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feat: enable secondary label for macOS menu (#47042)

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* feat: enable secondary label for macOS menu

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* Update shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_menu_controller.mm

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* fix for lint

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* update docs for sublabel

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* `type` string (optional) - Can be `normal`, `separator`, `submenu`, `checkbox` or
`radio`.
* `label` string (optional)
* `sublabel` string (optional)
* `sublabel` string (optional) _macOS_ - Available in macOS >= 14.4
* `toolTip` string (optional) _macOS_ - Hover text for this menu item.
* `accelerator` [Accelerator](accelerator.md) (optional)
* `icon` ([NativeImage](native-image.md) | string) (optional)

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@ -332,6 +332,27 @@ name, no matter what label you set. To change it, modify your app bundle's
[About Information Property List Files][AboutInformationPropertyListFiles]
for more information.
### Menu Sublabels
Menu sublabels, or [subtitles](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsmenuitem/subtitle?language=objc), can be added to menu items using the `sublabel` option. Below is an example based on the renderer example above:
```js @ts-expect-error=[12]
// main
ipcMain.on('show-context-menu', (event) => {
const template = [
{
label: 'Menu Item 1',
sublabel: 'Subtitle 1',
click: () => { event.sender.send('context-menu-command', 'menu-item-1') }
},
{ type: 'separator' },
{ label: 'Menu Item 2', sublabel: 'Subtitle 2', type: 'checkbox', checked: true }
]
const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template)
menu.popup({ window: BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(event.sender) })
})
```
## Setting Menu for Specific Browser Window (_Linux_ _Windows_)
The [`setMenu` method][setMenu] of browser windows can set the menu of certain