# Class: menu

## LuCI.ui. menu

Handles menus.

#### new LuCI.ui.menu()

ui.js, line 3016

  Handle menu.

### Methods

#### flushCache()

ui.js, line 3065

  Flush the internal menu cache to force loading a new structure on the next page load.

#### getChildren(node){Array.<LuCI.ui.menu.MenuNode>}

ui.js, line 3077

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `node` | LuCI.ui.menu.MenuNode | optional The menu node to retrieve the children for. Defaults to the menu's internal root node if omitted.

  ##### Returns:

  Type | Description
  --- | ---
  Array.<LuCI.ui.menu.MenuNode> | Returns an array of child menu nodes.

#### load(){Promise.<LuCI.ui.menu.MenuNode>}

ui.js, line 3045

  Load and cache current menu tree.

  ##### Returns:

  Type | Description
  --- | ---
  Promise.<LuCI.ui.menu.MenuNode> | Returns a promise resolving to the root element of the menu tree.

### Type Definitions

#### LuCI.ui.menu.MenuNodeObject

  ##### Properties:

  Name | Type | Argument | Description
  --- | --- | --- | ---
  `name` | string |  | The internal name of the node, as used in the URL
  `order` | number |  | The sort index of the menu node
  `title` | string | <optional> | The title of the menu node, `null` if the node should be hidden
  `boolean` | satisified |  | Boolean indicating whether the menu enries dependencies are satisfied
  `boolean` | readonly | <optional> | Boolean indicating whether the menu entries underlying ACLs are readonly
  `children` | Array.<LuCI.ui.menu.MenuNode> | <optional> | Array of child menu nodes.