Where to find the command IDs for Top Menu Bar in Theia

[sboudreaux96]

Hi - I know that it is possible to disable and hide specific menu items within the top menu bar items (like "new file", "new folder", etc.), but I cannot find where the command IDs are for the actual menu items themselves (File, Edit, Selection, etc.). Where do we find these?

[vince-fugnitto]

@sboudreaux96 see which command paths are added to the MAIN_MENU_BAR path.

For example, File is:

theia/packages/core/src/browser/common-frontend-contribution.ts

Line 59 in 64e613f

export const FILE = [...MAIN_MENU_BAR, '1_file'];

and it is contributed by:

theia/packages/core/src/browser/common-frontend-contribution.ts

Lines 447 to 450 in 64e613f

	registry.registerSubmenu(CommonMenus.FILE, 'File');
	registry.registerSubmenu(CommonMenus.EDIT, 'Edit');
	registry.registerSubmenu(CommonMenus.VIEW, 'View');
	registry.registerSubmenu(CommonMenus.HELP, 'Help');

[sboudreaux96]

@vince-fugnitto Thanks for the quick reply! So in the case of "file" how would you access that command ID? I am trying to find the ID to specifically disable a whole menu item rather than targeting every item in the menu (when I do that the menu item, e.g. terminal, is still there even though all menu items within it are disabled).

[vince-fugnitto]

I believe you can do the following link:

this.menuModelRegistry.unregisterMenuAction(CommonMenus.FILE.slice(-1)[0]);

[sboudreaux96]

Ok I understand that now - where would I find the location of the "Selection" or "Terminal" Menu items? I am having a hard time finding where I can find those in the code base.

[vince-fugnitto]

@sboudreaux96 it is quite easy if you search the codebase based on the label or as I mentioned in #9577 (comment) looking for references of MAIN_MENU_BAR.

A simple search yields the results.

• https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/search?q=MAIN_MENU_BAR

theia/packages/monaco/src/browser/monaco-menu.ts

Line 28 in 7d3b1d3

export const SELECTION = [...MAIN_MENU_BAR, '3_selection'];

theia/packages/terminal/src/browser/terminal-frontend-contribution.ts

Line 59 in 7d3b1d3

export const TERMINAL = [...MAIN_MENU_BAR, '7_terminal'];

[sboudreaux96]

ok thanks