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1 \section{\class{wxMenu}}\label{wxmenu}
2
3 A menu is a popup (or pull down) list of items, one of which may be
4 selected before the menu goes away (clicking elsewhere dismisses the
5 menu). Menus may be used to construct either menu bars or popup menus.
6
7 A menu item has an integer ID associated with it which can be used to
8 identify the selection, or to change the menu item in some way. A menu item
9 with a special identifier $-1$ is a separator item and doesn't have an
10 associated command but just makes a separator line appear in the menu.
11
12 Menu items may be either normal items, check items or radio items. Normal items
13 don't have any special properties while the check items have a boolean flag
14 associated to them and they show a checkmark in the menu when the flag is set.
15 wxWindows automatically toggles the flag value when the item is clicked and its
16 value may be retrieved using either \helpref{IsChecked}{wxmenuischecked} method
17 of wxMenu or wxMenuBar itself or by using
18 \helpref{wxEvent::IsChecked}{wxcommandeventischecked} when you get the menu
19 notification for the item in question.
20
21 The radio items are similar to the check items except that all the other items
22 in the same radio group are unchecked when a radio item is checked. The radio
23 group is formed by a contiguous range of radio items, i.e. it starts at the
24 first item of this kind and ends with the first item of a different kind (or
25 the end of the menu). Notice that because the radio groups are defined in terms
26 of the item positions inserting or removing the items in the menu containing
27 the radio items risks to not work correctly. Finally note that the radio items
28 are only supported under Windows and GTK+ currently.
29
30 \wxheading{Allocation strategy}
31
32 All menus except the popup ones must be created on the heap. All menus
33 attached to a menubar or to another menu will be deleted by their parent when
34 it is deleted. As the frame menubar is deleted by the frame itself, it means
35 that normally all menus used are deleted automatically.
36
37 \wxheading{Derived from}
38
39 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
40 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
41
42 \wxheading{Include files}
43
44 <wx/menu.h>
45
46 \wxheading{Event handling}
47
48 If the menu is part of a menubar, then \helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar} event processing is used.
49
50 With a popup menu, there is a variety of ways to handle a menu selection event
51 (wxEVT\_COMMAND\_MENU\_SELECTED).
52
53 \begin{enumerate}\itemsep=0pt
54 \item Derive a new class from wxMenu and define event table entries using the EVT\_MENU macro.
55 \item Set a new event handler for wxMenu, using an object whose class has EVT\_MENU entries.
56 \item Provide EVT\_MENU handlers in the window which pops up the menu, or in an ancestor of
57 this window.
58 \item Define a callback of type wxFunction, which you pass to the wxMenu constructor.
59 The callback takes a reference to the menu, and a reference to a
60 \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}. This method is deprecated and should
61 not be used in the new code, it is provided for backwards compatibility only.
62 \end{enumerate}
63
64 \wxheading{See also}
65
66 \helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar}, \helpref{wxWindow::PopupMenu}{wxwindowpopupmenu},\rtfsp
67 \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
68
69 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
70
71 \membersection{wxMenu::wxMenu}\label{wxmenuconstr}
72
73 \func{}{wxMenu}{\param{const wxString\& }{title = ""}, \param{long}{ style = 0}}
74
75 Constructs a wxMenu object.
76
77 \wxheading{Parameters}
78
79 \docparam{title}{A title for the popup menu: the empty string denotes no title.}
80
81 \docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).}
82
83 \func{}{wxMenu}{\param{long}{ style}}
84
85 Constructs a wxMenu object.
86
87 \wxheading{Parameters}
88
89 \docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).}
90
91 \membersection{wxMenu::\destruct{wxMenu}}
92
93 \func{}{\destruct{wxMenu}}{\void}
94
95 Destructor, destroying the menu.
96
97 Note: under Motif, a popup menu must have a valid parent (the window
98 it was last popped up on) when being destroyed. Therefore, make sure
99 you delete or re-use the popup menu {\it before} destroying the
100 parent window. Re-use in this context means popping up the menu on
101 a different window from last time, which causes an implicit destruction
102 and recreation of internal data structures.
103
104 \membersection{wxMenu::Append}\label{wxmenuappend}
105
106 \func{void}{Append}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""},\rtfsp
107 \param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}}
108
109 Adds a string item to the end of the menu.
110
111 \func{void}{Append}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{wxMenu *}{subMenu},\rtfsp
112 \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
113
114 Adds a pull-right submenu to the end of the menu. Append the submenu to the parent
115 menu {\it after} you have added your menu items, or accelerators may not be
116 registered properly.
117
118 \func{void}{Append}{\param{wxMenuItem*}{ menuItem}}
119
120 Adds a menu item object. This is the most generic variant of Append() method
121 because it may be used for both items (including separators) and submenus and
122 because you can also specify various extra properties of a menu item this way,
123 such as bitmaps and fonts.
124
125 \wxheading{Parameters}
126
127 \docparam{id}{The menu command identifier.}
128
129 \docparam{item}{The string to appear on the menu item.}
130
131 \docparam{menu}{Pull-right submenu.}
132
133 \docparam{kind}{May be {\tt wxITEM\_SEPARATOR}, {\tt wxITEM\_NORMAL},
134 {\tt wxITEM\_CHECK} or {\tt wxITEM\_RADIO}}
135
136 \docparam{helpString}{An optional help string associated with the item.
137 By default, \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays
138 this string in the status line.}
139
140 \docparam{menuItem}{A menuitem object. It will be owned by the wxMenu object after this function
141 is called, so do not delete it yourself.}
142
143 \wxheading{Remarks}
144
145 This command can be used after the menu has been shown, as well as on initial
146 creation of a menu or menubar.
147
148 \wxheading{See also}
149
150 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}{wxmenuappendseparator},\rtfsp
151 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendCheckItem}{wxmenuappendcheckitem},\rtfsp
152 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendRadioItem}{wxmenuappendradioitem},\rtfsp
153 \helpref{wxMenu::Insert}{wxmenuinsert},\rtfsp
154 \helpref{wxMenu::SetLabel}{wxmenusetlabel}, \helpref{wxMenu::GetHelpString}{wxmenugethelpstring},\rtfsp
155 \helpref{wxMenu::SetHelpString}{wxmenusethelpstring}, \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}
156
157 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
158 implements the following methods:\par
159 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
160 \twocolitem{{\bf Append(id, string, helpStr="", checkable=false)}}{}
161 \twocolitem{{\bf AppendMenu(id, string, aMenu, helpStr="")}}{}
162 \twocolitem{{\bf AppendItem(aMenuItem)}}{}
163 \end{twocollist}}
164 }
165
166 \membersection{wxMenu::AppendCheckItem}\label{wxmenuappendcheckitem}
167
168 \func{void}{AppendCheckItem}{\param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
169 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
170
171 Adds a checkable item to the end of the menu.
172
173 \wxheading{See also}
174
175 \helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend},\rtfsp
176 \helpref{wxMenu::InsertCheckItem}{wxmenuinsertcheckitem}
177
178 \membersection{wxMenu::AppendRadioItem}\label{wxmenuappendradioitem}
179
180 \func{void}{AppendRadioItem}{\param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
181 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
182
183 Adds a radio item to the end of the menu. All consequent radio items form a
184 group and when an item in the group is checked, all the others are
185 automatically unchecked.
186
187 {\bf NB:} Currently only implemented under Windows and GTK, use
188 {\tt\#if wxHAS\_RADIO\_MENU\_ITEMS} to test for availability of this feature.
189
190 \wxheading{See also}
191
192 \helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend},\rtfsp
193 \helpref{wxMenu::InsertRadioItem}{wxmenuinsertradioitem}
194
195 \membersection{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}\label{wxmenuappendseparator}
196
197 \func{void}{AppendSeparator}{\void}
198
199 Adds a separator to the end of the menu.
200
201 \wxheading{See also}
202
203 \helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend},\rtfsp
204 \helpref{wxMenu::InsertSeparator}{wxmenuinsertseparator}
205
206 \membersection{wxMenu::Break}\label{wxmenubreak}
207
208 \func{void}{Break}{\void}
209
210 Inserts a break in a menu, causing the next appended item to appear in a new column.
211
212 \membersection{wxMenu::Check}\label{wxmenucheck}
213
214 \func{void}{Check}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const bool}{ check}}
215
216 Checks or unchecks the menu item.
217
218 \wxheading{Parameters}
219
220 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
221
222 \docparam{check}{If true, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.}
223
224 \wxheading{See also}
225
226 \helpref{wxMenu::IsChecked}{wxmenuischecked}
227
228 \membersection{wxMenu::Delete}\label{wxmenudelete}
229
230 \func{void}{Delete}{\param{int }{id}}
231
232 \func{void}{Delete}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}}
233
234 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
235 {\bf not} be deleted. Use \helpref{Destroy}{wxmenudestroy} if you want to
236 delete a submenu.
237
238 \wxheading{Parameters}
239
240 \docparam{id}{Id of the menu item to be deleted.}
241
242 \docparam{item}{Menu item to be deleted.}
243
244 \wxheading{See also}
245
246 \helpref{wxMenu::FindItem}{wxmenufinditem},\rtfsp
247 \helpref{wxMenu::Destroy}{wxmenudestroy},\rtfsp
248 \helpref{wxMenu::Remove}{wxmenuremove}
249
250 \membersection{wxMenu::Destroy}\label{wxmenudestroy}
251
252 \func{void}{Destroy}{\param{int }{id}}
253
254 \func{void}{Destroy}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}}
255
256 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
257 be deleted. Use \helpref{Remove}{wxmenuremove} if you want to keep the submenu
258 (for example, to reuse it later).
259
260 \wxheading{Parameters}
261
262 \docparam{id}{Id of the menu item to be deleted.}
263
264 \docparam{item}{Menu item to be deleted.}
265
266 \wxheading{See also}
267
268 \helpref{wxMenu::FindItem}{wxmenufinditem},\rtfsp
269 \helpref{wxMenu::Deletes}{wxmenudelete},\rtfsp
270 \helpref{wxMenu::Remove}{wxmenuremove}
271
272 \membersection{wxMenu::Enable}\label{wxmenuenable}
273
274 \func{void}{Enable}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const bool}{ enable}}
275
276 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
277
278 \wxheading{Parameters}
279
280 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
281
282 \docparam{enable}{true to enable the menu item, false to disable it.}
283
284 \wxheading{See also}
285
286 \helpref{wxMenu::IsEnabled}{wxmenuisenabled}
287
288 \membersection{wxMenu::FindItem}\label{wxmenufinditem}
289
290 \constfunc{int}{FindItem}{\param{const wxString\& }{itemString}}
291
292 Finds the menu item id for a menu item string.
293
294 \constfunc{wxMenuItem *}{FindItem}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{wxMenu **}{menu = NULL}}
295
296 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier and,
297 optionally, the (sub)menu it belongs to.
298
299 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes just the {\tt id} parameter;
300 in scalar context it returns the associated {\tt Wx::MenuItem}, in list
301 context it returns a 2-element list {\tt ( item, submenu )}}
302
303 \wxheading{Parameters}
304
305 \docparam{itemString}{Menu item string to find.}
306
307 \docparam{id}{Menu item identifier.}
308
309 \docparam{menu}{If the pointer is not NULL, it will be filled with the items
310 parent menu (if the item was found)}
311
312 \wxheading{Return value}
313
314 First form: menu item identifier, or wxNOT\_FOUND if none is found.
315
316 Second form: returns the menu item object, or NULL if it is not found.
317
318 \wxheading{Remarks}
319
320 Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target strings
321 before matching.
322
323 \pythonnote{The name of this method in wxPython is {\tt FindItemById}
324 and it does not support the second parameter.}
325
326 \membersection{wxMenu::GetHelpString}\label{wxmenugethelpstring}
327
328 \constfunc{wxString}{GetHelpString}{\param{int}{ id}}
329
330 Returns the help string associated with a menu item.
331
332 \wxheading{Parameters}
333
334 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
335
336 \wxheading{Return value}
337
338 The help string, or the empty string if there is no help string or the
339 item was not found.
340
341 \wxheading{See also}
342
343 \helpref{wxMenu::SetHelpString}{wxmenusethelpstring}, \helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend}
344
345 \membersection{wxMenu::GetLabel}\label{wxmenugetlabel}
346
347 \constfunc{wxString}{GetLabel}{\param{int}{ id}}
348
349 Returns a menu item label.
350
351 \wxheading{Parameters}
352
353 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
354
355 \wxheading{Return value}
356
357 The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
358
359 \wxheading{See also}
360
361 \helpref{wxMenu::SetLabel}{wxmenusetlabel}
362
363 \membersection{wxMenu::GetMenuItemCount}\label{wxmenugetmenuitemcount}
364
365 \constfunc{size\_t}{GetMenuItemCount}{\void}
366
367 Returns the number of items in the menu.
368
369 \membersection{wxMenu::GetMenuItems}\label{wxmenugetmenuitems}
370
371 \constfunc{wxMenuItemList\&}{GetMenuItems}{\void}
372
373 Returns the list of items in the menu. wxMenuItemList is a pseudo-template
374 list class containing wxMenuItem pointers.
375
376 \membersection{wxMenu::GetTitle}\label{wxmenugettitle}
377
378 \constfunc{wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
379
380 Returns the title of the menu.
381
382 \wxheading{Remarks}
383
384 This is relevant only to popup menus, use
385 \helpref{wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop}{wxmenubargetlabeltop} for the menus in the
386 menubar.
387
388 \wxheading{See also}
389
390 \helpref{wxMenu::SetTitle}{wxmenusettitle}
391
392 \membersection{wxMenu::Insert}\label{wxmenuinsert}
393
394 \func{bool}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{wxMenuItem *}{item}}
395
396 \func{void}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
397 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""},\rtfsp
398 \param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}}
399
400 Inserts the given {\it item} before the position {\it pos}. Inserting the item
401 at the position \helpref{GetMenuItemCount}{wxmenugetmenuitemcount} is the same
402 as appending it.
403
404 \wxheading{See also}
405
406 \helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend},\rtfsp
407 \helpref{wxMenu::Prepend}{wxmenuprepend}
408
409 \membersection{wxMenu::InsertCheckItem}\label{wxmenuinsertcheckitem}
410
411 \func{void}{InsertCheckItem}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
412 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
413
414 Inserts a checkable item at the given position.
415
416 \wxheading{See also}
417
418 \helpref{wxMenu::Insert}{wxmenuinsert},\rtfsp
419 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendCheckItem}{wxmenuappendcheckitem}
420
421 \membersection{wxMenu::InsertRadioItem}\label{wxmenuinsertradioitem}
422
423 \func{void}{InsertRadioItem}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
424 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
425
426 Inserts a radio item at the given position.
427
428 \wxheading{See also}
429
430 \helpref{wxMenu::Insert}{wxmenuinsert},\rtfsp
431 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendRadioItem}{wxmenuappendradioitem}
432
433 \membersection{wxMenu::InsertSeparator}\label{wxmenuinsertseparator}
434
435 \func{void}{InsertSeparator}{\param{size\_t }{pos}}
436
437 Inserts a separator at the given position.
438
439 \wxheading{See also}
440
441 \helpref{wxMenu::Insert}{wxmenuinsert},\rtfsp
442 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}{wxmenuappendseparator}
443
444 \membersection{wxMenu::IsChecked}\label{wxmenuischecked}
445
446 \constfunc{bool}{IsChecked}{\param{int}{ id}}
447
448 Determines whether a menu item is checked.
449
450 \wxheading{Parameters}
451
452 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
453
454 \wxheading{Return value}
455
456 true if the menu item is checked, false otherwise.
457
458 \wxheading{See also}
459
460 \helpref{wxMenu::Check}{wxmenucheck}
461
462 \membersection{wxMenu::IsEnabled}\label{wxmenuisenabled}
463
464 \constfunc{bool}{IsEnabled}{\param{int}{ id}}
465
466 Determines whether a menu item is enabled.
467
468 \wxheading{Parameters}
469
470 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
471
472 \wxheading{Return value}
473
474 true if the menu item is enabled, false otherwise.
475
476 \wxheading{See also}
477
478 \helpref{wxMenu::Enable}{wxmenuenable}
479
480 \membersection{wxMenu::Prepend}\label{wxmenuprepend}
481
482 \func{bool}{Prepend}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}}
483
484 \func{void}{Prepend}{\param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
485 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""},\rtfsp
486 \param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}}
487
488 Inserts the given {\it item} at the position $0$, i.e. before all the other
489 existing items.
490
491 \wxheading{See also}
492
493 \helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend},\rtfsp
494 \helpref{wxMenu::Inserts}{wxmenuinsert}
495
496 \membersection{wxMenu::PrependCheckItem}\label{wxmenuprependcheckitem}
497
498 \func{void}{PrependCheckItem}{\param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
499 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
500
501 Inserts a checkable item at the position $0$.
502
503 \wxheading{See also}
504
505 \helpref{wxMenu::Prepend}{wxmenuprepend},\rtfsp
506 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendCheckItem}{wxmenuappendcheckitem}
507
508 \membersection{wxMenu::PrependRadioItem}\label{wxmenuprependradioitem}
509
510 \func{void}{PrependRadioItem}{\param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
511 \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
512
513 Inserts a radio item at the position $0$.
514
515 \wxheading{See also}
516
517 \helpref{wxMenu::Prepend}{wxmenuprepend},\rtfsp
518 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendRadioItem}{wxmenuappendradioitem}
519
520 \membersection{wxMenu::PrependSeparator}\label{wxmenuprependseparator}
521
522 \func{void}{PrependSeparator}{\param{size\_t }{pos}}
523
524 Inserts a separator at the position $0$.
525
526 \wxheading{See also}
527
528 \helpref{wxMenu::Prepend}{wxmenuprepend},\rtfsp
529 \helpref{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}{wxmenuappendseparator}
530
531 \membersection{wxMenu::Remove}\label{wxmenuremove}
532
533 \func{wxMenuItem *}{Remove}{\param{int }{id}}
534
535 \func{wxMenuItem *}{Remove}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}}
536
537 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
538 object. This allows to reuse the same item later by adding it back to the menu
539 (especially useful with submenus).
540
541 \wxheading{Parameters}
542
543 \docparam{id}{The identifier of the menu item to remove.}
544
545 \docparam{item}{The menu item to remove.}
546
547 \wxheading{Return value}
548
549 The item which was detached from the menu.
550
551 \membersection{wxMenu::SetHelpString}\label{wxmenusethelpstring}
552
553 \func{void}{SetHelpString}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString}}
554
555 Sets an item's help string.
556
557 \wxheading{Parameters}
558
559 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
560
561 \docparam{helpString}{The help string to set.}
562
563 \wxheading{See also}
564
565 \helpref{wxMenu::GetHelpString}{wxmenugethelpstring}
566
567 \membersection{wxMenu::SetLabel}\label{wxmenusetlabel}
568
569 \func{void}{SetLabel}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{label}}
570
571 Sets the label of a menu item.
572
573 \wxheading{Parameters}
574
575 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
576
577 \docparam{label}{The menu item label to set.}
578
579 \wxheading{See also}
580
581 \helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend}, \helpref{wxMenu::GetLabel}{wxmenugetlabel}
582
583 \membersection{wxMenu::SetTitle}\label{wxmenusettitle}
584
585 \func{void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
586
587 Sets the title of the menu.
588
589 \wxheading{Parameters}
590
591 \docparam{title}{The title to set.}
592
593 \wxheading{Remarks}
594
595 This is relevant only to popup menus, use
596 \helpref{wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop}{wxmenubarsetlabeltop} for the menus in the
597 menubar.
598
599 \wxheading{See also}
600
601 \helpref{wxMenu::GetTitle}{wxmenugettitle}
602
603 \membersection{wxMenu::UpdateUI}\label{wxmenuupdateui}
604
605 \constfunc{void}{UpdateUI}{\param{wxEvtHandler*}{ source = NULL}}
606
607 Sends events to {\it source} (or owning window if NULL) to update the
608 menu UI. This is called just before the menu is popped up with \helpref{wxWindow::PopupMenu}{wxwindowpopupmenu}, but
609 the application may call it at other times if required.
610
611 \wxheading{See also}
612
613 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent}
614
615 \section{\class{wxMenuBar}}\label{wxmenubar}
616
617 A menu bar is a series of menus accessible from the top of a frame.
618
619 \wxheading{Derived from}
620
621 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
622 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
623
624 \wxheading{Include files}
625
626 <wx/menu.h>
627
628 \wxheading{Event handling}
629
630 To respond to a menu selection, provide a handler for EVT\_MENU, in the frame
631 that contains the menu bar. If you have a toolbar which uses the same identifiers
632 as your EVT\_MENU entries, events from the toolbar will also be processed by your
633 EVT\_MENU event handlers.
634
635 Note that menu commands (and UI update events for menus) are first sent to
636 the focus window within the frame. If no window within the frame has the focus,
637 then the events are sent directly to the frame. This allows command and UI update
638 handling to be processed by specific windows and controls, and not necessarily
639 by the application frame.
640
641 {\bf Tip:} under Windows, if you discover that menu shortcuts (for example, Alt-F to show the file menu)
642 are not working, check any EVT\_CHAR events you are handling in child windows.
643 If you are not calling {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in these event handlers,
644 menu shortcuts may cease to work.
645
646 \wxheading{See also}
647
648 \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}, \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
649
650 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
651
652 \membersection{wxMenuBar::wxMenuBar}\label{wxmenubarconstr}
653
654 \func{void}{wxMenuBar}{\param{long }{style = 0}}
655
656 Default constructor.
657
658 \func{void}{wxMenuBar}{\param{int}{ n}, \param{wxMenu*}{ menus[]}, \param{const wxString }{titles[]}}
659
660 Construct a menu bar from arrays of menus and titles.
661
662 \wxheading{Parameters}
663
664 \docparam{n}{The number of menus.}
665
666 \docparam{menus}{An array of menus. Do not use this array again - it now belongs to the
667 menu bar.}
668
669 \docparam{titles}{An array of title strings. Deallocate this array after creating the menu bar.}
670
671 \docparam{style}{If {\tt wxMB\_DOCKABLE} the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).}
672
673 \pythonnote{Only the default constructor is supported in wxPython.
674 Use wxMenuBar.Append instead.}
675
676 \perlnote{wxPerl only supports the first constructor:
677 use {\tt Append} instead.}
678
679 \membersection{wxMenuBar::\destruct{wxMenuBar}}
680
681 \func{void}{\destruct{wxMenuBar}}{\void}
682
683 Destructor, destroying the menu bar and removing it from the parent frame (if any).
684
685 \membersection{wxMenuBar::Append}\label{wxmenubarappend}
686
687 \func{bool}{Append}{\param{wxMenu *}{menu}, \param{const wxString\& }{title}}
688
689 Adds the item to the end of the menu bar.
690
691 \wxheading{Parameters}
692
693 \docparam{menu}{The menu to add. Do not deallocate this menu after calling {\bf Append}.}
694
695 \docparam{title}{The title of the menu.}
696
697 \wxheading{Return value}
698
699 true on success, false if an error occurred.
700
701 \wxheading{See also}
702
703 \helpref{wxMenuBar::Insert}{wxmenubarinsert}
704
705 \membersection{wxMenuBar::Check}\label{wxmenubarcheck}
706
707 \func{void}{Check}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const bool}{ check}}
708
709 Checks or unchecks a menu item.
710
711 \wxheading{Parameters}
712
713 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
714
715 \docparam{check}{If true, checks the menu item, otherwise the item is unchecked.}
716
717 \wxheading{Remarks}
718
719 Only use this when the menu bar has been associated
720 with a frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
721
722 \membersection{wxMenuBar::Enable}\label{wxmenubarenable}
723
724 \func{void}{Enable}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const bool}{ enable}}
725
726 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
727
728 \wxheading{Parameters}
729
730 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
731
732 \docparam{enable}{true to enable the item, false to disable it.}
733
734 \wxheading{Remarks}
735
736 Only use this when the menu bar has been
737 associated with a frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
738
739 \membersection{wxMenuBar::EnableTop}\label{wxmenubarenabletop}
740
741 \func{void}{EnableTop}{\param{int}{ pos}, \param{const bool}{ enable}}
742
743 Enables or disables a whole menu.
744
745 \wxheading{Parameters}
746
747 \docparam{pos}{The position of the menu, starting from zero.}
748
749 \docparam{enable}{true to enable the menu, false to disable it.}
750
751 \wxheading{Remarks}
752
753 Only use this when the menu bar has been
754 associated with a frame.
755
756 \membersection{wxMenuBar::FindMenu}\label{wxmenubarfindmenu}
757
758 \constfunc{int}{FindMenu}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
759
760 Returns the index of the menu with the given {\it title} or wxNOT\_FOUND if no
761 such menu exists in this menubar. The {\it title} parameter may specify either
762 the menu title (with accelerator characters, i.e. {\tt "\&File"}) or just the
763 menu label ({\tt "File"}) indifferently.
764
765 \membersection{wxMenuBar::FindMenuItem}\label{wxmenubarfindmenuitem}
766
767 \constfunc{int}{FindMenuItem}{\param{const wxString\& }{menuString}, \param{const wxString\& }{itemString}}
768
769 Finds the menu item id for a menu name/menu item string pair.
770
771 \wxheading{Parameters}
772
773 \docparam{menuString}{Menu title to find.}
774
775 \docparam{itemString}{Item to find.}
776
777 \wxheading{Return value}
778
779 The menu item identifier, or wxNOT\_FOUND if none was found.
780
781 \wxheading{Remarks}
782
783 Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target strings
784 before matching.
785
786 \membersection{wxMenuBar::FindItem}\label{wxmenubarfinditem}
787
788 \constfunc{wxMenuItem *}{FindItem}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{wxMenu}{ **menu = NULL}}
789
790 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier.
791
792 \wxheading{Parameters}
793
794 \docparam{id}{Menu item identifier.}
795
796 \docparam{menu}{If not NULL, menu will get set to the associated menu.}
797
798 \wxheading{Return value}
799
800 The found menu item object, or NULL if one was not found.
801
802 \membersection{wxMenuBar::GetHelpString}\label{wxmenubargethelpstring}
803
804 \constfunc{wxString}{GetHelpString}{\param{int}{ id}}
805
806 Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifier.
807
808 \wxheading{Parameters}
809
810 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
811
812 \wxheading{Return value}
813
814 The help string, or the empty string if there was no help string or the menu item
815 was not found.
816
817 \wxheading{See also}
818
819 \helpref{wxMenuBar::SetHelpString}{wxmenubarsethelpstring}
820
821 \membersection{wxMenuBar::GetLabel}\label{wxmenubargetlabel}
822
823 \constfunc{wxString}{GetLabel}{\param{int}{ id}}
824
825 Gets the label associated with a menu item.
826
827 \wxheading{Parameters}
828
829 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
830
831 \wxheading{Return value}
832
833 The menu item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
834
835 \wxheading{Remarks}
836
837 Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
838
839 \membersection{wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop}\label{wxmenubargetlabeltop}
840
841 \constfunc{wxString}{GetLabelTop}{\param{int}{ pos}}
842
843 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
844 include the accelerator characters which could have been specified in the menu
845 title string during its construction.
846
847 \wxheading{Parameters}
848
849 \docparam{pos}{Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.}
850
851 \wxheading{Return value}
852
853 The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
854
855 \wxheading{Remarks}
856
857 Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
858
859 \wxheading{See also}
860
861 \helpref{wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop}{wxmenubarsetlabeltop}
862
863 \membersection{wxMenuBar::GetMenu}\label{wxmenubargetmenu}
864
865 \constfunc{wxMenu*}{GetMenu}{\param{int}{ menuIndex}}
866
867 Returns the menu at {\it menuIndex} (zero-based).
868
869 \membersection{wxMenuBar::GetMenuCount}\label{wxmenubargetmenucount}
870
871 \constfunc{int}{GetMenuCount}{\void}
872
873 Returns the number of menus in this menubar.
874
875 \membersection{wxMenuBar::Insert}\label{wxmenubarinsert}
876
877 \func{bool}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{wxMenu *}{menu}, \param{const wxString\& }{title}}
878
879 Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar. Inserting menu at
880 position $0$ will insert it in the very beginning of it, inserting at position
881 \helpref{GetMenuCount()}{wxmenubargetmenucount} is the same as calling
882 \helpref{Append()}{wxmenubarappend}.
883
884 \wxheading{Parameters}
885
886 \docparam{pos}{The position of the new menu in the menu bar}
887
888 \docparam{menu}{The menu to add. wxMenuBar owns the menu and will free it.}
889
890 \docparam{title}{The title of the menu.}
891
892 \wxheading{Return value}
893
894 true on success, false if an error occurred.
895
896 \wxheading{See also}
897
898 \helpref{wxMenuBar::Append}{wxmenubarappend}
899
900 \membersection{wxMenuBar::IsChecked}\label{wxmenubarischecked}
901
902 \constfunc{bool}{IsChecked}{\param{int}{ id}}
903
904 Determines whether an item is checked.
905
906 \wxheading{Parameters}
907
908 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
909
910 \wxheading{Return value}
911
912 true if the item was found and is checked, false otherwise.
913
914 \membersection{wxMenuBar::IsEnabled}\label{wxmenubarisenabled}
915
916 \constfunc{bool}{IsEnabled}{\param{int}{ id}}
917
918 Determines whether an item is enabled.
919
920 \wxheading{Parameters}
921
922 \docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
923
924 \wxheading{Return value}
925
926 true if the item was found and is enabled, false otherwise.
927
928 \membersection{wxMenuBar::Refresh}\label{wxmenubarrefresh}
929
930 \func{void}{Refresh}{\void}
931
932 Redraw the menu bar
933
934 \membersection{wxMenuBar::Remove}\label{wxmenubarremove}
935
936 \func{wxMenu *}{Remove}{\param{size\_t }{pos}}
937
938 Removes the menu from the menu bar and returns the menu object - the caller is
939 responsible for deleting it. This function may be used together with
940 \helpref{wxMenuBar::Insert}{wxmenubarinsert} to change the menubar
941 dynamically.
942
943 \wxheading{See also}
944
945 \helpref{wxMenuBar::Replace}{wxmenubarreplace}
946
947 \membersection{wxMenuBar::Replace}\label{wxmenubarreplace}
948
949 \func{wxMenu *}{Replace}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{wxMenu *}{menu}, \param{const wxString\& }{title}}
950
951 Replaces the menu at the given position with another one.
952
953 \wxheading{Parameters}
954
955 \docparam{pos}{The position of the new menu in the menu bar}
956
957 \docparam{menu}{The menu to add.}
958
959 \docparam{title}{The title of the menu.}
960
961 \wxheading{Return value}
962
963 The menu which was previously at the position {\it pos}. The caller is
964 responsible for deleting it.
965
966 \wxheading{See also}
967
968 \helpref{wxMenuBar::Insert}{wxmenubarinsert},\rtfsp
969 \helpref{wxMenuBar::Remove}{wxmenubarremove}
970
971 \membersection{wxMenuBar::SetHelpString}\label{wxmenubarsethelpstring}
972
973 \func{void}{SetHelpString}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString}}
974
975 Sets the help string associated with a menu item.
976
977 \wxheading{Parameters}
978
979 \docparam{id}{Menu item identifier.}
980
981 \docparam{helpString}{Help string to associate with the menu item.}
982
983 \wxheading{See also}
984
985 \helpref{wxMenuBar::GetHelpString}{wxmenubargethelpstring}
986
987 \membersection{wxMenuBar::SetLabel}\label{wxmenubarsetlabel}
988
989 \func{void}{SetLabel}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{label}}
990
991 Sets the label of a menu item.
992
993 \wxheading{Parameters}
994
995 \docparam{id}{Menu item identifier.}
996
997 \docparam{label}{Menu item label.}
998
999 \wxheading{Remarks}
1000
1001 Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
1002
1003 \wxheading{See also}
1004
1005 \helpref{wxMenuBar::GetLabel}{wxmenubargetlabel}
1006
1007 \membersection{wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop}\label{wxmenubarsetlabeltop}
1008
1009 \func{void}{SetLabelTop}{\param{int}{ pos}, \param{const wxString\& }{label}}
1010
1011 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
1012
1013 \wxheading{Parameters}
1014
1015 \docparam{pos}{The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.}
1016
1017 \docparam{label}{The menu label.}
1018
1019 \wxheading{Remarks}
1020
1021 Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
1022
1023 \wxheading{See also}
1024
1025 \helpref{wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop}{wxmenubargetlabeltop}
1026