diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9ee7a7..b6e5d8b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ add_library(component STATIC
   include/ftxui/component/component.hpp
   include/ftxui/component/component_base.hpp
   include/ftxui/component/event.hpp
-  include/ftxui/component/menu.hpp
   include/ftxui/component/mouse.hpp
   include/ftxui/component/radiobox.hpp
   include/ftxui/component/receiver.hpp
diff --git a/examples/component/menu.cpp b/examples/component/menu.cpp
index 00d2f75..fa71547 100644
--- a/examples/component/menu.cpp
+++ b/examples/component/menu.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include "ftxui/component/captured_mouse.hpp"      // for ftxui
 #include "ftxui/component/component.hpp"           // for Menu
-#include "ftxui/component/menu.hpp"                // for MenuBase
 #include "ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp"  // for ScreenInteractive
 
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
diff --git a/examples/component/menu2.cpp b/examples/component/menu2.cpp
index af79010..dbf4122 100644
--- a/examples/component/menu2.cpp
+++ b/examples/component/menu2.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "ftxui/component/captured_mouse.hpp"  // for ftxui
 #include "ftxui/component/component.hpp"       // for Menu, Horizontal, Renderer
 #include "ftxui/component/component_base.hpp"  // for ComponentBase
-#include "ftxui/component/menu.hpp"            // for MenuBase
 #include "ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp"  // for Component, ScreenInteractive
 #include "ftxui/dom/elements.hpp"  // for text, separator, bold, hcenter, vbox, hbox, gauge, Element, operator|, border
 #include "ftxui/screen/string.hpp"  // for to_wstring
diff --git a/examples/component/menu_style.cpp b/examples/component/menu_style.cpp
index 1eb2bee..24cf2cf 100644
--- a/examples/component/menu_style.cpp
+++ b/examples/component/menu_style.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "ftxui/component/captured_mouse.hpp"  // for ftxui
 #include "ftxui/component/component.hpp"       // for Menu, Horizontal, Renderer
 #include "ftxui/component/component_base.hpp"  // for ComponentBase
-#include "ftxui/component/menu.hpp"            // for MenuBase
 #include "ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp"  // for ScreenInteractive, Component
 #include "ftxui/dom/elements.hpp"  // for operator|, Element, separator, bgcolor, color, flex, Decorator, bold, hbox, border, dim
 #include "ftxui/screen/color.hpp"  // for Color, Color::Blue, Color::BlueLight, Color::Red, Color::Yellow
diff --git a/include/ftxui/component/component_options.hpp b/include/ftxui/component/component_options.hpp
index d9d0a5a..61cdcb6 100644
--- a/include/ftxui/component/component_options.hpp
+++ b/include/ftxui/component/component_options.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ struct MenuOption {
   std::function<void()> on_change = [] {};
   /// Called when the user presses enter.
   std::function<void()> on_enter = [] {};
+
+  Ref<int> focused_entry = 0;
 };
 
 /// @brief Option for the Button component.
diff --git a/include/ftxui/component/menu.hpp b/include/ftxui/component/menu.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b56f05..0000000
--- a/include/ftxui/component/menu.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef FTXUI_COMPONENT_MENU
-#define FTXUI_COMPONENT_MENU
-
-#include <functional>  // for function
-#include <string>      // for wstring
-#include <vector>      // for vector
-
-#include "ftxui/component/component.hpp"          // for Component
-#include "ftxui/component/component_base.hpp"     // for ComponentBase
-#include "ftxui/component/component_options.hpp"  // for Component
-#include "ftxui/dom/elements.hpp"  // for Element, Decorator, operator|, bold, inverted, nothing
-#include "ftxui/screen/box.hpp"  // for Box
-
-namespace ftxui {
-struct Event;
-
-/// @brief A list of items. The user can navigate through them.
-/// @ingroup component
-class MenuBase : public ComponentBase {
- public:
-  // Access this interface from a Component
-  static MenuBase* From(Component component);
-
-  // Constructor.
-  MenuBase(const std::vector<std::wstring>* entries,
-           int* selected_,
-           Ref<MenuOption> option = {});
-  ~MenuBase() override = default;
-
-  // State.
-  int focused = 0;
-
-  // Component implementation.
-  Element Render() override;
-  bool OnEvent(Event) override;
-
- protected:
-  const std::vector<std::wstring>* const entries_;
-  int* selected_ = 0;
-  Ref<MenuOption> option_;
-
-  bool OnMouseEvent(Event);
-
-  std::vector<Box> boxes_;
-};
-
-}  // namespace ftxui
-
-#endif /* end of include guard: FTXUI_COMPONENT_MENU */
-
-// Copyright 2020 Arthur Sonzogni. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be found in
-// the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/src/ftxui/component/menu.cpp b/src/ftxui/component/menu.cpp
index e621350..c4b0495 100644
--- a/src/ftxui/component/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/ftxui/component/menu.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,110 @@
 
 #include "ftxui/component/captured_mouse.hpp"  // for CapturedMouse
 #include "ftxui/component/component.hpp"       // for CapturedMouse
+#include "ftxui/component/component.hpp"       // for Component
 #include "ftxui/component/event.hpp"  // for Event, Event::ArrowDown, Event::ArrowUp, Event::Return, Event::Tab, Event::TabReverse
-#include "ftxui/component/menu.hpp"
 #include "ftxui/component/mouse.hpp"  // for Mouse, Mouse::Left, Mouse::Released
 #include "ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp"  // for Component
 
 namespace ftxui {
 
+/// @brief A list of items. The user can navigate through them.
+/// @ingroup component
+class MenuBase : public ComponentBase {
+ public:
+  MenuBase(const std::vector<std::wstring>* entries,
+           int* selected,
+           Ref<MenuOption> option)
+      : entries_(entries), selected_(selected), option_(option) {}
+
+  Element Render() {
+    Elements elements;
+    bool is_menu_focused = Focused();
+    boxes_.resize(entries_->size());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < entries_->size(); ++i) {
+      bool is_focused = (focused_entry() == int(i)) && is_menu_focused;
+      bool is_selected = (*selected_ == int(i));
+
+      auto style = is_selected ? (is_focused ? option_->style_selected_focused
+                                             : option_->style_selected)
+                               : (is_focused ? option_->style_focused
+                                             : option_->style_normal);
+      auto focus_management = !is_selected      ? nothing
+                              : is_menu_focused ? focus
+                                                : select;
+      auto icon = is_selected ? L"> " : L"  ";
+      elements.push_back(text(icon + entries_->at(i)) | style |
+                         focus_management | reflect(boxes_[i]));
+    }
+    return vbox(std::move(elements));
+  }
+
+  bool OnEvent(Event event) {
+    if (!CaptureMouse(event))
+      return false;
+    if (event.is_mouse())
+      return OnMouseEvent(event);
+
+    if (!Focused())
+      return false;
+
+    int old_selected = *selected_;
+    if (event == Event::ArrowUp || event == Event::Character('k'))
+      (*selected_)--;
+    if (event == Event::ArrowDown || event == Event::Character('j'))
+      (*selected_)++;
+    if (event == Event::Tab && entries_->size())
+      *selected_ = (*selected_ + 1) % entries_->size();
+    if (event == Event::TabReverse && entries_->size())
+      *selected_ = (*selected_ + entries_->size() - 1) % entries_->size();
+
+    *selected_ = std::max(0, std::min(int(entries_->size()) - 1, *selected_));
+
+    if (*selected_ != old_selected) {
+      focused_entry() = *selected_;
+      option_->on_change();
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (event == Event::Return) {
+      option_->on_enter();
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  bool OnMouseEvent(Event event) {
+    if (!CaptureMouse(event))
+      return false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < int(boxes_.size()); ++i) {
+      if (!boxes_[i].Contain(event.mouse().x, event.mouse().y))
+        continue;
+
+      TakeFocus();
+      focused_entry() = i;
+      if (event.mouse().button == Mouse::Left &&
+          event.mouse().motion == Mouse::Released) {
+        if (*selected_ != i) {
+          *selected_ = i;
+          option_->on_change();
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  int& focused_entry() { return option_->focused_entry(); }
+
+ protected:
+  const std::vector<std::wstring>* const entries_;
+  int* selected_ = 0;
+  Ref<MenuOption> option_;
+
+  std::vector<Box> boxes_;
+};
+
 /// @brief A list of text. The focused element is selected.
 /// @param entries The list of entries in the menu.
 /// @param selected The index of the currently selected element.
@@ -45,94 +142,6 @@ Component Menu(const std::vector<std::wstring>* entries,
   return Make<MenuBase>(entries, selected, std::move(option));
 }
 
-// static
-MenuBase* MenuBase::From(Component component) {
-  return static_cast<MenuBase*>(component.get());
-}
-
-MenuBase::MenuBase(const std::vector<std::wstring>* entries,
-                   int* selected,
-                   Ref<MenuOption> option)
-    : entries_(entries), selected_(selected), option_(option) {}
-
-Element MenuBase::Render() {
-  Elements elements;
-  bool is_menu_focused = Focused();
-  boxes_.resize(entries_->size());
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < entries_->size(); ++i) {
-    bool is_focused = (focused == int(i)) && is_menu_focused;
-    bool is_selected = (*selected_ == int(i));
-
-    auto style = is_selected ? (is_focused ? option_->style_selected_focused
-                                           : option_->style_selected)
-                             : (is_focused ? option_->style_focused
-                                           : option_->style_normal);
-    auto focus_management = !is_selected      ? nothing
-                            : is_menu_focused ? focus
-                                              : select;
-    auto icon = is_selected ? L"> " : L"  ";
-    elements.push_back(text(icon + entries_->at(i)) | style | focus_management |
-                       reflect(boxes_[i]));
-  }
-  return vbox(std::move(elements));
-}
-
-bool MenuBase::OnEvent(Event event) {
-  if (!CaptureMouse(event))
-    return false;
-  if (event.is_mouse())
-    return OnMouseEvent(event);
-
-  if (!Focused())
-    return false;
-
-  int old_selected = *selected_;
-  if (event == Event::ArrowUp || event == Event::Character('k'))
-    (*selected_)--;
-  if (event == Event::ArrowDown || event == Event::Character('j'))
-    (*selected_)++;
-  if (event == Event::Tab && entries_->size())
-    *selected_ = (*selected_ + 1) % entries_->size();
-  if (event == Event::TabReverse && entries_->size())
-    *selected_ = (*selected_ + entries_->size() - 1) % entries_->size();
-
-  *selected_ = std::max(0, std::min(int(entries_->size()) - 1, *selected_));
-
-  if (*selected_ != old_selected) {
-    focused = *selected_;
-    option_->on_change();
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  if (event == Event::Return) {
-    option_->on_enter();
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  return false;
-}
-
-bool MenuBase::OnMouseEvent(Event event) {
-  if (!CaptureMouse(event))
-    return false;
-  for (int i = 0; i < int(boxes_.size()); ++i) {
-    if (!boxes_[i].Contain(event.mouse().x, event.mouse().y))
-      continue;
-
-    TakeFocus();
-    focused = i;
-    if (event.mouse().button == Mouse::Left &&
-        event.mouse().motion == Mouse::Released) {
-      if (*selected_ != i) {
-        *selected_ = i;
-        option_->on_change();
-      }
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
 }  // namespace ftxui
 
 // Copyright 2020 Arthur Sonzogni. All rights reserved.