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filename: /packages/material-ui/src/MenuItem/MenuItem.js
title: MenuItem API
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# MenuItem

<p class="description">The API documentation of the MenuItem React component.</p>



## Props

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|:-----|:-----|:--------|:------------|
| <span class="prop-name">children</span> | <span class="prop-type">node |   | Menu item contents. |
| <span class="prop-name">classes</span> | <span class="prop-type">object |   | Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See [CSS API](#css-api) below for more details. |
| <span class="prop-name">component</span> | <span class="prop-type">union:&nbsp;string&nbsp;&#124;<br>&nbsp;func&nbsp;&#124;<br>&nbsp;object<br> | <span class="prop-default">'li'</span> | The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a DOM element or a component. |
| <span class="prop-name">selected</span> | <span class="prop-type">bool | <span class="prop-default">false</span> | Use to apply selected styling. |

Any other properties supplied will be spread to the root element ([ListItem](/api/list-item)).

## CSS API

You can override all the class names injected by Material-UI thanks to the `classes` property.
This property accepts the following keys:
- `root`
- `selected`

Have a look at [overriding with classes](/customization/overrides#overriding-with-classes) section
and the [implementation of the component](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/packages/material-ui/src/MenuItem/MenuItem.js)
for more detail.

If using the `overrides` key of the theme as documented
[here](/customization/themes#customizing-all-instances-of-a-component-type),
you need to use the following style sheet name: `MuiMenuItem`.

## Inheritance

The properties of the [ListItem](/api/list-item) component are also available.
You can take advantage of this behavior to [target nested components](/guides/api#spread).

## Demos

- [Autocomplete](/demos/autocomplete)
- [Menus](/demos/menus)

