---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.Plugin.MainMenu"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.Plugin"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/General/Plugin/MainMenu/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# Plugin.MainMenu

Member of [Plugin](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/General/Plugin/index.md).

## MainMenu

Provides access to main menu API.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Plugins cannot run in the CLI: ctrader-cli runs cBots only.
- Cloud: Plugins cannot run in the cloud: it runs cBots only.

C#:

```csharp
public MainMenu MainMenu {get;}
```

Python:

```python
api.MainMenu: MainMenu
```

### Returns

`MainMenu` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.4.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
Print("Main menu expanded: {0}", MainMenu.IsExpanded);
var algoItem = MainMenu.GetBuiltInItem(MainMenuBuiltInItemType.Algo);
if (algoItem != null)
    MainMenu.TryChangeSelectedItem(algoItem);
```

Python:

```python
api.Print(f"Main menu expanded: {api.MainMenu.IsExpanded}")
algoItem = api.MainMenu.GetBuiltInItem(MainMenuBuiltInItemType.Algo)
if algoItem is not None:
    api.MainMenu.TryChangeSelectedItem(algoItem)
```