---
title: nowPlayingMenuItem
framework: tvml
role: collectionGroup
path: tvml/nowplayingmenuitem
---

# nowPlayingMenuItem

Displays information about currently playing audio.

## Overview

Overview The nowPlayingMenuItem element is used to display information about audio playing in a menuBarTemplate. The nowPlayingMenuItem element automatically appears and disappears from the menu bar as the audio session starts and stops. Here’s an example of a menu bar with the now playing information and two menu items. <menuBar>    <nowPlayingMenuItem>       <title>Now Playing Info</title>    </nowPlayingMenuItem>    <menuItem>       <title>Item 1</title>    <menuItem>    <menuItem>       <title>Item 2</title>    <menuItem> </menuBar> Subelement of nowPlayingMenuItem title Elements that Use nowPlayingMenuItem menuBar

## Topics

### Valid TVML Attributes

- [binding](tvml/binding.md)
- [prototype](tvml/prototype.md)
- [theme](tvml/theme.md)

## See Also

### Bar Elements

- [menuBar](tvml/menubar.md)
- [menuItem](tvml/menuitem.md)
- [segmentBar](tvml/segmentbar.md)
- [segmentBarHeader](tvml/segmentbarheader.md)
- [segmentBarItem](tvml/segmentbaritem.md)
- [tumblerBar](tvml/tumblerbar.md)
- [tumblerItem](tvml/tumbleritem.md)