or triple dots, if either variant exists in the menu structure, it'll be found.

Options:

  • title
  • path
  • segmented path
  • reference

Optional Menu item title

The menu item label as it occurs in the actual menu. Depending on the selected filter criteria, a partial title might be enough.

Type: Text

Title filter criteria

Only available when searching by title.

Options:

  • is
  • contains
  • begins with
  • ends with
  • matches regular expression

Case-insensitive filtering

Enable if lowercase and uppercase shouldn't make a difference. Only available when searching by title or path.

Type: Boolean (YES/NO)

Optional Menu item path

The menu item's hierarchical path, starting at the main menu, separated by ">" characters, e.g. View > Translation > Translate to German.

Type: Text

Optional Main menu title

The first segment of a menu item's path, e.g. View or Edit etc.

Type: Text

Optional Sub-menu or item #1

The next segment of the menu item's path.

Type: Text

Optional Sub-menu or item #2

The next segment of the menu item's path.

Type: Text

Optional Sub-menu or item #3

The next segment of the menu item's path.

Type: Text

Optional Sub-menu or item #4

The next segment of the menu item's path.

Type: Text

Optional Menu item reference

The result of another menu action of UI Actions, i.e. a static Menu Item snapshot.

Type: Menu Item reference

Pause after selecting

This adds a short pause after selecting the menu item.

Options:

  • no pause
  • 0.2 secs
  • 0.5 secs
  • 1.0 secs
  • 1.5 secs
  • 2.0 secs
  • 3.0 secs
  • 4.0 secs

Return Value

Menu Item reference