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

# MenuViewModelBase

Extends `WebContextViewModelBase` with a `Menu` property; `MenuControllerBase.OnActionExecuted` looks for this type via a cast and populates `Menu` for models that derive from it, skipping menu decoration otherwise.

## Purpose
- Extends `WebContextViewModelBase` with a `Menu` property; `MenuControllerBase.OnActionExecuted` looks for this type via a cast and populates `Menu` for models that derive from it, skipping menu decoration otherwise.

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

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Menu | `public MenuViewModel Menu { get; set; }` | Holds the fully decorated menu (current item, category, expansion state, external-user flag) populated by `MenuControllerBase.OnActionExecuted`. |

## Sources
- `src/Web.Mvc/ViewModels/Bases/MenuViewModelBase.cs`