How would I add a title before the ul using wp_nav_menu?

Question

I need to add a title to my menu, which is being built by wp_nav_menu...something like this:

<div class="container">
  <div class="title">My Menu Title</div>
  <ul class="menu">
    <li class="item"><a href="#">Item 1</a></li>
    <li class="item"><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
    <li class="item"><a href="#">Item 3</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

I find it strange that this isn't included by default :s

Answer 1

This should work for you!

wp_nav_menu(
  array(
    'items_wrap' => '<div class="title">Your menu title</div><ul class="%2$s">%3$s</ul>'
  )
);

Answer 2

This seems like a slightly broken option, I followed the guide on the wordpress codex, and a linked recommended guide, and every time, items_wrap did nothing at all, my original menu code was

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary','items_wrap' => '<ul id="%1$s" class="sf-menu %2$s">%3$s</ul>' ) ); ?>

Which didn't work and after much hair pulling, I changed to this

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'items_wrap' => '<ul class="sf-menu %2$s">%3$s</ul>' ) ); ?>

Which does, both are basically identical, so if it doesn't work first time don't give up, strip back and keep trying!