Applying Developer Utilities - FileMaker Pro 13: The Missing Manual - page 701

Submenus
If a custom menu starts getting too lengthy, you can use submenus to consolidate its options.
A submenu is a custom menu nested within a custom menu. (Flip back to Figure 13-18 to see
an example of a submenu.) Creating a submenu is a combination of two things you already
know how to do: making a custom menu and adding a menu item.
Say, for example, you have a custom menu called Reports, and you want one class of re-
ports—call them “TPS Reports”—to appear in a submenu. You can do this example in any
FileMaker database you'd like. First, create a new custom menu, using the steps on Editing a
Menu and then add a menu item for each report you want in the submenu. Click OK when
you're finished.
1. Back in the Manage Custom Menus dialog box, select the custom menu in which
you want the submenu to reside and then click Edit .
The Edit Custom Menu dialog box appears.
2. Click Create to add a new menu item, and set the Menu Item Type to Submenu
( Figure 13-24 ) .
3. Click the Specify button immediately below Menu Item Type .
The Select Menu dialog box appears with a list of all the built-in menus and those
you've created.
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the list to locate the “TPS Reports” custom menu
you just created, and double-click it. Click OK to return to the Manage Custom
Menus dialog box .
5. Select the Custom Menu Sets tab and add your Reports menu to your custom
menu set .
6. Click OK until you're back to your database window .
With your custom menu set active, you'll see your new submenu, like the one in Fig-
ure 13-25 .
So far, you've simplified one of FileMaker's menus and created a custom menu from scratch.
Now you need to get rid of a menu that strikes fear in the hearts of even experienced
FileMaker users: You're going to completely suppress the Window menu.