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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: menu.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxMenuBar
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxMenuBar
11 @wxheader{menu.h}
12
13 A menu bar is a series of menus accessible from the top of a frame.
14
15 @library{wxcore}
16 @category{menus}
17
18 @see wxMenu, @ref overview_eventhandlingoverview
19 */
20 class wxMenuBar : public wxWindow
21 {
22 public:
23 /**
24 Construct an empty menu barM
25
26 @param style
27 If wxMB_DOCKABLE the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).
28 */
29 wxMenuBar(long style = 0);
30
31 /**
32 Construct a menu bar from arrays of menus and titles.
33
34 @param n
35 The number of menus.
36 @param menus
37 An array of menus. Do not use this array again - it now belongs to
38 the menu bar.
39 @param titles
40 An array of title strings. Deallocate this array after creating
41 the menu bar.
42 @param style
43 If wxMB_DOCKABLE the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).
44 */
45 wxMenuBar(size_t n, wxMenu* menus[], const wxString titles[],
46 long style = 0);
47
48 /**
49 Destructor, destroying the menu bar and removing it from the parent frame (if
50 any).
51 */
52 ~wxMenuBar();
53
54 /**
55 Adds the item to the end of the menu bar.
56
57 @param menu
58 The menu to add. Do not deallocate this menu after calling Append.
59 @param title
60 The title of the menu.
61
62 @returns @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
63
64 @see Insert()
65 */
66 bool Append(wxMenu* menu, const wxString& title);
67
68 /**
69 Checks or unchecks a menu item.
70
71 @param id
72 The menu item identifier.
73 @param check
74 If @true, checks the menu item, otherwise the item is unchecked.
75
76 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a
77 frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
78 */
79 void Check(int id, const bool check);
80
81 /**
82 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
83
84 @param id
85 The menu item identifier.
86 @param enable
87 @true to enable the item, @false to disable it.
88
89 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a
90 frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
91 */
92 void Enable(int id, const bool enable);
93
94 /**
95 Enables or disables a whole menu.
96
97 @param pos
98 The position of the menu, starting from zero.
99 @param enable
100 @true to enable the menu, @false to disable it.
101
102 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a frame.
103 */
104 void EnableTop(int pos, const bool enable);
105
106 /**
107 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier.
108
109 @param id
110 Menu item identifier.
111 @param menu
112 If not @NULL, menu will get set to the associated menu.
113
114 @returns The found menu item object, or @NULL if one was not found.
115 */
116 wxMenuItem* FindItem(int id, wxMenu menu = NULL) const;
117
118 /**
119 Returns the index of the menu with the given @a title or @c wxNOT_FOUND if no
120 such menu exists in this menubar. The @a title parameter may specify either
121 the menu title (with accelerator characters, i.e. @c "File") or just the
122 menu label (@c "File") indifferently.
123 */
124 int FindMenu(const wxString& title) const;
125
126 /**
127 Finds the menu item id for a menu name/menu item string pair.
128
129 @param menuString
130 Menu title to find.
131 @param itemString
132 Item to find.
133
134 @returns The menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none was found.
135
136 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
137 strings before matching.
138 */
139 int FindMenuItem(const wxString& menuString,
140 const wxString& itemString) const;
141
142 /**
143 Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifier.
144
145 @param id
146 The menu item identifier.
147
148 @returns The help string, or the empty string if there was no help string
149 or the menu item was not found.
150
151 @see SetHelpString()
152 */
153 wxString GetHelpString(int id) const;
154
155 /**
156 Gets the label associated with a menu item.
157
158 @param id
159 The menu item identifier.
160
161 @returns The menu item label, or the empty string if the item was not
162 found.
163
164 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
165 */
166 wxString GetLabel(int id) const;
167
168 /**
169 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
170 include the accelerator characters which could have been specified in the menu
171 title string during its construction.
172
173 @param pos
174 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
175
176 @returns The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
177
178 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
179
180 @see SetLabelTop()
181 */
182 wxString GetLabelTop(int pos) const;
183
184 /**
185 Returns the menu at @a menuIndex (zero-based).
186 */
187 wxMenu* GetMenu(int menuIndex) const;
188
189 /**
190 Returns the number of menus in this menubar.
191 */
192 size_t GetMenuCount() const;
193
194 /**
195 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string
196 includes the accelerator characters that have been specified in the menu
197 title string during its construction.
198
199 @param pos
200 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
201
202 @returns The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
203
204 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
205
206 @see GetMenuLabelText(), SetMenuLabel()
207 */
208 wxString GetMenuLabel(int pos) const;
209
210 /**
211 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
212 include any accelerator characters that may have been specified in the menu
213 title string during its construction.
214
215 @param pos
216 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
217
218 @returns The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
219
220 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
221
222 @see GetMenuLabel(), SetMenuLabel()
223 */
224 wxString GetMenuLabelText(int pos) const;
225
226 /**
227 Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar. Inserting menu at
228 position 0 will insert it in the very beginning of it, inserting at position
229 GetMenuCount() is the same as calling
230 Append().
231
232 @param pos
233 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
234 @param menu
235 The menu to add. wxMenuBar owns the menu and will free it.
236 @param title
237 The title of the menu.
238
239 @returns @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
240
241 @see Append()
242 */
243 bool Insert(size_t pos, wxMenu* menu, const wxString& title);
244
245 /**
246 Determines whether an item is checked.
247
248 @param id
249 The menu item identifier.
250
251 @returns @true if the item was found and is checked, @false otherwise.
252 */
253 bool IsChecked(int id) const;
254
255 /**
256 Determines whether an item is enabled.
257
258 @param id
259 The menu item identifier.
260
261 @returns @true if the item was found and is enabled, @false otherwise.
262 */
263 bool IsEnabled(int id) const;
264
265 /**
266 Redraw the menu bar
267 */
268 void Refresh();
269
270 /**
271 Removes the menu from the menu bar and returns the menu object - the caller is
272 responsible for deleting it. This function may be used together with
273 Insert() to change the menubar
274 dynamically.
275
276 @see Replace()
277 */
278 wxMenu* Remove(size_t pos);
279
280 /**
281 Replaces the menu at the given position with another one.
282
283 @param pos
284 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
285 @param menu
286 The menu to add.
287 @param title
288 The title of the menu.
289
290 @returns The menu which was previously at position pos. The caller is
291 responsible for deleting it.
292
293 @see Insert(), Remove()
294 */
295 wxMenu* Replace(size_t pos, wxMenu* menu, const wxString& title);
296
297 /**
298 Sets the help string associated with a menu item.
299
300 @param id
301 Menu item identifier.
302 @param helpString
303 Help string to associate with the menu item.
304
305 @see GetHelpString()
306 */
307 void SetHelpString(int id, const wxString& helpString);
308
309 /**
310 Sets the label of a menu item.
311
312 @param id
313 Menu item identifier.
314 @param label
315 Menu item label.
316
317 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
318
319 @see GetLabel()
320 */
321 void SetLabel(int id, const wxString& label);
322
323 /**
324 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
325
326 @param pos
327 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
328 @param label
329 The menu label.
330
331 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
332
333 @see GetLabelTop()
334 */
335 void SetLabelTop(int pos, const wxString& label);
336
337 /**
338 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
339
340 @param pos
341 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
342 @param label
343 The menu label.
344
345 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
346 */
347 void SetMenuLabel(int pos, const wxString& label);
348 };
349
350
351
352 /**
353 @class wxMenu
354 @wxheader{menu.h}
355
356 A menu is a popup (or pull down) list of items, one of which may be
357 selected before the menu goes away (clicking elsewhere dismisses the
358 menu). Menus may be used to construct either menu bars or popup menus.
359
360 A menu item has an integer ID associated with it which can be used to
361 identify the selection, or to change the menu item in some way. A menu item
362 with a special identifier -1 is a separator item and doesn't have an
363 associated command but just makes a separator line appear in the menu.
364
365 @note Please note that @e wxID_ABOUT and @e wxID_EXIT are
366 predefined by wxWidgets and have a special meaning since entries
367 using these IDs will be taken out of the normal menus under MacOS X
368 and will be inserted into the system menu (following the appropriate
369 MacOS X interface guideline). On PalmOS @e wxID_EXIT is disabled according
370 to Palm OS Companion guidelines.
371
372 Menu items may be either normal items, check items or radio items. Normal items
373 don't have any special properties while the check items have a boolean flag
374 associated to them and they show a checkmark in the menu when the flag is set.
375 wxWidgets automatically toggles the flag value when the item is clicked and its
376 value may be retrieved using either wxMenu::IsChecked method
377 of wxMenu or wxMenuBar itself or by using
378 wxEvent::IsChecked when you get the menu
379 notification for the item in question.
380
381 The radio items are similar to the check items except that all the other items
382 in the same radio group are unchecked when a radio item is checked. The radio
383 group is formed by a contiguous range of radio items, i.e. it starts at the
384 first item of this kind and ends with the first item of a different kind (or
385 the end of the menu). Notice that because the radio groups are defined in terms
386 of the item positions inserting or removing the items in the menu containing
387 the radio items risks to not work correctly. Finally note that radio items
388 are not supported under Motif.
389
390 @library{wxcore}
391 @category{menus}
392
393 @see wxMenuBar, wxWindow::PopupMenu, @ref overview_eventhandlingoverview, @ref
394 overview_wxfilehistory "wxFileHistory (most recently used files menu)"
395 */
396 class wxMenu : public wxEvtHandler
397 {
398 public:
399 /**
400 Constructs a wxMenu object.
401
402 @param style
403 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
404 */
405 wxMenu(long style);
406
407 /**
408 Constructs a wxMenu object with a title
409
410 @param title
411 Title at the top of the menu (not always supported).
412 @param style
413 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
414 */
415 wxMenu(const wxString& title = "", long style = 0);
416
417 /**
418 Destructor, destroying the menu.
419 Note: under Motif, a popup menu must have a valid parent (the window
420 it was last popped up on) when being destroyed. Therefore, make sure
421 you delete or re-use the popup menu @e before destroying the
422 parent window. Re-use in this context means popping up the menu on
423 a different window from last time, which causes an implicit destruction
424 and recreation of internal data structures.
425 */
426 ~wxMenu();
427
428 /**
429 Adds a menu item.
430
431 @param id
432 The menu command identifier.
433 @param item
434 The string to appear on the menu item.
435 @param kind
436 May be wxITEM_SEPARATOR, wxITEM_NORMAL,
437 wxITEM_CHECK or wxITEM_RADIO
438 @param helpString
439 An optional help string associated with the item.
440 By default, the handler for the wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
441 this string in the status line.
442
443 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
444 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(),
445 GetHelpString(), SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
446 */
447 wxMenuItem* Append(int id, const wxString& item = "",
448 const wxString& helpString = "",
449 wxItemKind kind = wxITEM_NORMAL);
450
451 /**
452 Adds a submenu.
453
454 @param id
455 The menu command identifier.
456 @param item
457 The string to appear on the menu item.
458 @param menu
459 Pull-right submenu.
460 @param helpString
461 An optional help string associated with the item.
462 By default, the handler for the wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
463 this string in the status line.
464
465 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
466 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(),
467 GetHelpString(), SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
468 */
469 wxMenuItem* Append(int id, const wxString& item,
470 wxMenu* subMenu,
471 const wxString& helpString = "");
472
473 /**
474 Adds a menu item object. This is the most generic variant of Append() method
475 because it may be used for both items (including separators) and submenus and
476 because you can also specify various extra properties of a menu item this way,
477 such as bitmaps and fonts.
478
479 @param menuItem
480 A menuitem object. It will be owned by the wxMenu object after this function
481 is called, so do not delete it yourself.
482
483 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
484 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(),
485 GetHelpString(), SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
486 */
487 wxMenuItem* Append(wxMenuItem* menuItem);
488
489 /**
490 Adds a checkable item to the end of the menu.
491
492 @see Append(), InsertCheckItem()
493 */
494 wxMenuItem* AppendCheckItem(int id, const wxString& item,
495 const wxString& helpString = "");
496
497 /**
498 Adds a radio item to the end of the menu. All consequent radio items form a
499 group and when an item in the group is checked, all the others are
500 automatically unchecked.
501
502 @see Append(), InsertRadioItem()
503 */
504 wxMenuItem* AppendRadioItem(int id, const wxString& item,
505 const wxString& helpString = "");
506
507 /**
508 Adds a separator to the end of the menu.
509
510 @see Append(), InsertSeparator()
511 */
512 wxMenuItem* AppendSeparator();
513
514 /**
515 Adds the given @a submenu to this menu. @a text is the text shown in the
516 menu for it and @a help is the help string shown in the status bar when the
517 submenu item is selected.
518 */
519 wxMenuItem* AppendSubMenu(wxMenu* submenu, const wxString& text,
520 const wxString& help = wxEmptyString);
521
522 /**
523 Inserts a break in a menu, causing the next appended item to appear in a new
524 column.
525 */
526 void Break();
527
528 /**
529 Checks or unchecks the menu item.
530
531 @param id
532 The menu item identifier.
533 @param check
534 If @true, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.
535
536 @see IsChecked()
537 */
538 void Check(int id, const bool check);
539
540 /**
541 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
542 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
543
544 @param id
545 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
546
547 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
548 */
549 void Delete(int id);
550
551 /**
552 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
553 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
554
555 @param item
556 Menu item to be deleted.
557
558 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
559 */
560 void Delete(wxMenuItem* item);
561
562 /**
563 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
564 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
565 to reuse it later).
566
567 @param id
568 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
569
570 @see FindItem(), Deletes(), Remove()
571 */
572 void Destroy(int id);
573
574 /**
575 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
576 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
577 to reuse it later).
578
579 @param item
580 Menu item to be deleted.
581
582 @see FindItem(), Deletes(), Remove()
583 */
584 void Destroy(wxMenuItem* item);
585
586 /**
587 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
588
589 @param id
590 The menu item identifier.
591 @param enable
592 @true to enable the menu item, @false to disable it.
593
594 @see IsEnabled()
595 */
596 void Enable(int id, const bool enable);
597
598 /**
599 Finds the menu id for a menu item string.
600
601 @param itemString
602 Menu item string to find.
603
604 @returns Menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none is found.
605
606 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
607 strings before matching.
608 */
609 int FindItem(const wxString& itemString) const;
610
611 /**
612 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier and,
613 optionally, the (sub)menu it belongs to.
614
615 @param id
616 Menu item identifier.
617 @param menu
618 If the pointer is not @NULL, it will be filled with the item's
619 parent menu (if the item was found)
620
621 @returns Menu item object or NULL if none is found.
622 */
623 const wxMenuItem * FindItem(int id, wxMenu** menu = NULL) const;
624
625 /**
626 Returns the wxMenuItem given a position in the menu.
627 */
628 wxMenuItem* FindItemByPosition(size_t position) const;
629
630 /**
631 Returns the help string associated with a menu item.
632
633 @param id
634 The menu item identifier.
635
636 @returns The help string, or the empty string if there is no help string
637 or the item was not found.
638
639 @see SetHelpString(), Append()
640 */
641 wxString GetHelpString(int id) const;
642
643 /**
644 Returns a menu item label.
645
646 @param id
647 The menu item identifier.
648
649 @returns The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
650
651 @see GetLabelText(), SetLabel()
652 */
653 wxString GetLabel(int id) const;
654
655 /**
656 Returns a menu item label, without any of the original mnemonics and
657 accelerators.
658
659 @param id
660 The menu item identifier.
661
662 @returns The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
663
664 @see GetLabel(), SetLabel()
665 */
666 wxString GetLabelText(int id) const;
667
668 /**
669 Returns the number of items in the menu.
670 */
671 size_t GetMenuItemCount() const;
672
673 /**
674 Returns the list of items in the menu. wxMenuItemList is a pseudo-template
675 list class containing wxMenuItem pointers, see wxList.
676 */
677 wxMenuItemList GetMenuItems() const;
678
679 /**
680 Returns the title of the menu.
681
682 @remarks This is relevant only to popup menus, use
683 wxMenuBar::GetMenuLabel for the menus in the menubar.
684
685 @see SetTitle()
686 */
687 wxString GetTitle() const;
688
689 /**
690 Inserts the given @a item before the position @e pos. Inserting the item
691 at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
692 as appending it.
693
694 @see Append(), Prepend()
695 */
696 wxMenuItem* Insert(size_t pos, wxMenuItem* item);
697
698 /**
699 Inserts the given @a item before the position @e pos. Inserting the item
700 at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
701 as appending it.
702
703 @see Append(), Prepend()
704 */
705 wxMenuItem* Insert(size_t pos, int id,
706 const wxString& item = "",
707 const wxString& helpString = "",
708 wxItemKind kind = wxITEM_NORMAL);
709
710 /**
711 Inserts a checkable item at the given position.
712
713 @see Insert(), AppendCheckItem()
714 */
715 wxMenuItem* InsertCheckItem(size_t pos, int id,
716 const wxString& item,
717 const wxString& helpString = "");
718
719 /**
720 Inserts a radio item at the given position.
721
722 @see Insert(), AppendRadioItem()
723 */
724 wxMenuItem* InsertRadioItem(size_t pos, int id,
725 const wxString& item,
726 const wxString& helpString = "");
727
728 /**
729 Inserts a separator at the given position.
730
731 @see Insert(), AppendSeparator()
732 */
733 wxMenuItem* InsertSeparator(size_t pos);
734
735 /**
736 Determines whether a menu item is checked.
737
738 @param id
739 The menu item identifier.
740
741 @returns @true if the menu item is checked, @false otherwise.
742
743 @see Check()
744 */
745 bool IsChecked(int id) const;
746
747 /**
748 Determines whether a menu item is enabled.
749
750 @param id
751 The menu item identifier.
752
753 @returns @true if the menu item is enabled, @false otherwise.
754
755 @see Enable()
756 */
757 bool IsEnabled(int id) const;
758
759 /**
760 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
761 existing items.
762
763 @see Append(), Insert()
764 */
765 wxMenuItem* Prepend(wxMenuItem* item);
766
767 /**
768 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
769 existing items.
770
771 @see Append(), Insert()
772 */
773 wxMenuItem* Prepend(int id, const wxString& item = "",
774 const wxString& helpString = "",
775 wxItemKind kind = wxITEM_NORMAL);
776
777 /**
778 Inserts a checkable item at position 0.
779
780 @see Prepend(), AppendCheckItem()
781 */
782 wxMenuItem* PrependCheckItem(int id, const wxString& item,
783 const wxString& helpString = "");
784
785 /**
786 Inserts a radio item at position 0.
787
788 @see Prepend(), AppendRadioItem()
789 */
790 wxMenuItem* PrependRadioItem(int id, const wxString& item,
791 const wxString& helpString = "");
792
793 /**
794 Inserts a separator at position 0.
795
796 @see Prepend(), AppendSeparator()
797 */
798 wxMenuItem* PrependSeparator();
799
800 /**
801 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
802 object. This allows to reuse the same item later by adding it back to the menu
803 (especially useful with submenus).
804
805 @param id
806 The identifier of the menu item to remove.
807
808 @returns The item which was detached from the menu.
809 */
810 wxMenuItem* Remove(int id);
811
812 /**
813 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
814 object. This allows to reuse the same item later by adding it back to the menu
815 (especially useful with submenus).
816
817 @param item
818 The menu item to remove.
819
820 @returns The item which was detached from the menu.
821 */
822 wxMenuItem* Remove(wxMenuItem* item);
823
824 /**
825 Sets an item's help string.
826
827 @param id
828 The menu item identifier.
829 @param helpString
830 The help string to set.
831
832 @see GetHelpString()
833 */
834 void SetHelpString(int id, const wxString& helpString);
835
836 /**
837 Sets the label of a menu item.
838
839 @param id
840 The menu item identifier.
841 @param label
842 The menu item label to set.
843
844 @see Append(), GetLabel()
845 */
846 void SetLabel(int id, const wxString& label);
847
848 /**
849 Sets the title of the menu.
850
851 @param title
852 The title to set.
853
854 @remarks This is relevant only to popup menus, use
855 wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop for the menus in the menubar.
856
857 @see GetTitle()
858 */
859 void SetTitle(const wxString& title);
860
861 /**
862 Sends events to @a source (or owning window if @NULL) to update the
863 menu UI. This is called just before the menu is popped up with
864 wxWindow::PopupMenu, but
865 the application may call it at other times if required.
866 */
867 void UpdateUI(wxEvtHandler* source = NULL) const;
868 };
869