---
title: MenuItemViewModel
summary: API reference for MenuItemViewModel.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Documentation
last_reviewed: 2026-09-17
library: SAIF.Framework.Web.Mvc
reference_type: package
---

# MenuItemViewModel

View-model shape for a single Business Online menu entry, mapped one-to-one from the `BusinessOnlineMenu` service contract by `Mappers.MapMenuViewModel` and rendered by `MenuExtensions`.

## Purpose
- View-model shape for a single Business Online menu entry, mapped one-to-one from the `BusinessOnlineMenu` service contract by `Mappers.MapMenuViewModel` and rendered by `MenuExtensions`.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Web.Mvc.ViewModels`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Framework.Web.Mvc (source-shipping NuGet package)`
- Kind: class

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ApplicationName | `public string ApplicationName { get; set; }` | Application the menu item belongs to; matched against the current request's application in current-item detection. |
| FavoriteName | `public string FavoriteName { get; set; }` | Display name used for a favorited item; falls back to `PageName` when blank. |
| MenuCategory | `public string MenuCategory { get; set; }` | Human-readable category grouping used to group items in the rendered menu. |
| MenuCategoryCode | `public string MenuCategoryCode { get; set; }` | Category code used to filter the top menu to the current controller's category. |
| PageId | `public string PageId { get; set; }` | Identifier matched against the computed current-item id to highlight the active menu entry. |
| PageLink | `public string PageLink { get; set; }` | Relative link used to build the item's `href`. |
| PageName | `public string PageName { get; set; }` | Fallback display name when `FavoriteName` is blank. |
| Tooltip | `public string Tooltip { get; set; }` | Optional tooltip text shown on favorite links. |

## Sources
- `src/Web.Mvc/ViewModels/MenuItemViewModel.cs`