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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: menuitem.h
ba1d7a6c 3// Purpose: interface of wxMenu, wxMenuItem
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
526954c5 6// Licence: wxWindows licence
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7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxMenuItem
7c913512 11
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12 A menu item represents an item in a menu.
13
14 Note that you usually don't have to deal with it directly as wxMenu methods
15 usually construct an object of this class for you.
7c913512 16
23324ae1 17 Also please note that the methods related to fonts and bitmaps are currently
30f23bcc 18 only implemented for Windows, Mac and GTK+.
7c913512 19
3051a44a 20 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxCommandEvent,wxMenuEvent}
558e89e7 21 @event{EVT_MENU(id, func)}
ce7fe42e 22 Process a @c wxEVT_MENU command, which is generated by a menu item.
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23 This type of event is sent as wxCommandEvent.
24 @event{EVT_MENU_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
ce7fe42e 25 Process a @c wxEVT_MENU command, which is generated by a range of menu items.
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26 This type of event is sent as wxCommandEvent.
27 @event{EVT_MENU_OPEN(func)}
28 A menu is about to be opened. On Windows, this is only sent once for each
29 navigation of the menubar (up until all menus have closed).
30 This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
31 @event{EVT_MENU_CLOSE(func)}
32 A menu has been just closed.
33 This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
34 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT(id, func)}
35 The menu item with the specified id has been highlighted: used to show
36 help prompts in the status bar by wxFrame
37 This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
38 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT_ALL(func)}
39 A menu item has been highlighted, i.e. the currently selected menu item has changed.
40 This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
41 @endEventTable
42
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43 @library{wxcore}
44 @category{menus}
7c913512 45
e54c96f1 46 @see wxMenuBar, wxMenu
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47*/
48class wxMenuItem : public wxObject
49{
50public:
51 /**
52 Constructs a wxMenuItem object.
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53
54 Menu items can be standard, or "stock menu items", or custom.
55 For the standard menu items (such as commands to open a file, exit the
56 program and so on, see @ref page_stockitems for the full list) it is enough
57 to specify just the stock ID and leave @a text and @a helpString empty.
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58 Some platforms (currently wxGTK only, and see the remark in SetBitmap()
59 documentation) will also show standard bitmaps for stock menu items.
ba1d7a6c 60
e91ce12d 61 Leaving at least @a text empty for the stock menu items is actually strongly
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62 recommended as they will have appearance and keyboard interface (including
63 standard accelerators) familiar to the user.
ba1d7a6c 64
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65 For the custom (non-stock) menu items, @a text must be specified and while
66 @a helpString may be left empty, it's recommended to pass the item
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67 description (which is automatically shown by the library in the status bar
68 when the menu item is selected) in this parameter.
69
23324ae1 70 Finally note that you can e.g. use a stock menu label without using its stock
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71 help string:
72
73 @code
74 // use all stock properties:
75 helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT);
76
77 // use the stock label and the stock accelerator but not the stock help string:
e91ce12d 78 helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT, "", "My custom help string");
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79
80 // use all stock properties except for the bitmap:
81 wxMenuItem *mymenu = new wxMenuItem(helpMenu, wxID_ABOUT);
82 mymenu->SetBitmap(wxArtProvider::GetBitmap(wxART_WARNING));
83 helpMenu->Append(mymenu);
84 @endcode
85
86 that is, stock properties are set independently one from the other.
3c4f71cc 87
7c913512 88 @param parentMenu
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89 Menu that the menu item belongs to. Can be @NULL if the item is
90 going to be added to the menu later.
7c913512 91 @param id
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92 Identifier for this menu item. May be @c wxID_SEPARATOR, in which
93 case the given kind is ignored and taken to be @c wxITEM_SEPARATOR
94 instead.
7c913512 95 @param text
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96 Text for the menu item, as shown on the menu.
97 See SetItemLabel() for more info.
7c913512 98 @param helpString
4cc4bfaf 99 Optional help string that will be shown on the status bar.
7c913512 100 @param kind
ba1d7a6c 101 May be @c wxITEM_SEPARATOR, @c wxITEM_NORMAL, @c wxITEM_CHECK or
30f23bcc 102 @c wxITEM_RADIO.
7c913512 103 @param subMenu
4cc4bfaf 104 If non-@NULL, indicates that the menu item is a submenu.
23324ae1 105 */
4cc4bfaf 106 wxMenuItem(wxMenu* parentMenu = NULL, int id = wxID_SEPARATOR,
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107 const wxString& text = wxEmptyString,
108 const wxString& helpString = wxEmptyString,
23324ae1 109 wxItemKind kind = wxITEM_NORMAL,
4cc4bfaf 110 wxMenu* subMenu = NULL);
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111
112 /**
113 Destructor.
114 */
adaaa686 115 virtual ~wxMenuItem();
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116
117 /**
118 Checks or unchecks the menu item.
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119 Note that this only works when the item is already appended to a menu.
120 */
adaaa686 121 virtual void Check(bool check = true);
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122
123 /**
124 Enables or disables the menu item.
125 */
adaaa686 126 virtual void Enable(bool enable = true);
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127
128 /**
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129 @deprecated This function is deprecated; please use GetLabelText() instead.
130
131 @see GetLabelText()
132 */
133 static wxString GetLabelFromText(const wxString& text);
134
135 /**
136 Strips all accelerator characters and mnemonics from the given @a text.
137 For example:
138
139 @code
140 wxMenuItem::GetLabelfromText("&Hello\tCtrl-h");
141 @endcode
142
143 will return just @c "Hello".
144
145 @see GetItemLabelText(), GetItemLabel()
146 */
147 static wxString GetLabelText(const wxString& text);
148
149
150 /**
151 @name Getters
152 */
153 //@{
154
155 /**
156 Returns the background colour associated with the menu item.
157
158 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 159 */
dbac5ccc 160 wxColour& GetBackgroundColour() const;
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161
162 /**
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163 Returns the checked or unchecked bitmap.
164
165 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 166 */
43c48e1e 167 virtual const wxBitmap& GetBitmap() const;
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168
169 /**
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170 Returns the font associated with the menu item.
171
172 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 173 */
dbac5ccc 174 wxFont& GetFont() const;
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175
176 /**
177 Returns the help string associated with the menu item.
178 */
43c48e1e 179 const wxString& GetHelp() const;
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180
181 /**
182 Returns the menu item identifier.
183 */
328f5751 184 int GetId() const;
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185
186 /**
187 Returns the text associated with the menu item including any accelerator
ba1d7a6c 188 characters that were passed to the constructor or SetItemLabel().
3c4f71cc 189
4cc4bfaf 190 @see GetItemLabelText(), GetLabelText()
23324ae1 191 */
adaaa686 192 virtual wxString GetItemLabel() const;
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193
194 /**
195 Returns the text associated with the menu item, without any accelerator
196 characters.
3c4f71cc 197
4cc4bfaf 198 @see GetItemLabel(), GetLabelText()
23324ae1 199 */
adaaa686 200 virtual wxString GetItemLabelText() const;
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201
202 /**
7c913512 203 Returns the item kind, one of @c wxITEM_SEPARATOR, @c wxITEM_NORMAL,
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204 @c wxITEM_CHECK or @c wxITEM_RADIO.
205 */
328f5751 206 wxItemKind GetKind() const;
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207
208 /**
209 Returns the text associated with the menu item without any accelerator
210 characters it might contain.
ba1d7a6c 211
5dfae0ad 212 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of GetItemLabelText().
ba1d7a6c 213
7145bcfc 214 @see GetItemLabelText()
23324ae1 215 */
328f5751 216 wxString GetLabel() const;
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217
218 /**
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219 Gets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap.
220
221 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 222 */
328f5751 223 int GetMarginWidth() const;
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224
225 /**
226 Returns the menu this menu item is in, or @NULL if this menu item is not
227 attached.
228 */
328f5751 229 wxMenu* GetMenu() const;
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230
231 /**
232 Returns the text associated with the menu item.
ba1d7a6c 233
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234 @deprecated This function is deprecated. Please use GetItemLabel() or GetItemLabelText() instead.
235
236 @see GetItemLabel(), GetItemLabelText()
23324ae1 237 */
328f5751 238 wxString GetName() const;
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239
240 /**
241 Returns the submenu associated with the menu item, or @NULL if there isn't one.
242 */
328f5751 243 wxMenu* GetSubMenu() const;
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244
245 /**
246 Returns the text associated with the menu item, such as it was passed to the
247 wxMenuItem constructor, i.e. with any accelerator characters it may contain.
ba1d7a6c 248
5dfae0ad 249 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of GetItemLabel().
ba1d7a6c 250
7145bcfc 251 @see GetLabelFromText()
23324ae1 252 */
43c48e1e 253 const wxString& GetText() const;
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254
255 /**
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256 Returns the text colour associated with the menu item.
257
258 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 259 */
dbac5ccc 260 wxColour& GetTextColour() const;
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261
262 //@}
263
264
265
266 /**
267 @name Checkers
268 */
269 //@{
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270
271 /**
272 Returns @true if the item is checkable.
273 */
328f5751 274 bool IsCheckable() const;
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275
276 /**
277 Returns @true if the item is checked.
278 */
adaaa686 279 virtual bool IsChecked() const;
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280
281 /**
282 Returns @true if the item is enabled.
283 */
adaaa686 284 virtual bool IsEnabled() const;
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285
286 /**
287 Returns @true if the item is a separator.
288 */
328f5751 289 bool IsSeparator() const;
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290
291 /**
292 Returns @true if the item is a submenu.
293 */
328f5751 294 bool IsSubMenu() const;
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295
296 //@}
297
298
299
300 /**
301 @name Setters
302 */
303 //@{
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304
305 /**
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306 Sets the background colour associated with the menu item.
307
308 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 309 */
04992872 310 void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
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311
312 /**
30f23bcc 313 Sets the bitmap for the menu item.
4d273001 314
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315 It is equivalent to wxMenuItem::SetBitmaps(bmp, wxNullBitmap) if
316 @a checked is @true (default value) or SetBitmaps(wxNullBitmap, bmp)
4d273001 317 otherwise.
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319 SetBitmap() must be called before the item is appended to the menu,
320 i.e. appending the item without a bitmap and setting one later is not
321 guaranteed to work. But the bitmap can be changed or reset later if it
322 had been set up initially.
323
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324 Notice that GTK+ uses a global setting called @c gtk-menu-images to
325 determine if the images should be shown in the menus at all. If it is
326 off (which is the case in e.g. Gnome 2.28 by default), no images will
327 be shown, consistently with the native behaviour.
328
0f6c9085 329 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxosx,wxgtk}
23324ae1 330 */
4d273001 331 virtual void SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bmp, bool checked = true);
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332
333 /**
30f23bcc 334 Sets the checked/unchecked bitmaps for the menu item.
ba1d7a6c 335 The first bitmap is also used as the single bitmap for uncheckable menu items.
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336
337 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
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338 */
339 void SetBitmaps(const wxBitmap& checked,
340 const wxBitmap& unchecked = wxNullBitmap);
341
342 /**
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343 Sets the font associated with the menu item.
344
345 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
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346 */
347 void SetFont(const wxFont& font);
348
349 /**
350 Sets the help string.
351 */
352 void SetHelp(const wxString& helpString);
353
354 /**
355 Sets the label associated with the menu item.
7145bcfc 356
d13b34d3 357 Note that if the ID of this menu item corresponds to a stock ID, then it is
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358 not necessary to specify a label: wxWidgets will automatically use the stock
359 item label associated with that ID. See the @ref wxMenuItem::wxMenuItem "constructor"
360 for more info.
361
362 The label string for the normal menu items (not separators) may include the
363 accelerator which can be used to activate the menu item from keyboard.
364 An accelerator key can be specified using the ampersand <tt>&</tt> character.
365 In order to embed an ampersand character in the menu item text, the ampersand
366 must be doubled.
367
368 Optionally you can specify also an accelerator string appending a tab character
369 <tt>\\t</tt> followed by a valid key combination (e.g. <tt>CTRL+V</tt>).
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370 Its general syntax is any combination of @c "CTRL", @c "RAWCTRL", @c
371 "ALT" and @c "SHIFT" strings (case doesn't matter) separated by either
372 @c '-' or @c '+' characters and followed by the accelerator itself.
373 Notice that @c CTRL corresponds to the "Ctrl" key on most platforms but
374 not under Mac OS where it is mapped to "Cmd" key on Mac keyboard.
375 Usually this is exactly what you want in portable code but if you
376 really need to use the (rarely used for this purpose) "Ctrl" key even
377 under Mac, you may use @c RAWCTRL to prevent this mapping. Under the
378 other platforms @c RAWCTRL is the same as plain @c CTRL.
379
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380 The accelerator may be any alphanumeric character, any function key
381 (from F1 to F12) or one of the special characters listed in the table
382 below (again, case doesn't matter):
383 - @c DEL or @c DELETE: Delete key
1aa1d260 384 - @c BACK : Backspace key
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385 - @c INS or @c INSERT: Insert key
386 - @c ENTER or @c RETURN: Enter key
387 - @c PGUP: PageUp key
388 - @c PGDN: PageDown key
389 - @c LEFT: Left cursor arrow key
390 - @c RIGHT: Right cursor arrow key
391 - @c UP: Up cursor arrow key
392 - @c DOWN: Down cursor arrow key
393 - @c HOME: Home key
394 - @c END: End key
395 - @c SPACE: Space
396 - @c TAB: Tab key
397 - @c ESC or @c ESCAPE: Escape key (Windows only)
398
399 Examples:
400
401 @code
402 m_pMyMenuItem->SetItemLabel("My &item\tCTRL+I");
403 m_pMyMenuItem2->SetItemLabel("Clean && build\tF7");
404 m_pMyMenuItem3->SetItemLabel("Simple item");
405 m_pMyMenuItem4->SetItemLabel("Item with &accelerator");
406 @endcode
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407
408 @note In wxGTK using @c "SHIFT" with non-alphabetic characters
409 currently doesn't work, even in combination with other modifiers, due
410 to GTK+ limitation. E.g. @c Shift+Ctrl+A works but @c Shift+Ctrl+1 or
411 @c Shift+/ do not, so avoid using accelerators of this form in portable
412 code.
413
7145bcfc 414 @see GetItemLabel(), GetItemLabelText()
23324ae1 415 */
adaaa686 416 virtual void SetItemLabel(const wxString& label);
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417
418 /**
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419 Sets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap.
420
421 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 422 */
04992872 423 void SetMarginWidth(int width);
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424
425 /**
426 Sets the parent menu which will contain this menu item.
427 */
43c48e1e 428 void SetMenu(wxMenu* menu);
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429
430 /**
431 Sets the submenu of this menu item.
432 */
43c48e1e 433 void SetSubMenu(wxMenu* menu);
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434
435 /**
436 Sets the text associated with the menu item.
ba1d7a6c 437
5dfae0ad 438 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of SetItemLabel().
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439
440 @see SetItemLabel().
23324ae1 441 */
adaaa686 442 virtual void SetText(const wxString& text);
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443
444 /**
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445 Sets the text colour associated with the menu item.
446
447 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
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448 */
449 void SetTextColour(const wxColour& colour);
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450
451 //@}
23324ae1 452};
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