diff --git a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/global-grid-options.ts b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/global-grid-options.ts
index 7a8984cb8..29f8340d3 100644
--- a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/global-grid-options.ts
+++ b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/global-grid-options.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ export const GlobalGridOptions: GridOption = {
   },
   forceFitColumns: false,
   gridMenu: {
+    hideClearAllFiltersCommand: false,
+    hideClearAllSortingCommand: false,
+    hideExportCsvCommand: false,
+    hideExportTextDelimitedCommand: true,
     hideForceFitButton: false,
+    hideRefreshDatasetCommand: false,
+    hideToggleFilterCommand: false,
     hideSyncResizeButton: true,
     iconCssClass: 'fa fa-bars',
     iconClearAllFiltersCommand: 'fa fa-filter text-danger',
@@ -62,11 +68,6 @@ export const GlobalGridOptions: GridOption = {
     iconToggleFilterCommand: 'fa fa-random',
     menuWidth: 16,
     resizeOnShowHeaderRow: true,
-    showClearAllFiltersCommand: true,
-    showClearAllSortingCommand: true,
-    showExportCsvCommand: true,
-    showRefreshDatasetCommand: true,
-    showToggleFilterCommand: true
   },
   headerMenu: {
     autoAlign: true,
diff --git a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/models/gridMenu.interface.ts b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/models/gridMenu.interface.ts
index 539204d68..ff725e602 100644
--- a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/models/gridMenu.interface.ts
+++ b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/models/gridMenu.interface.ts
@@ -10,47 +10,35 @@ export interface GridMenu {
   /** Defaults to "Columns" which is the title that shows up over the columns */
   columnTitle?: string;
 
-  /** Link for the displaying the Grid menu icon image (basically the hamburger menu) */
-  iconImage?: string;
-
-  /** CSS class for the displaying the Grid menu icon image (basically the hamburger menu) */
-  iconCssClass?: string;
-
-  /** Defaults to False, which leads to leaving the menu open after a click */
-  leaveOpen?: boolean;
-
-  /** Defaults to 16 pixels (only the number), which is the width in pixels of the Grid Menu icon */
-  menuWidth?: number;
-
   /** Defaults to "Force fit columns" which is 1 of the last 2 checkbox title shown at the end of the picker list */
   forceFitTitle?: string;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, show/hide 1 of the last 2 checkbox at the end of the picker list */
-  hideForceFitButton?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, which will hide the "Clear All Filters" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableFiltering: true" has to be enabled) */
+  hideClearAllFiltersCommand?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, show/hide 1 of the last 2 checkbox at the end of the picker list */
-  hideSyncResizeButton?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, which will hide the "Clear All Sorting" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableSorting: true" has to be enabled) */
+  hideClearAllSortingCommand?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to False, which will resize the Header Row and remove the width of the Grid Menu icon from it's total width. */
-  resizeOnShowHeaderRow?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, which will hide the "Export to CSV" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableExport: true" has to be enabled) */
+  hideExportCsvCommand?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, which will show the "Clear All Filters" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableFiltering: true" has to be enabled) */
-  showClearAllFiltersCommand?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, which will hide the "Export to Text Delimited" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableExport: true" has to be enabled) */
+  hideExportTextDelimitedCommand?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, which will show the "Clear All Sorting" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableSorting: true" has to be enabled) */
-  showClearAllSortingCommand?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, show/hide 1 of the last 2 checkbox at the end of the picker list */
+  hideForceFitButton?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, which will show the "Export to CSV" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableExport: true" has to be enabled) */
-  showExportCsvCommand?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, which will hide the "Refresh Dataset" command in the Grid Menu (only works with a Backend Service API) */
+  hideRefreshDatasetCommand?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, which will show the "Export to Text Delimited" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableExport: true" has to be enabled) */
-  showExportTextDelimitedCommand?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, show/hide 1 of the last 2 checkbox at the end of the picker list */
+  hideSyncResizeButton?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, which will show the "Refresh Dataset" command in the Grid Menu (only works with a Backend Service API) */
-  showRefreshDatasetCommand?: boolean;
+  /** Defaults to false, which will hide the "Toggle Filter Row" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableFiltering: true" has to be enabled) */
+  hideToggleFilterCommand?: boolean;
 
-  /** Defaults to True, which will show the "Toggle Filter Row" command in the Grid Menu (Grid Option "enableFiltering: true" has to be enabled) */
-  showToggleFilterCommand?: boolean;
+  /** CSS class for the displaying the Grid menu icon image (basically the hamburger menu) */
+  iconCssClass?: string;
 
   /** icon for the "Clear All Filters" command */
   iconClearAllFiltersCommand?: string;
@@ -64,15 +52,30 @@ export interface GridMenu {
   /** icon for the "Export to Text Delimited" command */
   iconExportTextDelimitedCommand?: string;
 
+  /** Link for the displaying the Grid menu icon image (basically the hamburger menu) */
+  iconImage?: string;
+
   /** icon for the "Refresh Dataset" command */
   iconRefreshDatasetCommand?: string;
 
   /** icon for the "Toggle Filter Row" command */
   iconToggleFilterCommand?: string;
 
+  /** Defaults to False, which leads to leaving the menu open after a click */
+  leaveOpen?: boolean;
+
+  /** Defaults to 16 pixels (only the number), which is the width in pixels of the Grid Menu icon */
+  menuWidth?: number;
+
+  /** Defaults to False, which will resize the Header Row and remove the width of the Grid Menu icon from it's total width. */
+  resizeOnShowHeaderRow?: boolean;
+
   /** Defaults to "Synchronous resize" which is 1 of the last 2 checkbox title shown at the end of the picker list */
   syncResizeTitle?: string;
 
+  //
+  // Events
+
   /** SlickGrid Event fired before the menu is shown. */
   onBeforeMenuShow?: (e: Event, args: any) => void;
 
diff --git a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/services/controlAndPlugin.service.ts b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/services/controlAndPlugin.service.ts
index 1a17273c5..3dbb8065b 100644
--- a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/services/controlAndPlugin.service.ts
+++ b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/aurelia-slickgrid/services/controlAndPlugin.service.ts
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ export class ControlAndPluginService {
 
     if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.enableFiltering) {
       // show grid menu: clear all filters
-      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.showClearAllFiltersCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'clear-filter').length === 0) {
+      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && !this._gridOptions.gridMenu.hideClearAllFiltersCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'clear-filter').length === 0) {
         this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.push(
           {
             iconCssClass: this._gridOptions.gridMenu.iconClearAllFiltersCommand || 'fa fa-filter text-danger',
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ export class ControlAndPluginService {
         );
       }
       // show grid menu: toggle filter row
-      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.showToggleFilterCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'toggle-filter').length === 0) {
+      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && !this._gridOptions.gridMenu.hideToggleFilterCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'toggle-filter').length === 0) {
         this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.push(
           {
             iconCssClass: this._gridOptions.gridMenu.iconToggleFilterCommand || 'fa fa-random',
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ export class ControlAndPluginService {
       }
 
       // show grid menu: refresh dataset
-      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.showRefreshDatasetCommand && backendApi && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'refresh-dataset').length === 0) {
+      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && !this._gridOptions.gridMenu.hideRefreshDatasetCommand && backendApi && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'refresh-dataset').length === 0) {
         this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.push(
           {
             iconCssClass: this._gridOptions.gridMenu.iconRefreshDatasetCommand || 'fa fa-refresh',
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export class ControlAndPluginService {
 
     if (this._gridOptions.enableSorting) {
       // show grid menu: clear all sorting
-      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.showClearAllSortingCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'clear-sorting').length === 0) {
+      if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && !this._gridOptions.gridMenu.hideClearAllSortingCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'clear-sorting').length === 0) {
         this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.push(
           {
             iconCssClass: this._gridOptions.gridMenu.iconClearAllSortingCommand || 'fa fa-unsorted text-danger',
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ export class ControlAndPluginService {
     }
 
     // show grid menu: export to file
-    if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.enableExport && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.showExportCsvCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'export-csv').length === 0) {
+    if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.enableExport && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && !this._gridOptions.gridMenu.hideExportCsvCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'export-csv').length === 0) {
       this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.push(
         {
           iconCssClass: this._gridOptions.gridMenu.iconExportCsvCommand || 'fa fa-download',
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ export class ControlAndPluginService {
       );
     }
     // show grid menu: export to text file as tab delimited
-    if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.enableExport && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.showExportTextDelimitedCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'export-text-delimited').length === 0) {
+    if (this._gridOptions && this._gridOptions.enableExport && this._gridOptions.gridMenu && !this._gridOptions.gridMenu.hideExportTextDelimitedCommand && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems && this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.filter((item: CustomGridMenu) => item.command === 'export-text-delimited').length === 0) {
       this._gridOptions.gridMenu.customItems.push(
         {
           iconCssClass: this._gridOptions.gridMenu.iconExportTextDelimitedCommand || 'fa fa-download',
@@ -780,9 +780,9 @@ export class ControlAndPluginService {
       menuWidth: 18,
       customTitle: undefined,
       customItems: [],
-      showClearAllFiltersCommand: true,
-      showRefreshDatasetCommand: true,
-      showToggleFilterCommand: true
+      hideClearAllFiltersCommand: false,
+      hideRefreshDatasetCommand: false,
+      hideToggleFilterCommand: false
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/examples/slickgrid/example12.ts b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/examples/slickgrid/example12.ts
index 584c2c2ed..1e2e550d2 100644
--- a/aurelia-slickgrid/src/examples/slickgrid/example12.ts
+++ b/aurelia-slickgrid/src/examples/slickgrid/example12.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ export class Example12 {
         sanitizeDataExport: true
       },
       gridMenu: {
-        showExportCsvCommand: true,           // true by default, so it's optional
-        showExportTextDelimitedCommand: true  // false by default, so if you want it, you will need to enable it
+        hideExportCsvCommand: false,           // false by default, so it's optional
+        hideExportTextDelimitedCommand: false  // true by default, so if you want it, you will need to disable the flag
       },
       params: {
         i18n: this.i18n