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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 Enables or disables a whole menu.
114 The position of the menu, starting from zero.
116 @true to enable the menu, @false to disable it.
118 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a frame.
120 virtual void EnableTop(size_t pos
, bool enable
);
123 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier.
126 Menu item identifier.
128 If not @NULL, menu will get set to the associated menu.
130 @return The found menu item object, or @NULL if one was not found.
133 In wxPerl this method takes just the @a id parameter;
134 in scalar context it returns the associated @c Wx::MenuItem, in list
135 context it returns a 2-element list (item, submenu).
138 virtual wxMenuItem
* FindItem(int id
, wxMenu
** menu
= NULL
) const;
141 Returns the index of the menu with the given @a title or @c wxNOT_FOUND if no
142 such menu exists in this menubar.
144 The @a title parameter may specify either the menu title
145 (with accelerator characters, i.e. @c "&File") or just the
146 menu label (@c "File") indifferently.
148 int FindMenu(const wxString
& title
) const;
151 Finds the menu item id for a menu name/menu item string pair.
158 @return The menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none was found.
160 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
161 strings before matching.
163 virtual int FindMenuItem(const wxString
& menuString
,
164 const wxString
& itemString
) const;
167 Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifier.
170 The menu item identifier.
172 @return The help string, or the empty string if there was no help string
173 or the menu item was not found.
177 wxString
GetHelpString(int id
) const;
180 Gets the label associated with a menu item.
183 The menu item identifier.
185 @return The menu item label, or the empty string if the item was not
188 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
190 wxString
GetLabel(int id
) const;
193 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
194 include the accelerator characters which could have been specified in the menu
195 title string during its construction.
198 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
200 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
202 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
205 This function is deprecated in favour of GetMenuLabel() and GetMenuLabelText().
209 wxString
GetLabelTop(size_t pos
) const;
212 Returns the menu at @a menuIndex (zero-based).
214 wxMenu
* GetMenu(size_t menuIndex
) const;
217 Returns the number of menus in this menubar.
219 size_t GetMenuCount() const;
222 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string
223 includes the accelerator characters that have been specified in the menu
224 title string during its construction.
227 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
229 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
231 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
233 @see GetMenuLabelText(), SetMenuLabel()
235 virtual wxString
GetMenuLabel(size_t pos
) const;
238 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
239 include any accelerator characters that may have been specified in the menu
240 title string during its construction.
243 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
245 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
247 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
249 @see GetMenuLabel(), SetMenuLabel()
251 virtual wxString
GetMenuLabelText(size_t pos
) const;
254 Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar. Inserting menu at
255 position 0 will insert it in the very beginning of it, inserting at position
256 GetMenuCount() is the same as calling Append().
259 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
261 The menu to add. wxMenuBar owns the menu and will free it.
263 The title of the menu.
265 @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
269 virtual bool Insert(size_t pos
, wxMenu
* menu
, const wxString
& title
);
272 Determines whether an item is checked.
275 The menu item identifier.
277 @return @true if the item was found and is checked, @false otherwise.
279 bool IsChecked(int id
) const;
282 Determines whether an item is enabled.
285 The menu item identifier.
287 @return @true if the item was found and is enabled, @false otherwise.
289 bool IsEnabled(int id
) const;
294 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true, const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
297 Removes the menu from the menu bar and returns the menu object - the caller
298 is responsible for deleting it. This function may be used together with
299 Insert() to change the menubar dynamically.
303 virtual wxMenu
* Remove(size_t pos
);
306 Replaces the menu at the given position with another one.
309 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
313 The title of the menu.
315 @return The menu which was previously at position pos.
316 The caller is responsible for deleting it.
318 @see Insert(), Remove()
320 virtual wxMenu
* Replace(size_t pos
, wxMenu
* menu
, const wxString
& title
);
323 Sets the help string associated with a menu item.
326 Menu item identifier.
328 Help string to associate with the menu item.
332 void SetHelpString(int id
, const wxString
& helpString
);
335 Sets the label of a menu item.
338 Menu item identifier.
342 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
346 void SetLabel(int id
, const wxString
& label
);
349 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
352 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
356 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
359 This function has been deprecated in favour of SetMenuLabel().
363 void SetLabelTop(size_t pos
, const wxString
& label
);
366 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
369 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
373 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
375 virtual void SetMenuLabel(size_t pos
, const wxString
& label
);
378 Enables you to set the global menubar on Mac, that is, the menubar displayed
379 when the app is running without any frames open.
384 @remarks Only exists on Mac, other platforms do not have this method.
386 static void MacSetCommonMenuBar(wxMenuBar
* menubar
);
389 Enables you to get the global menubar on Mac, that is, the menubar displayed
390 when the app is running without any frames open.
392 @return The global menubar.
394 @remarks Only exists on Mac, other platforms do not have this method.
396 static wxMenuBar
* MacGetCommonMenuBar();
398 wxFrame
*GetFrame() const;
399 bool IsAttached() const;
400 virtual void Attach(wxFrame
*frame
);
401 virtual void Detach();
410 A menu is a popup (or pull down) list of items, one of which may be
411 selected before the menu goes away (clicking elsewhere dismisses the
412 menu). Menus may be used to construct either menu bars or popup menus.
414 A menu item has an integer ID associated with it which can be used to
415 identify the selection, or to change the menu item in some way. A menu item
416 with a special identifier @e wxID_SEPARATOR is a separator item and doesn't
417 have an associated command but just makes a separator line appear in the
421 Please note that @e wxID_ABOUT and @e wxID_EXIT are predefined by wxWidgets
422 and have a special meaning since entries using these IDs will be taken out
423 of the normal menus under MacOS X and will be inserted into the system menu
424 (following the appropriate MacOS X interface guideline).
425 On PalmOS @e wxID_EXIT is disabled according to Palm OS Companion guidelines.
427 Menu items may be either @e normal items, @e check items or @e radio items.
428 Normal items don't have any special properties while the check items have a
429 boolean flag associated to them and they show a checkmark in the menu when
431 wxWidgets automatically toggles the flag value when the item is clicked and its
432 value may be retrieved using either wxMenu::IsChecked method of wxMenu or
433 wxMenuBar itself or by using wxEvent::IsChecked when you get the menu
434 notification for the item in question.
436 The radio items are similar to the check items except that all the other items
437 in the same radio group are unchecked when a radio item is checked. The radio
438 group is formed by a contiguous range of radio items, i.e. it starts at the
439 first item of this kind and ends with the first item of a different kind (or
440 the end of the menu). Notice that because the radio groups are defined in terms
441 of the item positions inserting or removing the items in the menu containing
442 the radio items risks to not work correctly.
445 @section menu_allocation Allocation strategy
447 All menus must be created on the @b heap because all menus attached to a
448 menubar or to another menu will be deleted by their parent when it is
449 deleted. The only exception to this rule are the popup menus (i.e. menus
450 used with wxWindow::PopupMenu()) as wxWidgets does not destroy them to
451 allow reusing the same menu more than once. But the exception applies only
452 to the menus themselves and not to any submenus of popup menus which are
453 still destroyed by wxWidgets as usual and so must be heap-allocated.
455 As the frame menubar is deleted by the frame itself, it means that normally
456 all menus used are deleted automatically.
459 @section menu_eventhandling Event handling
461 If the menu is part of a menubar, then wxMenuBar event processing is used.
463 With a popup menu (see wxWindow::PopupMenu), there is a variety of ways to
464 handle a menu selection event (@c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED):
465 - Provide @c EVT_MENU handlers in the window which pops up the menu, or in an
466 ancestor of that window (the simplest method);
467 - Derive a new class from wxMenu and define event table entries using the @c EVT_MENU macro;
468 - Set a new event handler for wxMenu, through wxEvtHandler::SetNextHandler,
469 specifying an object whose class has @c EVT_MENU entries;
471 Note that instead of static @c EVT_MENU macros you can also use dynamic
472 connection; see @ref overview_events_bind.
477 @see wxMenuBar, wxWindow::PopupMenu, @ref overview_events,
478 @ref wxFileHistory "wxFileHistory (most recently used files menu)"
480 class wxMenu
: public wxEvtHandler
485 Constructs a wxMenu object.
490 Constructs a wxMenu object.
493 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
498 Constructs a wxMenu object with a title.
501 Title at the top of the menu (not always supported).
503 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
505 wxMenu(const wxString
& title
, long style
= 0);
508 Destructor, destroying the menu.
511 Under Motif, a popup menu must have a valid parent (the window
512 it was last popped up on) when being destroyed. Therefore, make sure
513 you delete or re-use the popup menu @e before destroying the parent
514 window. Re-use in this context means popping up the menu on a different
515 window from last time, which causes an implicit destruction and
516 recreation of internal data structures.
524 The menu command identifier.
526 The string to appear on the menu item.
527 See wxMenuItem::SetItemLabel() for more details.
529 An optional help string associated with the item.
530 By default, the handler for the @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
531 this string in the status line.
533 May be @c wxITEM_SEPARATOR, @c wxITEM_NORMAL, @c wxITEM_CHECK or @c wxITEM_RADIO.
537 m_pFileMenu->Append(ID_NEW_FILE, "&New file\tCTRL+N", "Creates a new XYZ document");
539 or even better for stock menu items (see wxMenuItem::wxMenuItem):
541 m_pFileMenu->Append(wxID_NEW, "", "Creates a new XYZ document");
545 This command can be used after the menu has been shown, as well as on
546 initial creation of a menu or menubar.
548 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
549 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(), GetHelpString(),
550 SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
552 wxMenuItem
* Append(int id
, const wxString
& item
= wxEmptyString
,
553 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
,
554 wxItemKind kind
= wxITEM_NORMAL
);
559 @deprecated This function is deprecated, use AppendSubMenu() instead.
562 The menu command identifier.
564 The string to appear on the menu item.
568 An optional help string associated with the item.
569 By default, the handler for the @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
570 this string in the status line.
572 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
573 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(), GetHelpString(),
574 SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
576 wxMenuItem
* Append(int id
, const wxString
& item
, wxMenu
* subMenu
,
577 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
580 Adds a menu item object.
582 This is the most generic variant of Append() method because it may be
583 used for both items (including separators) and submenus and because
584 you can also specify various extra properties of a menu item this way,
585 such as bitmaps and fonts.
588 A menuitem object. It will be owned by the wxMenu object after this
589 function is called, so do not delete it yourself.
592 See the remarks for the other Append() overloads.
594 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
595 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(), GetHelpString(),
596 SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
598 wxMenuItem
* Append(wxMenuItem
* menuItem
);
601 Adds a checkable item to the end of the menu.
603 @see Append(), InsertCheckItem()
605 wxMenuItem
* AppendCheckItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
606 const wxString
& help
= wxEmptyString
);
609 Adds a radio item to the end of the menu.
610 All consequent radio items form a group and when an item in the group is
611 checked, all the others are automatically unchecked.
613 @note Radio items are not supported under wxMotif.
615 @see Append(), InsertRadioItem()
617 wxMenuItem
* AppendRadioItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
618 const wxString
& help
= wxEmptyString
);
621 Adds a separator to the end of the menu.
623 @see Append(), InsertSeparator()
625 wxMenuItem
* AppendSeparator();
628 Adds the given @a submenu to this menu. @a text is the text shown in the
629 menu for it and @a help is the help string shown in the status bar when the
630 submenu item is selected.
632 wxMenuItem
* AppendSubMenu(wxMenu
* submenu
, const wxString
& text
,
633 const wxString
& help
= wxEmptyString
);
636 Inserts a break in a menu, causing the next appended item to appear in
639 virtual void Break();
642 Checks or unchecks the menu item.
645 The menu item identifier.
647 If @true, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.
651 void Check(int id
, bool check
);
654 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
655 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
658 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
660 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
665 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
666 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
669 Menu item to be deleted.
671 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
673 bool Delete(wxMenuItem
* item
);
676 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
677 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
681 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
683 @see FindItem(), Delete(), Remove()
685 bool Destroy(int id
);
688 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
689 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
693 Menu item to be deleted.
695 @see FindItem(), Delete(), Remove()
697 bool Destroy(wxMenuItem
* item
);
700 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
703 The menu item identifier.
705 @true to enable the menu item, @false to disable it.
709 void Enable(int id
, bool enable
);
712 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier
713 and, optionally, the position of the item in the menu.
715 Unlike FindItem(), this function doesn't recurse but only looks at the
716 direct children of this menu.
719 The identifier of the menu item to find.
721 If the pointer is not @NULL, it is filled with the item's position if
722 it was found or @c (size_t)wxNOT_FOUND otherwise.
724 Menu item object or @NULL if not found.
726 wxMenuItem
*FindChildItem(int id
, size_t *pos
= NULL
) const;
729 Finds the menu id for a menu item string.
732 Menu item string to find.
734 @return Menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none is found.
736 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
737 strings before matching.
739 virtual int FindItem(const wxString
& itemString
) const;
742 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier and,
743 optionally, the (sub)menu it belongs to.
746 Menu item identifier.
748 If the pointer is not @NULL, it will be filled with the item's
749 parent menu (if the item was found)
751 @return Menu item object or NULL if none is found.
753 wxMenuItem
* FindItem(int id
, wxMenu
** menu
= NULL
) const;
756 Returns the wxMenuItem given a position in the menu.
758 wxMenuItem
* FindItemByPosition(size_t position
) const;
761 Returns the help string associated with a menu item.
764 The menu item identifier.
766 @return The help string, or the empty string if there is no help string
767 or the item was not found.
769 @see SetHelpString(), Append()
771 virtual wxString
GetHelpString(int id
) const;
774 Returns a menu item label.
777 The menu item identifier.
779 @return The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
781 @see GetLabelText(), SetLabel()
783 wxString
GetLabel(int id
) const;
786 Returns a menu item label, without any of the original mnemonics and
790 The menu item identifier.
792 @return The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
794 @see GetLabel(), SetLabel()
796 wxString
GetLabelText(int id
) const;
799 Returns the number of items in the menu.
801 size_t GetMenuItemCount() const;
805 Returns the list of items in the menu.
807 wxMenuItemList is a pseudo-template list class containing wxMenuItem
808 pointers, see wxList.
810 wxMenuItemList
& GetMenuItems() const;
811 const wxMenuItemList
& GetMenuItems() const;
815 Returns the title of the menu.
819 const wxString
& GetTitle() const;
822 Inserts the given @a item before the position @a pos.
824 Inserting the item at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
827 @see Append(), Prepend()
829 wxMenuItem
* Insert(size_t pos
, wxMenuItem
* menuItem
);
832 Inserts the given @a item before the position @a pos.
834 Inserting the item at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
837 @see Append(), Prepend()
839 wxMenuItem
* Insert(size_t pos
, int id
,
840 const wxString
& item
= wxEmptyString
,
841 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
,
842 wxItemKind kind
= wxITEM_NORMAL
);
845 Inserts a checkable item at the given position.
847 @see Insert(), AppendCheckItem()
849 wxMenuItem
* InsertCheckItem(size_t pos
, int id
, const wxString
& item
,
850 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
853 Inserts a radio item at the given position.
855 @see Insert(), AppendRadioItem()
857 wxMenuItem
* InsertRadioItem(size_t pos
, int id
, const wxString
& item
,
858 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
861 Inserts a separator at the given position.
863 @see Insert(), AppendSeparator()
865 wxMenuItem
* InsertSeparator(size_t pos
);
868 Determines whether a menu item is checked.
871 The menu item identifier.
873 @return @true if the menu item is checked, @false otherwise.
877 bool IsChecked(int id
) const;
880 Determines whether a menu item is enabled.
883 The menu item identifier.
885 @return @true if the menu item is enabled, @false otherwise.
889 bool IsEnabled(int id
) const;
892 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
895 @see Append(), Insert()
897 wxMenuItem
* Prepend(wxMenuItem
* item
);
900 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
903 @see Append(), Insert()
905 wxMenuItem
* Prepend(int id
, const wxString
& item
= wxEmptyString
,
906 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
,
907 wxItemKind kind
= wxITEM_NORMAL
);
910 Inserts a checkable item at position 0.
912 @see Prepend(), AppendCheckItem()
914 wxMenuItem
* PrependCheckItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
915 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
918 Inserts a radio item at position 0.
920 @see Prepend(), AppendRadioItem()
922 wxMenuItem
* PrependRadioItem(int id
, const wxString
& item
,
923 const wxString
& helpString
= wxEmptyString
);
926 Inserts a separator at position 0.
928 @see Prepend(), AppendSeparator()
930 wxMenuItem
* PrependSeparator();
933 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
934 object. This allows you to reuse the same item later by adding it back to
935 the menu (especially useful with submenus).
938 The identifier of the menu item to remove.
940 @return A pointer to the item which was detached from the menu.
942 wxMenuItem
* Remove(int id
);
945 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
946 object. This allows you to reuse the same item later by adding it back to
947 the menu (especially useful with submenus).
950 The menu item to remove.
952 @return A pointer to the item which was detached from the menu.
954 wxMenuItem
* Remove(wxMenuItem
* item
);
957 Sets an item's help string.
960 The menu item identifier.
962 The help string to set.
966 virtual void SetHelpString(int id
, const wxString
& helpString
);
969 Sets the label of a menu item.
972 The menu item identifier.
974 The menu item label to set.
976 @see Append(), GetLabel()
978 void SetLabel(int id
, const wxString
& label
);
981 Sets the title of the menu.
986 @remarks Notice that you can only call this method directly for the
987 popup menus, to change the title of a menu that is part of a menu
988 bar you need to use wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop().
992 virtual void SetTitle(const wxString
& title
);
995 Sends events to @a source (or owning window if @NULL) to update the
998 This is called just before the menu is popped up with wxWindow::PopupMenu,
999 but the application may call it at other times if required.
1001 void UpdateUI(wxEvtHandler
* source
= NULL
);
1004 void SetInvokingWindow(wxWindow
*win
);
1005 wxWindow
*GetInvokingWindow() const;
1006 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
1007 long GetStyle() const;
1008 void SetParent(wxMenu
*parent
);
1009 wxMenu
*GetParent() const;
1011 virtual void Attach(wxMenuBar
*menubar
);
1012 virtual void Detach();
1013 bool IsAttached() const;