# App menu

> Arrange, rename and group the entries in your event app's menu.

Source: https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/app-menu
Audience: event organizers, working in the Highbar dashboard

The **App menu** step sets the menu attendees use to move around your app: built-in entries like **Messages** and **My agenda**, and your content sections. It sits between **Content** and **Start page** in the event sidebar (after launch, under **App settings**).

![The event Overview page with an arrow pointing to App menu in the sidebar, under App settings.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-sidebar.webp)

Your app starts with a complete default menu, so this step never blocks launch. Every change saves straight away, and the **App preview** shows the menu open.

## How the menu is laid out

For a short guide to this page, click the info icon next to **Menu entries**.

![The App menu help panel, opened from the info icon next to Menu entries, with short notes on order, labels and icons, dividers and group labels, features that are off, and reset.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-help.webp)

The page has two parts:

- **Top of menu**: a row of large buttons at the top of the phone menu (the first rows on desktop). It holds the built-in tools **Messages** and **Notifications**, plus **QR Code** once contact exchange or [lead retrieval](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/run-your-event/lead-retrieval) is on. **QR Code** opens the attendee's own code, for others to scan.
- **Menu**: the list below. By default it starts with **Home page**, **Community**, your game, **My agenda**, **Activity stream** and **Channels** (the ones that are on), then a divider and your content sections. New sections are added at the end.

Some built-in entries only appear when their feature is on:

| Entry | Attendees see it when |
| --- | --- |
| **Messages** | Messaging is on and the attendee is allowed to message. |
| **QR Code** | Your app is launched and contact exchange (on the [Community overview](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/run-your-event/community)) or lead retrieval is on. Both are off for new events. |
| **Community** | Attendees have access to the community. |
| Your game | [Gamification](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/run-your-event/community/gamification) is on. The entry takes the game's **Label** ("Scavenger Hunt" for a new game) and shows **Gamification** under its name. |
| **Activity stream** | Your app is launched and the activity stream is on. |
| **Channels** | Channels are on. |

![The App menu page with an arrow pointing to Leaderboard, marked Gamification, in the menu, and the App preview showing QR Code next to Notifications and Direct Messages once contact exchange and gamification are on.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-qr-game.webp)

**Notifications**, **Home page** (your [start page](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/start-page)) and **My agenda** are always there. An entry whose feature is off isn't listed on this page: it keeps its place and comes back when you turn the feature on. Before launch, a note reminds you that some features, like the activity stream, are added after launch.

## Reorder entries

Drag an entry by its handle to move it. Entries stay in their own part: built-in tools can't move into the main list, and sections can't move into **Top of menu**.

## Rename an entry or change its icon

<Steps>
<Step>
Click the **...** menu on the entry's row and choose **Edit**.

![The App menu page with an arrow pointing to the ... menu on the Messages row, open to Edit.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-edit.webp)
</Step>
<Step>
Change the **Label** (up to 20 characters in **Top of menu**, 30 in the main list) and pick an **Icon**. Recommended icons are shown first.

![The Edit Messages drawer with the Label changed to Direct Messages, 5 characters left, Use default above it, and the Messages icon selected under Recommended.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-edit-label.webp)
</Step>
<Step>
Click **Save**.
</Step>
</Steps>

Use this to translate the menu or match your event's wording, for example calling **Messages** "Direct messages". A renamed built-in entry shows its original name under the new one, such as "Default: Messages", and **Use default** puts back its original label and icon.

![The App menu page after renaming Messages to Direct Messages, with the row reading Built-in · Default: Messages, and the App preview showing Direct Messages at the top of the menu.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-renamed.webp)

Renaming a section here also renames it on the Content page. Editing your game's entry changes its **Label** and icon on the Gamification page, and the other way round.

## Group entries

Click **Add** and choose:

- **Divider**: a line between entries.
- **Group label**: a small heading, up to 30 characters.

![The App menu page with an arrow pointing to Add, open to Divider and Group label. The App preview shows a divider between the built-in entries and the sections.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-add.webp)

Drag it into place. To delete one, open its **...** menu and choose **Remove**.

If an attendee can't see anything under a divider or group label (for example, every section under it is hidden), they don't see the divider or label either.

## Status labels

Some entries carry a label explaining why attendees might not see them:

- **Hidden**: the section is hidden on the Content page.
- **Scheduled**: the section appears at a set time. Hover over the label to see when.
- **Some attendees**: your messaging settings show this entry to some attendees only.

![The App menu page with Direct Messages marked Some attendees, the Schedule section marked Scheduled and the Speakers section marked Hidden.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-status-all.webp)

The **...** menu links to where you change these, such as **Manage content** or **Messaging settings**.

<Callout type="info">
You can't remove built-in entries or sections from the menu here. To take a section out of the app, hide it on the Content page (see [Sections and visibility](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/content/sections-and-visibility)). A built-in entry disappears when you turn its feature off.
</Callout>

## Reset the menu

Once you've changed the menu, the **...** button next to **Add** offers **Reset to default**.

![The App menu page with an arrow pointing to the ... button next to Add, open to Reset to default.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/app-menu/app-menu-reset.webp)

It puts back the original order, labels and icons of the built-in entries and removes your dividers and group labels. Your sections keep their order and names.

