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# Menu Text

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**Block Information**

Available in: Page Flow

Toolbox Category: Action - Menu

Block Type: [Output](/app-editor/page-flow/block-anatomy.md#output-block)

Output Type: [*text*](/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types.md)
{% endhint %}

**`Menu Text`** is an [output block](/app-editor/page-flow/block-anatomy.md#output-block) that provides text of the selected option when using the [Show Menu](/app-editor/page-flow/toolbox-blocks/show-menu.md) block. The output is of type [*text*](/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types.md) and is compatible with [Value Parameters](/app-editor/page-flow/block-anatomy.md#value-parameters) of type [*text*](/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types.md) or of type [*any*](/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types.md).

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/MORZG7GYVfsfMG8yiuqm" alt="" width="158"><figcaption><p>Menu Text block</p></figcaption></figure></div>

{% hint style="warning" %}
The Menu Text block only works when used inside the *Selection Tasks* [flow parameter](/app-editor/page-flow/block-anatomy.md#flow-parameters) of the [Show Menu](/app-editor/page-flow/toolbox-blocks/show-menu.md) block.
{% endhint %}

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## Usage Example

The image below shows an example of the Menu Text block used inside the *Selection Tasks* [flow parameter](/app-editor/page-flow/block-anatomy.md#flow-parameters) of the [Show Menu](/app-editor/page-flow/toolbox-blocks/show-menu.md) block.

The [Show Information Popup](/app-editor/page-flow/toolbox-blocks/show-information-popup.md) block is used to display the selected option's text and its numeric index.

<figure><img src="/files/XRfY9mZ2bCVQyNOTaYSS" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example of Menu Text block</p></figcaption></figure>


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