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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxMenuBar
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12 A menu bar is a series of menus accessible from the top of a frame.
15 To respond to a menu selection, provide a handler for EVT_MENU, in the frame
16 that contains the menu bar.
18 If you have a toolbar which uses the same identifiers as your EVT_MENU entries,
19 events from the toolbar will also be processed by your EVT_MENU event handlers.
21 Tip: under Windows, if you discover that menu shortcuts (for example, Alt-F
22 to show the file menu) are not working, check any EVT_CHAR events you are
23 handling in child windows.
24 If you are not calling event.Skip() for events that you don't process in
25 these event handlers, menu shortcuts may cease to work.
30 @see wxMenu, @ref overview_events
32 class wxMenuBar
: public wxWindow
36 Construct an empty menu bar.
39 If wxMB_DOCKABLE the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).
41 wxMenuBar(long style
= 0);
44 Construct a menu bar from arrays of menus and titles.
49 An array of menus. Do not use this array again - it now belongs to
52 An array of title strings. Deallocate this array after creating
55 If wxMB_DOCKABLE the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).
58 Not supported by wxPerl.
61 wxMenuBar(size_t n
, wxMenu
* menus
[], const wxString titles
[],
65 Destructor, destroying the menu bar and removing it from the parent
71 Adds the item to the end of the menu bar.
74 The menu to add. Do not deallocate this menu after calling Append().
76 The title of the menu, must be non-empty.
78 @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
82 virtual bool Append(wxMenu
* menu
, const wxString
& title
);
85 Checks or unchecks a menu item.
88 The menu item identifier.
90 If @true, checks the menu item, otherwise the item is unchecked.
92 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a
93 frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
95 void Check(int id
, bool check
);
98 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
101 The menu item identifier.
103 @true to enable the item, @false to disable it.
105 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a
106 frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
108 void Enable(int id
, bool enable
);
111 Returns true if the menu with the given index is enabled.
114 The menu position (0-based)
118 bool IsEnabledTop(size_t pos
) const;
121 Enables or disables a whole menu.
124 The position of the menu, starting from zero.
126 @true to enable the menu, @false to disable it.
128 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a frame.
130 virtual void EnableTop(size_t pos
, bool enable
);
133 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier.
136 Menu item identifier.
138 If not @NULL, menu will get set to the associated menu.
140 @return The found menu item object, or @NULL if one was not found.
143 In wxPerl this method takes just the @a id parameter;
144 in scalar context it returns the associated @c Wx::MenuItem, in list
145 context it returns a 2-element list (item, submenu).
148 virtual wxMenuItem
* FindItem(int id
, wxMenu
** menu
= NULL
) const;
151 Returns the index of the menu with the given @a title or @c wxNOT_FOUND if no
152 such menu exists in this menubar.
154 The @a title parameter may specify either the menu title
155 (with accelerator characters, i.e. @c "&File") or just the
156 menu label (@c "File") indifferently.
158 int FindMenu(const wxString
& title
) const;
161 Finds the menu item id for a menu name/menu item string pair.
168 @return The menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none was found.
170 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
171 strings before matching.
173 virtual int FindMenuItem(const wxString
& menuString
,
174 const wxString
& itemString
) const;
177 Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifier.
180 The menu item identifier.
182 @return The help string, or the empty string if there was no help string
183 or the menu item was not found.
187 wxString
GetHelpString(int id
) const;
190 Gets the label associated with a menu item.
193 The menu item identifier.
195 @return The menu item label, or the empty string if the item was not
198 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
200 wxString
GetLabel(int id
) const;
203 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
204 include the accelerator characters which could have been specified in the menu
205 title string during its construction.
208 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
210 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
212 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
215 This function is deprecated in favour of GetMenuLabel() and GetMenuLabelText().
219 wxString
GetLabelTop(size_t pos
) const;
222 Returns the menu at @a menuIndex (zero-based).
224 wxMenu
* GetMenu(size_t menuIndex
) const;
227 Returns the number of menus in this menubar.
229 size_t GetMenuCount() const;
232 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string
233 includes the accelerator characters that have been specified in the menu
234 title string during its construction.
237 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
239 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
241 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
243 @see GetMenuLabelText(), SetMenuLabel()
245 virtual wxString
GetMenuLabel(size_t pos
) const;
248 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
249 include any accelerator characters that may have been specified in the menu
250 title string during its construction.
253 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
255 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
257 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
259 @see GetMenuLabel(), SetMenuLabel()
261 virtual wxString
GetMenuLabelText(size_t pos
) const;
264 Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar. Inserting menu at
265 position 0 will insert it in the very beginning of it, inserting at position
266 GetMenuCount() is the same as calling Append().
269 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
271 The menu to add. wxMenuBar owns the menu and will free it.
273 The title of the menu.
275 @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
279 virtual bool Insert(size_t pos
, wxMenu
* menu
, const wxString
& title
);
282 Determines whether an item is checked.
285 The menu item identifier.
287 @return @true if the item was found and is checked, @false otherwise.
289 bool IsChecked(int id
) const;
292 Determines whether an item is enabled.
295 The menu item identifier.
297 @return @true if the item was found and is enabled, @false otherwise.
299 bool IsEnabled(int id
) const;
304 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true, const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
307 Removes the menu from the menu bar and returns the menu object - the caller
308 is responsible for deleting it. This function may be used together with
309 Insert() to change the menubar dynamically.
313 virtual wxMenu
* Remove(size_t pos
);
316 Replaces the menu at the given position with another one.
319 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
323 The title of the menu.
325 @return The menu which was previously at position pos.
326 The caller is responsible for deleting it.
328 @see Insert(), Remove()
330 virtual wxMenu
* Replace(size_t pos
, wxMenu
* menu
, const wxString
& title
);
333 Sets the help string associated with a menu item.
336 Menu item identifier.
338 Help string to associate with the menu item.
342 void SetHelpString(int id
, const wxString
& helpString
);
345 Sets the label of a menu item.
348 Menu item identifier.
352 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
356 void SetLabel(int id
, const wxString
& label
);
359 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
362 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
366 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
369 This function has been deprecated in favour of SetMenuLabel().
373 void SetLabelTop(size_t pos
, const wxString
& label
);
376 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
379 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
383 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
385 virtual void SetMenuLabel(size_t pos
, const wxString
& label
);
388 Enables you to set the global menubar on Mac, that is, the menubar displayed
389 when the app is running without any frames open.
394 @remarks Only exists on Mac, other platforms do not have this method.
398 static void MacSetCommonMenuBar(wxMenuBar
* menubar
);
401 Enables you to get the global menubar on Mac, that is, the menubar displayed
402 when the app is running without any frames open.
404 @return The global menubar.
406 @remarks Only exists on Mac, other platforms do not have this method.
410 static wxMenuBar
* MacGetCommonMenuBar();
412 wxFrame
*GetFrame() const;
413 bool IsAttached() const;
414 virtual void Attach(wxFrame
*frame
);
415 virtual void Detach();
424 A menu is a popup (or pull down) list of items, one of which may be
425 selected before the menu goes away (clicking elsewhere dismisses the
426 menu). Menus may be used to construct either menu bars or popup menus.
428 A menu item has an integer ID associated with it which can be used to
429 identify the selection, or to change the menu item in some way. A menu item
430 with a special identifier @e wxID_SEPARATOR is a separator item and doesn't
431 have an associated command but just makes a separator line appear in the
435 Please note that @e wxID_ABOUT and @e wxID_EXIT are predefined by wxWidgets
436 and have a special meaning since entries using these IDs will be taken out
437 of the normal menus under MacOS X and will be inserted into the system menu
438 (following the appropriate MacOS X interface guideline).
440 Menu items may be either @e normal items, @e check items or @e radio items.
441 Normal items don't have any special properties while the check items have a
442 boolean flag associated to them and they show a checkmark in the menu when
444 wxWidgets automatically toggles the flag value when the item is clicked and its
445 value may be retrieved using either wxMenu::IsChecked method of wxMenu or
446 wxMenuBar itself or by using wxEvent::IsChecked when you get the menu
447 notification for the item in question.
449 The radio items are similar to the check items except that all the other items
450 in the same radio group are unchecked when a radio item is checked. The radio
451 group is formed by a contiguous range of radio items, i.e. it starts at the
452 first item of this kind and ends with the first item of a different kind (or
453 the end of the menu). Notice that because the radio groups are defined in terms
454 of the item positions inserting or removing the items in the menu containing
455 the radio items risks to not work correctly.
458 @section menu_allocation Allocation strategy
460 All menus must be created on the @b heap because all menus attached to a
461 menubar or to another menu will be deleted by their parent when it is
462 deleted. The only exception to this rule are the popup menus (i.e. menus
463 used with wxWindow::PopupMenu()) as wxWidgets does not destroy them to
464 allow reusing the same menu more than once. But the exception applies only
465 to the menus themselves and not to any submenus of popup menus which are
466 still destroyed by wxWidgets as usual and so must be heap-allocated.
468 As the frame menubar is deleted by the frame itself, it means that normally
469 all menus used are deleted automatically.
472 @section menu_eventhandling Event handling
474 If the menu is part of a menubar, then wxMenuBar event processing is used.
476 With a popup menu (see wxWindow::PopupMenu), there is a variety of ways to
477 handle a menu selection event (@c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED):
478 - Provide @c EVT_MENU handlers in the window which pops up the menu, or in an
479 ancestor of that window (the simplest method);
480 - Derive a new class from wxMenu and define event table entries using the @c EVT_MENU macro;
481 - Set a new event handler for wxMenu, through wxEvtHandler::SetNextHandler,
482 specifying an object whose class has @c EVT_MENU entries;
484 Note that instead of static @c EVT_MENU macros you can also use dynamic
485 connection; see @ref overview_events_bind.
490 @see wxMenuBar, wxWindow::PopupMenu, @ref overview_events,
491 @ref wxFileHistory "wxFileHistory (most recently used files menu)"
493 class wxMenu
: public wxEvtHandler
498 Constructs a wxMenu object.
503 Constructs a wxMenu object.
506 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
511 Constructs a wxMenu object with a title.
514 Title at the top of the menu (not always supported).
516 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
518 wxMenu(const wxString
& title
, long style
= 0);
521 Destructor, destroying the menu.
524 Under Motif, a popup menu must have a valid parent (the window
525 it was last popped up on) when being destroyed. Therefore, make sure
526 you delete or re-use the popup menu @e before destroying the parent
527 window. Re-use in this context means popping up the menu on a different
528 window from last time, which causes an implicit destruction and
529 recreation of internal data structures.
537 The menu command identifier.
539 The string to appear on the menu item.
540 See wxMenuItem::SetItemLabel() for more details.
542 An optional help string associated with the item.
543 By default, the handler for the @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
544 this string in the status line.
546 May be @c wxITEM_SEPARATOR, @c wxITEM_NORMAL, @c wxITEM_CHECK or @c wxITEM_RADIO.
550 m_pFileMenu->Append(ID_NEW_FILE, "&New file\tCTRL+N", "Creates a new XYZ document");
552 or even better for stock menu items (see wxMenuItem::wxMenuItem):
554 m_pFileMenu->Append(wxID_NEW, "", "Creates a new XYZ document");
558 This command can be used after the menu has been shown, as well as on
559 initial creation of a menu or menubar.
561 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
562 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(), GetHelpString(),
563 SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
565 wxMenuItem
* Append(int id
, const wxString
& item
= wxEmptyString
,
566 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
,
567 wxItemKind kind
= wxITEM_NORMAL
);
572 @deprecated This function is deprecated, use AppendSubMenu() instead.
575 The menu command identifier.
577 The string to appear on the menu item.
581 An optional help string associated with the item.
582 By default, the handler for the @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
583 this string in the status line.
585 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
586 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(), GetHelpString(),
587 SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
589 wxMenuItem
* Append(int id
, const wxString
& item
, wxMenu
* subMenu
,
590 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
593 Adds a menu item object.
595 This is the most generic variant of Append() method because it may be
596 used for both items (including separators) and submenus and because
597 you can also specify various extra properties of a menu item this way,
598 such as bitmaps and fonts.
601 A menuitem object. It will be owned by the wxMenu object after this
602 function is called, so do not delete it yourself.
605 See the remarks for the other Append() overloads.
607 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
608 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(), GetHelpString(),
609 SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
611 wxMenuItem
* Append(wxMenuItem
* menuItem
);
614 Adds a checkable item to the end of the menu.
616 @see Append(), InsertCheckItem()
618 wxMenuItem
* AppendCheckItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
619 const wxString
& help
= wxEmptyString
);
622 Adds a radio item to the end of the menu.
623 All consequent radio items form a group and when an item in the group is
624 checked, all the others are automatically unchecked.
626 @note Radio items are not supported under wxMotif.
628 @see Append(), InsertRadioItem()
630 wxMenuItem
* AppendRadioItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
631 const wxString
& help
= wxEmptyString
);
634 Adds a separator to the end of the menu.
636 @see Append(), InsertSeparator()
638 wxMenuItem
* AppendSeparator();
641 Adds the given @a submenu to this menu. @a text is the text shown in the
642 menu for it and @a help is the help string shown in the status bar when the
643 submenu item is selected.
645 wxMenuItem
* AppendSubMenu(wxMenu
* submenu
, const wxString
& text
,
646 const wxString
& help
= wxEmptyString
);
649 Inserts a break in a menu, causing the next appended item to appear in
652 virtual void Break();
655 Checks or unchecks the menu item.
658 The menu item identifier.
660 If @true, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.
664 void Check(int id
, bool check
);
667 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
668 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
671 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
673 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
678 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
679 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
682 Menu item to be deleted.
684 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
686 bool Delete(wxMenuItem
* item
);
689 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
690 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
694 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
696 @see FindItem(), Delete(), Remove()
698 bool Destroy(int id
);
701 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
702 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
706 Menu item to be deleted.
708 @see FindItem(), Delete(), Remove()
710 bool Destroy(wxMenuItem
* item
);
713 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
716 The menu item identifier.
718 @true to enable the menu item, @false to disable it.
722 void Enable(int id
, bool enable
);
725 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier
726 and, optionally, the position of the item in the menu.
728 Unlike FindItem(), this function doesn't recurse but only looks at the
729 direct children of this menu.
732 The identifier of the menu item to find.
734 If the pointer is not @NULL, it is filled with the item's position if
735 it was found or @c (size_t)wxNOT_FOUND otherwise.
737 Menu item object or @NULL if not found.
739 wxMenuItem
*FindChildItem(int id
, size_t *pos
= NULL
) const;
742 Finds the menu id for a menu item string.
745 Menu item string to find.
747 @return Menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none is found.
749 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
750 strings before matching.
752 virtual int FindItem(const wxString
& itemString
) const;
755 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier and,
756 optionally, the (sub)menu it belongs to.
759 Menu item identifier.
761 If the pointer is not @NULL, it will be filled with the item's
762 parent menu (if the item was found)
764 @return Menu item object or NULL if none is found.
766 wxMenuItem
* FindItem(int id
, wxMenu
** menu
= NULL
) const;
769 Returns the wxMenuItem given a position in the menu.
771 wxMenuItem
* FindItemByPosition(size_t position
) const;
774 Returns the help string associated with a menu item.
777 The menu item identifier.
779 @return The help string, or the empty string if there is no help string
780 or the item was not found.
782 @see SetHelpString(), Append()
784 virtual wxString
GetHelpString(int id
) const;
787 Returns a menu item label.
790 The menu item identifier.
792 @return The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
794 @see GetLabelText(), SetLabel()
796 wxString
GetLabel(int id
) const;
799 Returns a menu item label, without any of the original mnemonics and
803 The menu item identifier.
805 @return The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
807 @see GetLabel(), SetLabel()
809 wxString
GetLabelText(int id
) const;
812 Returns the number of items in the menu.
814 size_t GetMenuItemCount() const;
818 Returns the list of items in the menu.
820 wxMenuItemList is a pseudo-template list class containing wxMenuItem
821 pointers, see wxList.
823 wxMenuItemList
& GetMenuItems() const;
824 const wxMenuItemList
& GetMenuItems() const;
828 Returns the title of the menu.
832 const wxString
& GetTitle() const;
835 Inserts the given @a item before the position @a pos.
837 Inserting the item at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
840 @see Append(), Prepend()
842 wxMenuItem
* Insert(size_t pos
, wxMenuItem
* menuItem
);
845 Inserts the given @a item before the position @a pos.
847 Inserting the item at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
850 @see Append(), Prepend()
852 wxMenuItem
* Insert(size_t pos
, int id
,
853 const wxString
& item
= wxEmptyString
,
854 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
,
855 wxItemKind kind
= wxITEM_NORMAL
);
858 Inserts a checkable item at the given position.
860 @see Insert(), AppendCheckItem()
862 wxMenuItem
* InsertCheckItem(size_t pos
, int id
, const wxString
& item
,
863 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
866 Inserts a radio item at the given position.
868 @see Insert(), AppendRadioItem()
870 wxMenuItem
* InsertRadioItem(size_t pos
, int id
, const wxString
& item
,
871 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
874 Inserts a separator at the given position.
876 @see Insert(), AppendSeparator()
878 wxMenuItem
* InsertSeparator(size_t pos
);
881 Determines whether a menu item is checked.
884 The menu item identifier.
886 @return @true if the menu item is checked, @false otherwise.
890 bool IsChecked(int id
) const;
893 Determines whether a menu item is enabled.
896 The menu item identifier.
898 @return @true if the menu item is enabled, @false otherwise.
902 bool IsEnabled(int id
) const;
905 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
908 @see Append(), Insert()
910 wxMenuItem
* Prepend(wxMenuItem
* item
);
913 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
916 @see Append(), Insert()
918 wxMenuItem
* Prepend(int id
, const wxString
& item
= wxEmptyString
,
919 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
,
920 wxItemKind kind
= wxITEM_NORMAL
);
923 Inserts a checkable item at position 0.
925 @see Prepend(), AppendCheckItem()
927 wxMenuItem
* PrependCheckItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
928 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
931 Inserts a radio item at position 0.
933 @see Prepend(), AppendRadioItem()
935 wxMenuItem
* PrependRadioItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
936 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
939 Inserts a separator at position 0.
941 @see Prepend(), AppendSeparator()
943 wxMenuItem
* PrependSeparator();
946 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
947 object. This allows you to reuse the same item later by adding it back to
948 the menu (especially useful with submenus).
951 The identifier of the menu item to remove.
953 @return A pointer to the item which was detached from the menu.
955 wxMenuItem
* Remove(int id
);
958 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
959 object. This allows you to reuse the same item later by adding it back to
960 the menu (especially useful with submenus).
963 The menu item to remove.
965 @return A pointer to the item which was detached from the menu.
967 wxMenuItem
* Remove(wxMenuItem
* item
);
970 Sets an item's help string.
973 The menu item identifier.
975 The help string to set.
979 virtual void SetHelpString(int id
, const wxString
& helpString
);
982 Sets the label of a menu item.
985 The menu item identifier.
987 The menu item label to set.
989 @see Append(), GetLabel()
991 void SetLabel(int id
, const wxString
& label
);
994 Sets the title of the menu.
999 @remarks Notice that you can only call this method directly for the
1000 popup menus, to change the title of a menu that is part of a menu
1001 bar you need to use wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop().
1005 virtual void SetTitle(const wxString
& title
);
1008 Sends events to @a source (or owning window if @NULL) to update the
1011 This is called just before the menu is popped up with wxWindow::PopupMenu,
1012 but the application may call it at other times if required.
1014 void UpdateUI(wxEvtHandler
* source
= NULL
);
1017 void SetInvokingWindow(wxWindow
*win
);
1018 wxWindow
*GetInvokingWindow() const;
1019 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
1020 long GetStyle() const;
1021 void SetParent(wxMenu
*parent
);
1022 wxMenu
*GetParent() const;
1024 virtual void Attach(wxMenuBar
*menubar
);
1025 virtual void Detach();
1026 bool IsAttached() const;