# ApplicationCommandTarget and MenuBarModel not displaying items

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/applicationcommandtarget-and-menubarmodel-not-displaying-items/51895>\
**Category:** General JUCE discussion\
**Created:** [June 22, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/applicationcommandtarget-and-menubarmodel-not-displaying-items/51895 "2022-06-22T15:31:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tonytormio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@tonytormio](https://forum.juce.com/u/tonytormio)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/applicationcommandtarget-and-menubarmodel-not-displaying-items/51895/1 "2022-06-22T15:31:50Z")

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hey guys, really struggling with a ApplicationCommandManager and BarMenuModel situation,  
where my items do not get displayed within the popupmenu. I can’t see what i’m missing and have been looking at this code for hours.

Here is the code for the BarMenuModel and the ApplicationCommandManager subclass:

```auto
BurgerMenu::BurgerMenu()
{
    setColour(PopupMenu::backgroundColourId, Colours::purple);
    burgerMenuComponent.setModel(this);
    setApplicationCommandManagerToWatch (&commandManager);
    
    commandManager.registerAllCommandsForTarget (this);
    commandManager.setFirstCommandTarget (this);
    
    mainPopupMenu.addCommandItem(&commandManager, CommandIDs::columnOne);
    mainPopupMenu.addCommandItem(&commandManager, CommandIDs::columnTwo);
    
}

BurgerMenu::~BurgerMenu()
{
    commandManager.setFirstCommandTarget (nullptr);
    burgerMenuComponent.setModel(nullptr);
}

StringArray BurgerMenu::getMenuBarNames()
{
       return { "Menu Sub-Header" };
}

PopupMenu BurgerMenu::getMenuForIndex (int topLevelMenuIndex, const String& menuName) 
   {

       return mainPopupMenu;
   };

void BurgerMenu::menuItemSelected (int menuItemID, int topLevelMenuIndex)
{
    // useless shit
};

void BurgerMenu::getAllCommands (Array<CommandID>& c)
{
    Array<CommandID> commands { CommandIDs::columnOne,
                                CommandIDs::columnTwo };
    c.addArray (commands);
}

void BurgerMenu::getCommandInfo (CommandID commandID, ApplicationCommandInfo& result)
{
    //bool tick = false;
    switch (commandID)
    {
        case CommandIDs::columnOne:
            result.setInfo ("Column 1", "Edit Col 1", "Menu", 0);
            std::cout << result.shortName << "\n";
            break;
            
        case CommandIDs::columnTwo:
            result.setInfo ("Column 2", "Edit Col 2", "Menu", 0);
            std::cout << result.shortName << "\n";
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
}

bool BurgerMenu::perform (const InvocationInfo& info)
{
    switch (info.commandID)
    {
        case CommandIDs::columnOne:
            performAction();
            break;
        case CommandIDs::columnTwo:
            performAction();
            break;
            
        default:
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}

```

The SidePanel that ‘hosts’ the PopupMenu works fine, and the Sub-Header (MenuBar name) gets displayed fine, it simply does not display the CommandItems, I have tried debugging and apparently the parameters in getAllCommands and getCommandInfo are passed properly, nothing missing there.

Please HE LP! 😭 😭 😭

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**Author:** ![Rincewind](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/rincewind/32/10645_2.png) [@Rincewind](https://forum.juce.com/u/Rincewind)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/applicationcommandtarget-and-menubarmodel-not-displaying-items/51895/2 "2022-06-23T06:20:49Z")

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What if you try to add a regular item, does it get displayed than?

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**Author:** ![tonytormio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@tonytormio](https://forum.juce.com/u/tonytormio)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/applicationcommandtarget-and-menubarmodel-not-displaying-items/51895/3 "2022-06-24T08:07:23Z")

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Hey, thanks for your reply! I’ve sorted it - in the end something was happening with the order in which the various elements where initialized/constructed… I managed to fix it by putting burgerMenu.setModel(this) at the end of the class constructor