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\section{\class{wxMenuItem}}\label{wxmenuitem}

A menu item represents an item in a menu. Note that you usually don't have to
deal with it directly as \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu} methods usually construct an
object of this class for you.

Also please note that the methods related to fonts and bitmaps are currently
only implemented for Windows.

\wxheading{Derived from}

wxOwnerDrawn (Windows only)\\
\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}

\wxheading{Include files}

<wx/menuitem.h>

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar}, \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}

\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}

\membersection{wxMenuItem::wxMenuItem}\label{wxmenuitemconstr}

\func{}{wxMenuItem}{\param{wxMenu*}{ parentMenu = NULL}, \param{int}{ id = ID\_SEPARATOR},
 \param{const wxString\& }{text = ""},  \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""},
 \param{wxItemKind }{kind = wxItem\_Normal}, \param{wxMenu*}{ subMenu = NULL}, }

Constructs a wxMenuItem object.

\wxheading{Parameters}

\docparam{parentMenu}{Menu that the menu item belongs to.}

\docparam{id}{Identifier for this menu item, or ID\_SEPARATOR to indicate a separator.}

\docparam{text}{Text for the menu item, as shown on the menu.}

\docparam{helpString}{Optional help string that will be shown on the status bar.}

\docparam{kind}{May be {\tt wxItem\_Separator}, {\tt wxItem\_Normal}, 
{\tt wxItem\_Check} or {\tt wxItem\_Radio}}

\docparam{subMenu}{If non-NULL, indicates that the menu item is a submenu.}

\membersection{wxMenuItem::\destruct{wxMenuItem}}

\func{}{\destruct{wxMenuItem}}{\void}

Destructor.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::Check}\label{wxmenuitemcheck}

\func{void}{Check}{\param{bool}{ check}}

Checks or unchecks the menu item.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu}\label{wxmenuitemdeletesubmenu}

\func{void}{DeleteSubMenu}{\void}

Deletes the submenu, if any.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::Enable}\label{wxmenuitemenable}

\func{void}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable}}

Enables or disables the menu item.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetBackgroundColour}\label{wxmenuitemgetbackgroundcolour}

\constfunc{wxColour\&}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}

Returns the background colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetBitmap}\label{wxmenuitemgetbitmap}

\constfunc{wxBitmap\&}{GetBitmap}{\param{bool}{ checked = TRUE}}

Returns the checked or unchecked bitmap (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetFont}\label{wxmenuitemgetfont}

\constfunc{wxFont\&}{GetFont}{\void}

Returns the font associated with the menu item (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetHelp}\label{wxmenuitemgethelp}

\constfunc{wxString}{GetHelp}{\void}

Returns the help string associated with the menu item.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetId}\label{wxmenuitemgetid}

\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}

Returns the menu item identifier.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetKind}\label{wxmenuitemgetkind}

\constfunc{wxItemKind}{GetKind}{\void}

Returns the item kind, one of {\tt wxItem\_Separator}, {\tt wxItem\_Normal}, 
{\tt wxItem\_Check} or {\tt wxItem\_Radio}.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetLabel}\label{wxmenuitemgetlabel}

\constfunc{wxString}{GetLabel}{\void}

Returns the text associated with the menu item without any accelerator
characaters it might contain.

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{GetText}{wxmenuitemgettext}, 
\helpref{GetLabelFromText}{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext}

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText}\label{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext}

\func{static wxString}{GetLabelFromText}{\param{const wxString\& }{text}}

Strips all accelerator characeters and mnemonics from the given {\it text}.
For example,

\begin{verbatim}
wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText("&Hello\tCtrl-H");
\end{verbatim}

will return just {\tt "Hello"}.

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{GetText}{wxmenuitemgettext}, 
\helpref{GetLabel}{wxmenuitemgetlabel}

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetMarginWidth}\label{wxmenuitemgetmarginwidth}

\constfunc{int}{GetMarginWidth}{\void}

Gets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetName}\label{wxmenuitemgetname}

\constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void}

Returns the text associated with the menu item.

{\bf NB:} this function is deprecated, please use 
\helpref{GetText}{wxmenuitemgettext} or \helpref{GetLabel}{wxmenuitemgetlabel} 
instead.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetText}\label{wxmenuitemgettext}

\constfunc{wxString}{GetText}{\void}

Returns the text associated with the menu item, such as it was passed to the
wxMenuItem constructor, i.e. with any accelerator characters it may contain.

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{GetLabel}{wxmenuitemgetlabel}, 
\helpref{GetLabelFromText}{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext}

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetSubMenu}\label{wxmenuitemgetsubmenu}

\constfunc{wxMenu*}{GetSubMenu}{\void}

Returns the submenu associated with the menu item, or NULL if there isn't one.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetTextColour}\label{wxmenuitemgettextcolour}

\constfunc{wxColour\&}{GetTextColour}{\void}

Returns the text colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::IsCheckable}\label{wxmenuitemischeckable}

\constfunc{bool}{IsCheckable}{\void}

Returns TRUE if the item is checkable.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::IsChecked}\label{wxmenuitemischecked}

\constfunc{bool}{IsChecked}{\void}

Returns TRUE if the item is checked.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::IsEnabled}\label{wxmenuitemisenabled}

\constfunc{bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}

Returns TRUE if the item is enabled.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::IsSeparator}\label{wxmenuitemisseparator}

\constfunc{bool}{IsSeparator}{\void}

Returns TRUE if the item is a separator.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxmenuitemsetbackgroundcolour}

\constfunc{void}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}

Sets the background colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetBitmap}\label{wxmenuitemsetbitmap}

\constfunc{void}{SetBitmap}{\param{const wxBitmap\& }{bmp}}

Sets the bitmap for the menu item (Windows and GTK+ only). It is
equivalent to \helpref{SetBitmaps}{wxmenuitemsetbitmaps}(bmp, wxNullBitmap).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetBitmaps}\label{wxmenuitemsetbitmaps}

\constfunc{void}{SetBitmaps}{\param{const wxBitmap\& }{checked},
 \param{const wxBitmap\& }{unchecked = wxNullBitmap}}

Sets the checked/unchecked bitmaps for the menu item (Windows only). The first bitmap
is also used as the single bitmap for uncheckable menu items.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetFont}\label{wxmenuitemsetfont}

\constfunc{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}

Sets the font associated with the menu item (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetHelp}\label{wxmenuitemsethelp}

\constfunc{void}{SetHelp}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpString}}

Sets the help string.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetMarginWidth}\label{wxmenuitemsetmarginwidth}

\constfunc{void}{SetMarginWidth}{\param{int}{ width}}

Sets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap (Windows only).

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetText}\label{wxmenuitemsettext}

\constfunc{void}{SetText}{\param{const wxString\& }{text}}

Sets the text associated with the menu item.

\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetTextColour}\label{wxmenuitemsettextcolour}

\constfunc{void}{SetTextColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}

Sets the text colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).