diff --git a/dlanguilib.visualdproj b/dlanguilib.visualdproj
index 116e67b3..8b3bac5d 100644
--- a/dlanguilib.visualdproj
+++ b/dlanguilib.visualdproj
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\controls.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\layouts.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\lists.d" />
+     <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\menu.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\styles.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\tabs.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\widget.d" />
diff --git a/examples/example1/main.d b/examples/example1/main.d
index 3d2328f5..e3e3190c 100644
--- a/examples/example1/main.d
+++ b/examples/example1/main.d
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
     Window window = Platform.instance().createWindow("My Window", null);
 	
 	static if (true) {
+        VerticalLayout contentLayout = new VerticalLayout();
+        MenuItem mainMenuItems = new MenuItem();
+        mainMenuItems.add(new Action(1, "File"d));
+        mainMenuItems.add(new Action(2, "Edit"d));
+        mainMenuItems.add(new Action(3, "Window"d));
+        mainMenuItems.add(new Action(4, "Help"d));
+        MainMenu mainMenu = new MainMenu(mainMenuItems);
+        contentLayout.addChild(mainMenu);
+
         TabWidget tabs = new TabWidget("TABS");
         tabs.layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT).layoutHeight(FILL_PARENT);
 
@@ -117,7 +126,8 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
 
         tabs.selectTab("tab1");
 
-	    window.mainWidget = tabs;
+        contentLayout.addChild(tabs);
+	    window.mainWidget = contentLayout;
 	} else {
 	    window.mainWidget = (new Button()).text("sample button");
 	}
diff --git a/src/dlangui/all.d b/src/dlangui/all.d
index 5d271c0b..65550e01 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/all.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/all.d
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ public import dlangui.widgets.controls;
 public import dlangui.widgets.layouts;
 public import dlangui.widgets.lists;
 public import dlangui.widgets.tabs;
+public import dlangui.widgets.menu;
 public import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
 public import dlangui.core.i18n;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/events.d b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
index 50a313b7..5e74adeb 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/events.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
@@ -1,7 +1,55 @@
 module dlangui.core.events;
 
+import dlangui.core.i18n;
+
 import std.conv;
 
+/// UI action
+class Action {
+    protected int _id;
+    protected UIString _label;
+    protected string _iconId;
+    this(int id, string labelResourceId, string iconResourceId = null) {
+        _id = id;
+        _label = labelResourceId;
+        _iconId = iconResourceId;
+    }
+    this(int id, dstring label, string iconResourceId = null) {
+        _id = id;
+        _label = label;
+        _iconId = iconResourceId;
+    }
+    @property int id() const {
+        return _id;
+    }
+    @property Action id(int newId) {
+        _id = newId;
+        return this;
+    }
+    @property Action label(string resourceId) {
+        _label = resourceId;
+        return this;
+    }
+    @property Action label(dstring text) {
+        _label = text;
+        return this;
+    }
+    @property dstring label() const {
+        return _label.value;
+    }
+    @property ref const (UIString) labelValue() const {
+        return _label;
+    }
+    @property string iconId() const {
+        return _iconId;
+    }
+    @property Action iconId(string id) {
+        _iconId = id;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
+
+
 enum MouseAction : ubyte {
     Cancel,   // button down handling is cancelled
 	ButtonDown, // button is down
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5ac49a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+module dlangui.widgets.menu;
+
+import dlangui.core.events;
+import dlangui.widgets.controls;
+import dlangui.widgets.layouts;
+
+class MenuItem {
+    bool _checkable;
+    bool _checked;
+    bool _enabled;
+    protected Action _action;
+    MenuItem[] _subitems;
+    @property int subitemCount() {
+        return cast(int)_subitems.length;
+    }
+    MenuItem subitem(int index) {
+        return _subitems[index];
+    }
+    MenuItem add(MenuItem subitem) {
+        _subitems ~= subitem;
+        return this;
+    }
+    MenuItem add(Action subitemAction) {
+        _subitems ~= new MenuItem(subitemAction);
+        return this;
+    }
+    @property bool isSubmenu() {
+        return _subitems.length > 0;
+    }
+    @property UIString label() {
+        return _action.labelValue;
+    }
+    @property const(Action) action() const { return _action; }
+    @property MenuItem action(Action a) { _action = a; return this; }
+    this() {
+        _enabled = true;
+    }
+    this(Action action) {
+        _action = action;
+        _enabled = true;
+    }
+    ~this() {
+        // TODO
+    }
+}
+
+class MenuItemWidget : HorizontalLayout {
+    protected MenuItem _item;
+    protected TextWidget _label;
+    this(MenuItem item) {
+        _item = item;
+        styleId = "MENU_ITEM";
+        _label = new TextWidget("MENU_LABEL");
+        _label.text = _item.label;
+        addChild(_label);
+        trackHover = true;
+    }
+}
+
+class MainMenu : HorizontalLayout {
+    MenuItem _item;
+    this(MenuItem item) {
+        id = "MAIN_MENU";
+        styleId = "MAIN_MENU";
+        _item = item;
+        for (int i = 0; i < item.subitemCount; i++) {
+            addChild(new MenuItemWidget(item.subitem(i)));
+        }
+        addChild((new Widget()).layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
index 99097585..47eb55f5 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
@@ -662,6 +662,11 @@ Theme createDefaultTheme() {
 	tabWidget.padding(Rect(3,3,3,3)).backgroundColor(0xEEEEEE);
     //tabWidget.backgroundImageId("frame_blue");
 	//res.dumpStats();
+
+    Style mainMenu = res.createSubstyle("MAIN_MENU").backgroundColor(0xE0E0E0).layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT);
+    Style menuItem = res.createSubstyle("MENU_ITEM").padding(Rect(4,2,4,2)).backgroundColor(0xE0E0E0)   ;
+    menuItem.createState(State.Hovered, State.Hovered).backgroundColor(0x80E0E000);
+
 	return res;
 }