diff --git a/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackControls.cpp b/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackControls.cpp
index d49453615..fda5ca333 100644
--- a/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackControls.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackControls.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ enum {
 // Table class for a sub-menu
 class WaveColorMenuTable : public PopupMenuTable
 {
-   WaveColorMenuTable() : mpData(NULL) {}
+   WaveColorMenuTable()
+      : PopupMenuTable( XO("&Wave Color") )
+   {}
    DECLARE_POPUP_MENU(WaveColorMenuTable);
 
 public:
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ private:
       mpData = NULL;
    }
 
-   PlayableTrackControls::InitMenuData *mpData;
+   PlayableTrackControls::InitMenuData *mpData{};
 
    int IdOfWaveColor(int WaveColor);
    void OnWaveColorChange(wxCommandEvent & event);
@@ -249,7 +251,9 @@ void WaveColorMenuTable::OnWaveColorChange(wxCommandEvent & event)
 // Table class for a sub-menu
 class FormatMenuTable : public PopupMenuTable
 {
-   FormatMenuTable() : mpData(NULL) {}
+   FormatMenuTable()
+      : PopupMenuTable{ XO("&Format") }
+   {}
    DECLARE_POPUP_MENU(FormatMenuTable);
 
 public:
@@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ private:
       mpData = NULL;
    }
 
-   PlayableTrackControls::InitMenuData *mpData;
+   PlayableTrackControls::InitMenuData *mpData{};
 
    int IdOfFormat(int format);
 
@@ -370,7 +374,9 @@ void FormatMenuTable::OnFormatChange(wxCommandEvent & event)
 // Table class for a sub-menu
 class RateMenuTable : public PopupMenuTable
 {
-   RateMenuTable() : mpData(NULL) {}
+   RateMenuTable()
+      : PopupMenuTable{ XO("Rat&e") }
+   {}
    DECLARE_POPUP_MENU(RateMenuTable);
 
 public:
@@ -385,7 +391,7 @@ private:
       mpData = NULL;
    }
 
-   PlayableTrackControls::InitMenuData *mpData;
+   PlayableTrackControls::InitMenuData *mpData{};
 
    int IdOfRate(int rate);
    void SetRate(WaveTrack * pTrack, double rate);
@@ -800,14 +806,14 @@ BEGIN_POPUP_MENU(WaveTrackMenuTable)
       ) );
       if( hasWaveform ){
          POPUP_MENU_SEPARATOR()
-         POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(XO("&Wave Color"), WaveColorMenuTable)
+         POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(WaveColorMenuTable)
       }
    }
 
    POPUP_MENU_SEPARATOR()
-   POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(XO("&Format"), FormatMenuTable)
+   POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(FormatMenuTable)
    POPUP_MENU_SEPARATOR()
-   POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(XO("Rat&e"), RateMenuTable)
+   POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(RateMenuTable)
 END_POPUP_MENU()
 
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.cpp b/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.cpp
index e9591fc6a..018a0a0db 100644
--- a/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ void PopupMenuTable::Menu::Extend(PopupMenuTable *pTable)
       {
          const auto subTable = pEntry->subTable;
          auto subMenu = BuildMenu( this->pParent, subTable, pUserData );
-         this->AppendSubMenu( subMenu.release(), pEntry->caption.Translation());
+         this->AppendSubMenu(
+            subMenu.release(), subTable->Caption().Translation());
       }
       default:
          break;
diff --git a/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.h b/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.h
index 9b1c6e06c..a02a6acc9 100644
--- a/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.h
+++ b/src/widgets/PopupMenuTable.h
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ struct PopupMenuTableEntry
 class PopupMenuTable : public wxEvtHandler
 {
 public:
-   typedef PopupMenuTableEntry Entry;
+   using Entry = PopupMenuTableEntry;
+
+   // Supply a nonempty caption for sub-menu tables
+   PopupMenuTable( const TranslatableString &caption = {} )
+      : mCaption{ caption }
+   {}
 
    class Menu
       : public wxMenu
@@ -95,6 +100,8 @@ public:
    static std::unique_ptr<Menu> BuildMenu
       (wxEvtHandler *pParent, PopupMenuTable *pTable, void *pUserData = NULL);
 
+   const TranslatableString &Caption() const { return mCaption; }
+
 protected:
    virtual void Populate() = 0;
    void Clear() { mContents.clear(); }
@@ -108,6 +115,7 @@ protected:
    }
 
    Entries mContents;
+   TranslatableString mCaption;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ That's all!
 // begins function
 #define BEGIN_POPUP_MENU(HandlerClass) \
 void HandlerClass::Populate() { \
-   typedef HandlerClass My;
+   using My = HandlerClass;
 
 #define POPUP_MENU_APPEND(type, id, string, memFn, subTable) \
    mContents.push_back( Entry { \
@@ -202,9 +210,9 @@ void HandlerClass::Populate() { \
    POPUP_MENU_APPEND_ITEM(Entry::CheckItem, id, string, memFn);
 
 // classname names a class that derives from MenuTable and defines Instance()
-#define POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(string, classname) \
+#define POPUP_MENU_SUB_MENU(classname) \
    POPUP_MENU_APPEND( \
-      Entry::SubMenu, -1, string, nullptr, &classname::Instance() );
+      Entry::SubMenu, -1, classname::Instance().Caption(), nullptr, &classname::Instance() );
 
 #define POPUP_MENU_SEPARATOR() \
    POPUP_MENU_APPEND( \