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The menuitem form field type provides a drop down grouped list of the available menu items from your Joomla site.

• type (mandatory) must be menuitem.
• name (mandatory) is the unique name of the field.
• label (mandatory) (translatable) is the descriptive title of the field.
• default (optional) is the default menu item. Note that this is the ItemID number of the menu item.
• description (optional) (translatable) is text that will be shown as a tooltip when the user moves the mouse over the drop-down box.
• published (optional) determines whether all menu items are listed or only published menu items. If state is '0' then all menu items will be listed. If state is '1' then only published menu items will be listed.

To add additinal rows with translatable strings (such as "Select" or "Default") add an option to the XML. For example:

<option	value="">JDEFAULT</option>

Example XML field definition:

<field name="mymenuitem" type="menuitem" default="45" label="Select a menu item" description="Select a menu item" />

See also

• Menu form field type
• List of standard form field types