--- a/ShowMeHowItWorks.st	Sun Oct 20 08:13:53 2019 +0200
+++ b/ShowMeHowItWorks.st	Sun Oct 20 08:33:57 2019 +0200
@@ -1029,6 +1029,14 @@
             ^ self findComponent:restPath in:container
         ]
     ].
+    (componentNameOrPath matchesRegex:'item\[[0-9]+\]') ifTrue:[
+        anApplicationOrViewOrMenuItem isMenu ifFalse:[
+            self assert:false message:'container is not a menu'.
+        ].
+        idx := Integer readFrom:(componentNameOrPath withoutPrefix:'item[') readStream.
+        item := anApplicationOrViewOrMenuItem itemAt:idx.
+        ^ item
+    ].
 
     componentNameSymbol := componentNameOrPath asSymbolIfInterned ? componentNameOrPath.