---
title: "Be.menus.actionMenuItem ViewHelper <f:be.menus.actionMenuItem>"
manual: "Fluid ViewHelper Reference"
version: "13.4"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:typo3-fluid-be-menus-actionmenuitem@13.4"
source: "Global/Be/Menus/ActionMenuItem.rst"
modified: "2026-09-17T09:07:45+00:00"
---

# Be.menus.actionMenuItem ViewHelper `<f:be.menus.actionMenuItem>`

ViewHelper which returns an option tag within a `<f:be.menus.actionMenu>` group.

**Note:** This ViewHelper is experimental and tailored to be used only in extbase context.

Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: [Be\\Menus\\ActionMenuItemViewHelper.php (GitHub)](https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/blob/main/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/Be/Menus/ActionMenuItemViewHelper.php).

**Table of contents**

-   [Examples](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:examples@13.4)
-   [Arguments of the <f:be.menus.actionMenuItem> ViewHelper](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:arguments-of-the-f-be-menus-actionmenuitem-viewhelper@13.4)

## Examples

Simple:

**packages/my_extension/Resources/Private/Templates/Module/Index.fluid.html**

```html
<f:be.menus.actionMenu>
  <f:be.menus.actionMenuItem label="Overview" controller="Blog" action="index" />
  <f:be.menus.actionMenuItem label="Create new Blog" controller="Blog" action="new" />
  <f:be.menus.actionMenuItem label="List Posts" controller="Post" action="index" arguments="{blog: blog}" />
</f:be.menus.actionMenu>
```

Select box with the options "Overview", "Create new Blog" and "List Posts".

Localized:

**packages/my_extension/Resources/Private/Templates/Module/Index.fluid.html**

```html
<f:be.menus.actionMenu>
  <f:be.menus.actionMenuItem label="{f:translate(key='overview')}" controller="Blog" action="index" />
  <f:be.menus.actionMenuItem label="{f:translate(key='create_blog')}" controller="Blog" action="new" />
</f:be.menus.actionMenu>
```

Localized select box.

## Arguments of the `<f:be.menus.actionMenuItem>` ViewHelper

> **Allows arbitrary arguments**
>
> This ViewHelper allows you to pass arbitrary arguments not defined below
> directly to the HTML tag created. This includes custom `data-` arguments.

-   **action**

    -   *Type:* string
    -   *Required:* true

    the action to be associated with this ActionMenuItem

-   **additionalAttributes**

    -   *Type:* array

    Additional tag attributes. They will be added directly to the resulting HTML tag.

-   **arguments**

    -   *Type:* array
    -   *Default:* array (
    )

    additional controller arguments to be passed to the action when this ActionMenuItem is selected

-   **aria**

    -   *Type:* array

    Additional aria-\* attributes. They will each be added with a "aria-" prefix.

-   **controller**

    -   *Type:* string
    -   *Required:* true

    controller to be associated with this ActionMenuItem

-   **data**

    -   *Type:* array

    Additional data-\* attributes. They will each be added with a "data-" prefix.

-   **label**

    -   *Type:* string
    -   *Required:* true

    label of the option tag