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title: "Creating Menu Options"
canonical: "https://support.soutron.net/space/HG/3277201/Creating%20Menu%20Options"
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To create a new menu option click the > Macro (inline-media-image)

 button at the top of the menu management page. This will open the Menu option editor. The settings here are the same as you will find on the [edit ](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/3277209)pop-up.


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<span style="color: #0000ff">System Name</span> - This name will be used if no localized name is provided.

<span style="color: #0000ff">Image Class</span> - This allows you to display an icon to the left of your menu option (as used in the left modules menu). See [Menu Styles](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/3277093) for some example classes which can be used.

<span style="color: #0000ff">Additional Class</span> - Allows you to specify additional CSS class to set a color of the menu link. See [Menu Styles](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/3277093) for some example classes which can be used.

<span style="color: #0000ff">Display Name</span> - Name of the menu that is displayed to users. This name can be localized by selecting a different language from the drop-down on the right.

![image](media://c1b82073-95d1-48b7-8cbd-7fc42596a246)

<span style="color: #0000ff">URL</span> This sets the URL where the menu link will take the user, this can be a link within Soutron Admin, LMS, Portal, a saved search URL, or an external link. It must start with HTTP:// or HTTPS://. you can also use the drop down to the right to define how the link is opened, i.e in a new window or in the same window.

The URL value also supports linking to a modal pop up. This is done by including the modal ID in the URL field, including the hash symbol. i.e. **#examplemodalcenter**

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## <span style="color: #0000ff">Visibility of menu options</span>

<span style="color: #0000ff">Enabled Portals</span> - Select the portals this menu should be displayed on.

<span style="color: #0000ff">Enabled Offices</span> - Select the offices this menu should be visible for. i.e if a user is logged in via the London office they will only see the option if the London office is selected here.

<span style="color: #0000ff">Enabled Roles</span> - Select the roles this menu should be visible for. i.e if a user is assigned a role of 'clerical' the option must be selected here for it to be visible to them when they login to the system.

<span style="color: #0000ff">Enabled Permissions</span> - By selecting an access permission it allows any user with that access permission to see the menu option.

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> ℹ️ All four options (Portal, Office, Role, Permissions) are combined to define a users access to a menu option.
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ i.e if they have the correct role but are in an office that is not enabled to see the menu option they will not see it.