add sub items to the menu item. Add the direct path to each item for …

dist/index.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Application, AppConstructorOptions } from 'spectron';
+import { MenuItem } from 'electron';
+export declare class SpectronMenuAddon {
+    private app;
+    createApplication(options: AppConstructorOptions): Application;
+    clickMenu(...labels: string[]): Promise<void>;
+    getMenuItem(...labels: string[]): Promise<MenuItem>;
+}
+declare const spectronMenuAddon: SpectronMenuAddon;
+export default spectronMenuAddon;

dist/preload.js

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"use strict";
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+var electron_1 = require("electron");
+function findItem(menuItems, labels) {
+    var target = labels[0];
+    var rest = labels.slice(1);
+    var foundItem = menuItems.find(function (item) { return item.label === target; });
+    if (rest.length === 0) {
+        return foundItem;
+    }
+    return findItem(foundItem.submenu.items, rest);
+}
+electron_1.ipcMain.on('SPECTRON_MENU_ADDON/GET_MENU_ITEM', function (e, labels) {
+    var menuItem = findItem(electron_1.Menu.getApplicationMenu().items, labels);
+    if (menuItem) {
+        var subItems_1 = [];
+        if (menuItem.type == 'submenu') {
+            menuItem.submenu.items.forEach(function (element) {
+                var menuItemData = {
+                    path: labels.concat(element.label),
+                    label: element.label,
+                    checked: element.checked,
+                    enabled: element.enabled,
+                    visible: element.visible,
+                    type: element.type
+                };
+                subItems_1.push(menuItemData);
+            });
+        }
+        e.returnValue = {
+            path: labels,
+            label: menuItem.label,
+            checked: menuItem.checked,
+            enabled: menuItem.enabled,
+            visible: menuItem.visible,
+            type: menuItem.type,
+            submenu: subItems_1.length,
+            subItems: subItems_1
+        };
+    }
+    else {
+        e.returnValue = ({
+            label: ''
+        });
+    }
+});
+electron_1.ipcMain.on('SPECTRON_MENU_ADDON/CLICK_MENU_ITEM', function (e, labels) {
+    var item = findItem(electron_1.Menu.getApplicationMenu().items, labels);
+    item.click(item, electron_1.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow(), {});
+    e.returnValue = {};
+});

src/preload.ts

@@ -29,11 +29,30 @@ ipcMain.on('SPECTRON_MENU_ADDON/GET_MENU_ITEM', (e, labels) => {
 		// Thus, sending back a menuItem itself is impossible.  Send back a generic object.
 		// instead.
 		//
+		let subItems = []
+        if(menuItem.type == 'submenu') {
+            menuItem.submenu.items.forEach(element => {
+                let menuItemData = {
+					path: labels.concat(element.label),
+                    label: element.label,
+                    checked: element.checked,
+                    enabled: element.enabled,
+                    visible: element.visible,
+                    type: element.type
+                }
+                subItems.push(menuItemData)
+            })
+		}
+
 		e.returnValue =  { 
-			label: menuItem.label,
-			checked: menuItem.checked,
-			enabled: menuItem.enabled,
-			visible: menuItem.visible
+			path: labels,
+            label: menuItem.label,
+            checked: menuItem.checked,
+            enabled: menuItem.enabled,
+            visible: menuItem.visible,
+            type: menuItem.type,
+            submenu:  subItems.length,
+            subItems: subItems
 		}
 	} else {
 		e.returnValue = ({