--- title: "Menu Items Available for TinyMCE" description: "Complete list of menu items available for the menu bar and context menus." canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/latest/available-menu-items/" md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/5/available-menu-items/index.md" version: "5" last_updated: "2024-04-16T01:50:26Z" tokens: 6086 --- Important This page documents TinyMCE 5. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../latest/available-menu-items/). # Menu Items Available for TinyMCE The following tables show all available menu items, including items provided by plugins. To retrieve a list from the editor, run the following command from the browser console: ```js tinyMCE.activeEditor.ui.registry.getAll().menuItems ``` These menu items can be added to the editor using: - The [`menu`](../editor-appearance/#menu) configuration option. - The [`contextmenu`](../editor-appearance/#contextmenu) configuration option. - [Custom Menu toolbar buttons](../typesoftoolbarbuttons/#menubutton). ## The core menu items The following menu items are available for all TinyMCE instances without enabling any plugins: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `align` | Format | Changes alignment to the current block or selection. | | `backcolor` | Format | Applies background color to selection. | | `blockformats` | Format | Applies block formats to current selection. | | `bold` | Format | Applies bold format to current selection. | | `codeformat` | Format | Applies inline code format to current selection. | | `copy` | Edit | Copies the current selection into clipboard. | | `cut` | Edit | Cuts the current selection into clipboard. | | `forecolor` | Format | Applies foreground/text color to selection. | | `formats` | Format | Menu of all available formats. | | `fontformats` | Format | Dropdown list with font families to apply to selection. | | `fontsizes` | Format | Dropdown list with font sizes to apply to selection. | | `italic` | Format | Applies italic format to current selection. | | `language` | Format | Dropdown list with languages to apply to the selection. This item requires the [`content_langs` option](../content-localization/#content_langs).
NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `lineheight` | Format | Dropdown list with line heights to apply to selection. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.5 and later. | | `newdocument` | File | Creates a new document. | | `paste` | Edit | Pastes the current clipboard contents into editor. | | `redo` | Edit | To redo the last undo-ed operation. | | `removeformat` | Format | Removes all formats form the current selection. | | `selectall` | Edit | Selects all the editor contents. | | `strikethrough` | Format | Applies strikethrough format to current selection. | | `subscript` | Format | Applies subscript format to current selection. | | `superscript` | Format | Applies superscript format to current selection. | | `underline` | Format | Applies underline format to current selection. | | `undo` | Edit | To undo the last operation. | | `visualaid` | View | Toggles visual aids on/off. | ## A11yChecker plugin The A11yChecker plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `a11ycheck` | Tools | Opens the accessibility checker dialog. | For information on the A11yChecker plugin, see: [Plugins - The A11yChecker plugin](../a11ychecker/) ## Advanced Code Editor plugin The Advanced Code Editor plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `code` | View | Opens the code dialog. | For information on the Advanced Code Editor plugin, see: [Plugins - The Advanced Code Editor plugin](../advcode/) ## Advanced Tables plugin The Advanced Tables plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `advtablesort` | Table | Advanced tables sort menu item with related controls. | | `advtablerownumbering` | *Not Applicable* | Adds or removes (toggles) a row numbering column on the selected table. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | For information on the Advanced Tables plugin, see: [Plugins - The Advanced Tables plugin](../advtable/) ## Anchor plugin The Anchor plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `anchor` | Insert | Inserts an anchor into the editor. | For information on the Anchor plugin, see: [Plugins - The Anchor plugin](../anchor/) ## Autosave plugin The Autosave plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `restoredraft` | File | Restores to the latest auto saved draft. | For information on the Autosave plugin, see: [Plugins - The Autosave plugin](../autosave/) ## Case Change plugin The Case Change plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `casechange` | *Not Applicable* | Changes the case of text in a block selection to uppercase, lowercase, or title case. | For information on the Case Change plugin, see: [Plugins - The Case Change plugin](../casechange/) ## Character Map plugin The Character Map plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `charmap` | Insert | Opens the charmap dialog. | For information on the Character Map plugin, see: [Plugins - The Character Map plugin](../charmap/) ## Checklist plugin The Checklist plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `checklist` | *Not Applicable* | Creates a checklist. | For information on the Checklist plugin, see: [Plugins - The Checklist plugin](../checklist/) ## Code plugin The Code plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `code` | View | Opens the code dialog. | For information on the Code plugin, see: [Plugins - The Code plugin](../code/) ## Code Sample plugin The Code Sample plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `codesample` | Insert | Inserts code snippets with syntax highlighting. | For information on the Code Sample plugin, see: [Plugins - The Code Sample plugin](../codesample/) ## Comments plugin The Comments plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Comments plugin, see: [Plugins - The Comments plugin](../introduction_to_tiny_comments/) ## Emoticons plugin The Emoticons plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Emoticons plugin, see: [Plugins - The Emoticons plugin](../emoticons/) ## Export plugin The Export plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Export plugin, see: [Plugins - The Export plugin](../export/) ## Full Page plugin The Full Page plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Full Page plugin, see: [Plugins - The Full Page plugin](../fullpage/) ## Full Screen plugin The Full Screen plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Full Screen plugin, see: [Plugins - The Full Screen plugin](../fullscreen/) ## Help plugin The Help plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Help plugin, see: [Plugins - The Help plugin](../help/) ## Horizontal Rule plugin The Horizontal Rule plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Horizontal Rule plugin, see: [Plugins - The Horizontal Rule plugin](../hr/) ## Image plugin The Image plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Image plugin, see: [Plugins - The Image plugin](../image/) ## Insert Date/Time plugin The Insert Date/Time plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Insert Date/Time plugin, see: [Plugins - The Insert Date/Time plugin](../insertdatetime/) ## Link plugin The Link plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Link plugin, see: [Plugins - The Link plugin](../link/) ## Media plugin The Media plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Media plugin, see: [Plugins - The Media plugin](../media/) ## Nonbreaking Space plugin The Nonbreaking Space plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Nonbreaking Space plugin, see: [Plugins - The Nonbreaking Space plugin](../nonbreaking/) ## Page Break plugin The Page Break plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Page Break plugin, see: [Plugins - The Page Break plugin](../pagebreak/) ## Page Embed plugin The Page Embed plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Page Embed plugin, see: [Plugins - The Page Embed plugin](../pageembed/) ## Paste plugin The Paste plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Paste plugin, see: [Plugins - The Paste plugin](../paste/) ## Permanent Pen plugin The Permanent Pen plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `addcomment` | Insert | Adds a comment at the cursor location or for the selected text. | | `deleteallconversations` | File | Deletes all comments from the editor. | | `showcomments` | View | Shows/hides comments present in the editor. | For information on the Permanent Pen plugin, see: [Plugins - The Permanent Pen plugin](../permanentpen/) ## PowerPaste plugin The PowerPaste plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `pastetext` | Edit | Toggles paste as plain text on/off. When in plain text mode, all rich content is converted into plain text. | For information on the PowerPaste plugin, see: [Plugins - The PowerPaste plugin](../introduction-to-powerpaste/) ## Preview plugin The Preview plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `preview` | File | Previews the current document. | For information on the Preview plugin, see: [Plugins - The Preview plugin](../preview/) ## Print plugin The Print plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `print` | File | Prints the current document. | For information on the Print plugin, see: [Plugins - The Print plugin](../print/) ## Search and Replace plugin The Search and Replace plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `searchreplace` | Edit | Opens the search/replace dialog. | For information on the Search and Replace plugin, see: [Plugins - The Search and Replace plugin](../searchreplace/) ## Spell Checker plugin The Spell Checker plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `spellchecker` | Tools | Toggles the spellchecker on/off. | For information on the Spell Checker plugin, see: [Plugins - The Spell Checker plugin](../spellchecker/) ## Spell Checker Pro plugin The Spell Checker Pro plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `spellchecker` | Tools | Toggles the spellchecker on/off. | | `spellcheckerlanguage` | Tools | Changes the language used for the spell checking process for the document or the currently selected text. | For information on the Spell Checker Pro plugin, see: [Plugins - The Spell Checker Pro plugin](../introduction-to-tiny-spellchecker/) ## Table plugin The Table plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `inserttable` | Table | Inserts table grid menu. | | `inserttabledialog` | *Not Applicable* | Opens the table properties dialog for creating a new table. | | `tableprops` | Table | Opens the table properties dialog. | | `deletetable` | Table | Deletes the current table. | | `cell` | Table | Cell menu item with related controls. | | `tablemergecells` | Table | Merges all currently selected cells NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablesplitcells` | Table | Splits merged cells NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablecellprops` | Table | Opens the cell properties dialog NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `column` | Table | Column menu item with related controls. | | `tableinsertcolumnbefore` | Table | Insert column before the currently selected column NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tableinsertcolumnafter` | Table | Insert column after the currently selected column NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablecutcolumn` | Table | Cut the currently selected column or columns NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.5 and later. | | `tablecopycolumn` | Table | Copy the currently selected column or columns NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.5 and later. | | `tablepastecolumnbefore` | Table | Paste column before the currently selected column NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.5 and later. | | `tablepastecolumnafter` | Table | Paste column after the currently selected column NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.5 and later. | | `tabledeletecolumn` | Table | Deletes the currently selected column or columns NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `row` | Table | Row menu item with related controls. | | `tableinsertrowbefore` | Table | Inserts row before the currently selected row NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tableinsertrowafter` | Table | Inserts row after the currently selected row NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablecutrow` | Table | Cut the currently selected row or rows NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablecopyrow` | Table | Copy the currently selected row or rows NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablepasterowbefore` | Table | Paste row before the currently selected row NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablepasterowafter` | Table | Paste row after the currently selected row NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tablerowprops` | Table | Opens the row properties dialog | | `tabledeleterow` | Table | Deletes the currently selected row or rows NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.4 and later. | | `tableclass` | *Not Applicable* | Adds or removes pre-defined classes to the selected table. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecellclass` | *Not Applicable* | Adds or removes pre-defined classes to selected cells in the table. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecellvalign` | *Not Applicable* | Sets the vertical alignment of the selected cells. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecellborderwidth` | *Not Applicable* | Sets the border width of the selected cells. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecellborderstyle` | *Not Applicable* | Sets the style of the border for all selected cells. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecaption` | *Not Applicable* | Toggles the caption on the selected table. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecellbackgroundcolor` | *Not Applicable* | Sets the background color of the selected cells. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecellbordercolor` | *Not Applicable* | Sets the border color of the selected cells. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablerowheader` | *Not Applicable* | Toggle a row between being a table header row or a table body row. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | | `tablecolheader` | *Not Applicable* | Toggle a column between being a table header column and a table body column. NOTE: This feature is only available for TinyMCE 5.9 and later. | For information on the Table plugin, see: [Plugins - The Table plugin](../table/) ## Template plugin The Template plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `template` | Insert | Inserts templates into the editor. | For information on the Template plugin, see: [Plugins - The Template plugin](../template/) ## Tiny Drive plugin The Tiny Drive plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `insertfile` | *Not Applicable* | Opens the Tiny Drive file selector. | For information on the Tiny Drive plugin, see: [Plugins - The Tiny Drive plugin](../tinydrive-introduction/) ## Table of Contents plugin The Table of Contents plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `toc` | Insert | Inserts a Table of Contents into the editor. | For information on the Table of Contents plugin, see: [Plugins - The Table of Contents plugin](../tableofcontents/) ## Visual Blocks plugin The Visual Blocks plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `visualblocks` | View | Toggles block visibility on/off. | For information on the Visual Blocks plugin, see: [Plugins - The Visual Blocks plugin](../visualblocks/) ## Visual Characters plugin The Visual Characters plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `visualchars` | View | Toggles visibility of nonbreaking spaces on/off. | For information on the Visual Characters plugin, see: [Plugins - The Visual Characters plugin](../visualchars/) ## Word Count plugin The Word Count plugin provides the following menu items: | Menu item identifier | [Default Menu Location](../editor-appearance/#examplethetinymcedefaultmenuitems) | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `wordcount` | Tools | Opens a word count dialog showing word and character counts. | For information on the Word Count plugin, see: [Plugins - The Word Count plugin](../wordcount/)