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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
12 A menu bar is a series of menus accessible from the top of a frame.
13
14 @library{wxcore}
15 @category{menus}
16
17 @see wxMenu, @ref overview_eventhandling "Event Handling Overview"
18 */
19 class wxMenuBar : public wxWindow
20 {
21 public:
22 /**
23 Construct an empty menu barM
24
25 @param style
26 If wxMB_DOCKABLE the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).
27 */
28 wxMenuBar(long style = 0);
29
30 /**
31 Construct a menu bar from arrays of menus and titles.
32
33 @param n
34 The number of menus.
35 @param menus
36 An array of menus. Do not use this array again - it now belongs to
37 the menu bar.
38 @param titles
39 An array of title strings. Deallocate this array after creating
40 the menu bar.
41 @param style
42 If wxMB_DOCKABLE the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).
43 */
44 wxMenuBar(size_t n, wxMenu* menus[], const wxString titles[],
45 long style = 0);
46
47 /**
48 Destructor, destroying the menu bar and removing it from the parent frame (if
49 any).
50 */
51 ~wxMenuBar();
52
53 /**
54 Adds the item to the end of the menu bar.
55
56 @param menu
57 The menu to add. Do not deallocate this menu after calling Append.
58 @param title
59 The title of the menu.
60
61 @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
62
63 @see Insert()
64 */
65 bool Append(wxMenu* menu, const wxString& title);
66
67 /**
68 Checks or unchecks a menu item.
69
70 @param id
71 The menu item identifier.
72 @param check
73 If @true, checks the menu item, otherwise the item is unchecked.
74
75 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a
76 frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
77 */
78 void Check(int id, const bool check);
79
80 /**
81 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
82
83 @param id
84 The menu item identifier.
85 @param enable
86 @true to enable the item, @false to disable it.
87
88 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a
89 frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
90 */
91 void Enable(int id, const bool enable);
92
93 /**
94 Enables or disables a whole menu.
95
96 @param pos
97 The position of the menu, starting from zero.
98 @param enable
99 @true to enable the menu, @false to disable it.
100
101 @remarks Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a frame.
102 */
103 void EnableTop(int pos, const bool enable);
104
105 /**
106 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier.
107
108 @param id
109 Menu item identifier.
110 @param menu
111 If not @NULL, menu will get set to the associated menu.
112
113 @return The found menu item object, or @NULL if one was not found.
114 */
115 wxMenuItem* FindItem(int id, wxMenu menu = NULL) const;
116
117 /**
118 Returns the index of the menu with the given @a title or @c wxNOT_FOUND if no
119 such menu exists in this menubar. The @a title parameter may specify either
120 the menu title (with accelerator characters, i.e. @c "File") or just the
121 menu label (@c "File") indifferently.
122 */
123 int FindMenu(const wxString& title) const;
124
125 /**
126 Finds the menu item id for a menu name/menu item string pair.
127
128 @param menuString
129 Menu title to find.
130 @param itemString
131 Item to find.
132
133 @return The menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none was found.
134
135 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
136 strings before matching.
137 */
138 int FindMenuItem(const wxString& menuString,
139 const wxString& itemString) const;
140
141 /**
142 Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifier.
143
144 @param id
145 The menu item identifier.
146
147 @return The help string, or the empty string if there was no help string
148 or the menu item was not found.
149
150 @see SetHelpString()
151 */
152 wxString GetHelpString(int id) const;
153
154 /**
155 Gets the label associated with a menu item.
156
157 @param id
158 The menu item identifier.
159
160 @return The menu item label, or the empty string if the item was not
161 found.
162
163 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
164 */
165 wxString GetLabel(int id) const;
166
167 /**
168 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
169 include the accelerator characters which could have been specified in the menu
170 title string during its construction.
171
172 @param pos
173 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
174
175 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
176
177 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
178
179 @see SetLabelTop()
180 */
181 wxString GetLabelTop(int pos) const;
182
183 /**
184 Returns the menu at @a menuIndex (zero-based).
185 */
186 wxMenu* GetMenu(int menuIndex) const;
187
188 /**
189 Returns the number of menus in this menubar.
190 */
191 size_t GetMenuCount() const;
192
193 /**
194 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string
195 includes the accelerator characters that have been specified in the menu
196 title string during its construction.
197
198 @param pos
199 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
200
201 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
202
203 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
204
205 @see GetMenuLabelText(), SetMenuLabel()
206 */
207 wxString GetMenuLabel(int pos) const;
208
209 /**
210 Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
211 include any accelerator characters that may have been specified in the menu
212 title string during its construction.
213
214 @param pos
215 Position of the menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
216
217 @return The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not found.
218
219 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
220
221 @see GetMenuLabel(), SetMenuLabel()
222 */
223 wxString GetMenuLabelText(int pos) const;
224
225 /**
226 Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar. Inserting menu at
227 position 0 will insert it in the very beginning of it, inserting at position
228 GetMenuCount() is the same as calling
229 Append().
230
231 @param pos
232 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
233 @param menu
234 The menu to add. wxMenuBar owns the menu and will free it.
235 @param title
236 The title of the menu.
237
238 @return @true on success, @false if an error occurred.
239
240 @see Append()
241 */
242 bool Insert(size_t pos, wxMenu* menu, const wxString& title);
243
244 /**
245 Determines whether an item is checked.
246
247 @param id
248 The menu item identifier.
249
250 @return @true if the item was found and is checked, @false otherwise.
251 */
252 bool IsChecked(int id) const;
253
254 /**
255 Determines whether an item is enabled.
256
257 @param id
258 The menu item identifier.
259
260 @return @true if the item was found and is enabled, @false otherwise.
261 */
262 bool IsEnabled(int id) const;
263
264 /**
265 Redraw the menu bar
266 */
267 void Refresh();
268
269 /**
270 Removes the menu from the menu bar and returns the menu object - the caller is
271 responsible for deleting it. This function may be used together with
272 Insert() to change the menubar
273 dynamically.
274
275 @see Replace()
276 */
277 wxMenu* Remove(size_t pos);
278
279 /**
280 Replaces the menu at the given position with another one.
281
282 @param pos
283 The position of the new menu in the menu bar
284 @param menu
285 The menu to add.
286 @param title
287 The title of the menu.
288
289 @return The menu which was previously at position pos. The caller is
290 responsible for deleting it.
291
292 @see Insert(), Remove()
293 */
294 wxMenu* Replace(size_t pos, wxMenu* menu, const wxString& title);
295
296 /**
297 Sets the help string associated with a menu item.
298
299 @param id
300 Menu item identifier.
301 @param helpString
302 Help string to associate with the menu item.
303
304 @see GetHelpString()
305 */
306 void SetHelpString(int id, const wxString& helpString);
307
308 /**
309 Sets the label of a menu item.
310
311 @param id
312 Menu item identifier.
313 @param label
314 Menu item label.
315
316 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
317
318 @see GetLabel()
319 */
320 void SetLabel(int id, const wxString& label);
321
322 /**
323 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
324
325 @param pos
326 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
327 @param label
328 The menu label.
329
330 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
331
332 @see GetLabelTop()
333 */
334 void SetLabelTop(int pos, const wxString& label);
335
336 /**
337 Sets the label of a top-level menu.
338
339 @param pos
340 The position of a menu on the menu bar, starting from zero.
341 @param label
342 The menu label.
343
344 @remarks Use only after the menubar has been associated with a frame.
345 */
346 void SetMenuLabel(int pos, const wxString& label);
347 };
348
349
350
351 /**
352 @class wxMenu
353
354 A menu is a popup (or pull down) list of items, one of which may be
355 selected before the menu goes away (clicking elsewhere dismisses the
356 menu). Menus may be used to construct either menu bars or popup menus.
357
358 A menu item has an integer ID associated with it which can be used to
359 identify the selection, or to change the menu item in some way. A menu item
360 with a special identifier -1 is a separator item and doesn't have an
361 associated command but just makes a separator line appear in the menu.
362
363 @note Please note that @e wxID_ABOUT and @e wxID_EXIT are
364 predefined by wxWidgets and have a special meaning since entries
365 using these IDs will be taken out of the normal menus under MacOS X
366 and will be inserted into the system menu (following the appropriate
367 MacOS X interface guideline). On PalmOS @e wxID_EXIT is disabled according
368 to Palm OS Companion guidelines.
369
370 Menu items may be either normal items, check items or radio items. Normal items
371 don't have any special properties while the check items have a boolean flag
372 associated to them and they show a checkmark in the menu when the flag is set.
373 wxWidgets automatically toggles the flag value when the item is clicked and its
374 value may be retrieved using either wxMenu::IsChecked method
375 of wxMenu or wxMenuBar itself or by using
376 wxEvent::IsChecked when you get the menu
377 notification for the item in question.
378
379 The radio items are similar to the check items except that all the other items
380 in the same radio group are unchecked when a radio item is checked. The radio
381 group is formed by a contiguous range of radio items, i.e. it starts at the
382 first item of this kind and ends with the first item of a different kind (or
383 the end of the menu). Notice that because the radio groups are defined in terms
384 of the item positions inserting or removing the items in the menu containing
385 the radio items risks to not work correctly. Finally note that radio items
386 are not supported under Motif.
387
388 @library{wxcore}
389 @category{menus}
390
391 @see wxMenuBar, wxWindow::PopupMenu,
392 @ref overview_eventhandling "Event Handling Overview",
393 @ref wxFileHistory "wxFileHistory (most recently used files menu)"
394 */
395 class wxMenu : public wxEvtHandler
396 {
397 public:
398 /**
399 Constructs a wxMenu object.
400
401 @param style
402 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
403 */
404 wxMenu(long style);
405
406 /**
407 Constructs a wxMenu object with a title
408
409 @param title
410 Title at the top of the menu (not always supported).
411 @param style
412 If set to wxMENU_TEAROFF, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).
413 */
414 wxMenu(const wxString& title = "", long style = 0);
415
416 /**
417 Destructor, destroying the menu.
418 Note: under Motif, a popup menu must have a valid parent (the window
419 it was last popped up on) when being destroyed. Therefore, make sure
420 you delete or re-use the popup menu @e before destroying the
421 parent window. Re-use in this context means popping up the menu on
422 a different window from last time, which causes an implicit destruction
423 and recreation of internal data structures.
424 */
425 ~wxMenu();
426
427 /**
428 Adds a menu item.
429
430 @param id
431 The menu command identifier.
432 @param item
433 The string to appear on the menu item.
434 @param helpString
435 An optional help string associated with the item.
436 By default, the handler for the wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
437 this string in the status line.
438 @param kind
439 May be wxITEM_SEPARATOR, wxITEM_NORMAL,
440 wxITEM_CHECK or wxITEM_RADIO
441
442 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
443 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(),
444 GetHelpString(), SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
445 */
446 wxMenuItem* Append(int id, const wxString& item = wxEmptyString,
447 const wxString& helpString = wxEmptyString,
448 wxItemKind kind = wxITEM_NORMAL);
449
450 /**
451 Adds a submenu.
452
453 @deprecated This function is deprecated, use AppendSubMenu() instead.
454
455 @param id
456 The menu command identifier.
457 @param item
458 The string to appear on the menu item.
459 @param subMenu
460 Pull-right submenu.
461 @param helpString
462 An optional help string associated with the item.
463 By default, the handler for the wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event displays
464 this string in the status line.
465
466 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
467 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(),
468 GetHelpString(), SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
469 */
470 wxMenuItem* Append(int id, const wxString& item,
471 wxMenu* subMenu,
472 const wxString& helpString = wxEmptyString);
473
474 /**
475 Adds a menu item object. This is the most generic variant of Append() method
476 because it may be used for both items (including separators) and submenus and
477 because you can also specify various extra properties of a menu item this way,
478 such as bitmaps and fonts.
479
480 @param menuItem
481 A menuitem object. It will be owned by the wxMenu object after this function
482 is called, so do not delete it yourself.
483
484 @see AppendSeparator(), AppendCheckItem(), AppendRadioItem(),
485 AppendSubMenu(), Insert(), SetLabel(),
486 GetHelpString(), SetHelpString(), wxMenuItem
487 */
488 wxMenuItem* Append(wxMenuItem* menuItem);
489
490 /**
491 Adds a checkable item to the end of the menu.
492
493 @see Append(), InsertCheckItem()
494 */
495 wxMenuItem* AppendCheckItem(int id, const wxString& item,
496 const wxString& helpString = "");
497
498 /**
499 Adds a radio item to the end of the menu. All consequent radio items form a
500 group and when an item in the group is checked, all the others are
501 automatically unchecked.
502
503 @see Append(), InsertRadioItem()
504 */
505 wxMenuItem* AppendRadioItem(int id, const wxString& item,
506 const wxString& helpString = "");
507
508 /**
509 Adds a separator to the end of the menu.
510
511 @see Append(), InsertSeparator()
512 */
513 wxMenuItem* AppendSeparator();
514
515 /**
516 Adds the given @a submenu to this menu. @a text is the text shown in the
517 menu for it and @a help is the help string shown in the status bar when the
518 submenu item is selected.
519 */
520 wxMenuItem* AppendSubMenu(wxMenu* submenu, const wxString& text,
521 const wxString& help = wxEmptyString);
522
523 /**
524 Inserts a break in a menu, causing the next appended item to appear in a new
525 column.
526 */
527 void Break();
528
529 /**
530 Checks or unchecks the menu item.
531
532 @param id
533 The menu item identifier.
534 @param check
535 If @true, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.
536
537 @see IsChecked()
538 */
539 void Check(int id, const bool check);
540
541 /**
542 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
543 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
544
545 @param id
546 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
547
548 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
549 */
550 void Delete(int id);
551
552 /**
553 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
554 @b not be deleted. Use Destroy() if you want to delete a submenu.
555
556 @param item
557 Menu item to be deleted.
558
559 @see FindItem(), Destroy(), Remove()
560 */
561 void Delete(wxMenuItem* item);
562
563 /**
564 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
565 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
566 to reuse it later).
567
568 @param id
569 Id of the menu item to be deleted.
570
571 @see FindItem(), Deletes(), Remove()
572 */
573 void Destroy(int id);
574
575 /**
576 Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will
577 be deleted. Use Remove() if you want to keep the submenu (for example,
578 to reuse it later).
579
580 @param item
581 Menu item to be deleted.
582
583 @see FindItem(), Deletes(), Remove()
584 */
585 void Destroy(wxMenuItem* item);
586
587 /**
588 Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
589
590 @param id
591 The menu item identifier.
592 @param enable
593 @true to enable the menu item, @false to disable it.
594
595 @see IsEnabled()
596 */
597 void Enable(int id, const bool enable);
598
599 /**
600 Finds the menu id for a menu item string.
601
602 @param itemString
603 Menu item string to find.
604
605 @return Menu item identifier, or wxNOT_FOUND if none is found.
606
607 @remarks Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target
608 strings before matching.
609 */
610 int FindItem(const wxString& itemString) const;
611
612 /**
613 Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier and,
614 optionally, the (sub)menu it belongs to.
615
616 @param id
617 Menu item identifier.
618 @param menu
619 If the pointer is not @NULL, it will be filled with the item's
620 parent menu (if the item was found)
621
622 @return Menu item object or NULL if none is found.
623 */
624 const wxMenuItem * FindItem(int id, wxMenu** menu = NULL) const;
625
626 /**
627 Returns the wxMenuItem given a position in the menu.
628 */
629 wxMenuItem* FindItemByPosition(size_t position) const;
630
631 /**
632 Returns the help string associated with a menu item.
633
634 @param id
635 The menu item identifier.
636
637 @return The help string, or the empty string if there is no help string
638 or the item was not found.
639
640 @see SetHelpString(), Append()
641 */
642 wxString GetHelpString(int id) const;
643
644 /**
645 Returns a menu item label.
646
647 @param id
648 The menu item identifier.
649
650 @return The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
651
652 @see GetLabelText(), SetLabel()
653 */
654 wxString GetLabel(int id) const;
655
656 /**
657 Returns a menu item label, without any of the original mnemonics and
658 accelerators.
659
660 @param id
661 The menu item identifier.
662
663 @return The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found.
664
665 @see GetLabel(), SetLabel()
666 */
667 wxString GetLabelText(int id) const;
668
669 /**
670 Returns the number of items in the menu.
671 */
672 size_t GetMenuItemCount() const;
673
674 /**
675 Returns the list of items in the menu. wxMenuItemList is a pseudo-template
676 list class containing wxMenuItem pointers, see wxList.
677 */
678 wxMenuItemList GetMenuItems() const;
679
680 /**
681 Returns the title of the menu.
682
683 @remarks This is relevant only to popup menus, use
684 wxMenuBar::GetMenuLabel for the menus in the menubar.
685
686 @see SetTitle()
687 */
688 wxString GetTitle() const;
689
690 /**
691 Inserts the given @a item before the position @e pos. Inserting the item
692 at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
693 as appending it.
694
695 @see Append(), Prepend()
696 */
697 wxMenuItem* Insert(size_t pos, wxMenuItem* item);
698
699 /**
700 Inserts the given @a item before the position @e pos. Inserting the item
701 at position GetMenuItemCount() is the same
702 as appending it.
703
704 @see Append(), Prepend()
705 */
706 wxMenuItem* Insert(size_t pos, int id,
707 const wxString& item = "",
708 const wxString& helpString = "",
709 wxItemKind kind = wxITEM_NORMAL);
710
711 /**
712 Inserts a checkable item at the given position.
713
714 @see Insert(), AppendCheckItem()
715 */
716 wxMenuItem* InsertCheckItem(size_t pos, int id,
717 const wxString& item,
718 const wxString& helpString = "");
719
720 /**
721 Inserts a radio item at the given position.
722
723 @see Insert(), AppendRadioItem()
724 */
725 wxMenuItem* InsertRadioItem(size_t pos, int id,
726 const wxString& item,
727 const wxString& helpString = "");
728
729 /**
730 Inserts a separator at the given position.
731
732 @see Insert(), AppendSeparator()
733 */
734 wxMenuItem* InsertSeparator(size_t pos);
735
736 /**
737 Determines whether a menu item is checked.
738
739 @param id
740 The menu item identifier.
741
742 @return @true if the menu item is checked, @false otherwise.
743
744 @see Check()
745 */
746 bool IsChecked(int id) const;
747
748 /**
749 Determines whether a menu item is enabled.
750
751 @param id
752 The menu item identifier.
753
754 @return @true if the menu item is enabled, @false otherwise.
755
756 @see Enable()
757 */
758 bool IsEnabled(int id) const;
759
760 /**
761 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
762 existing items.
763
764 @see Append(), Insert()
765 */
766 wxMenuItem* Prepend(wxMenuItem* item);
767
768 /**
769 Inserts the given @a item at position 0, i.e. before all the other
770 existing items.
771
772 @see Append(), Insert()
773 */
774 wxMenuItem* Prepend(int id, const wxString& item = "",
775 const wxString& helpString = "",
776 wxItemKind kind = wxITEM_NORMAL);
777
778 /**
779 Inserts a checkable item at position 0.
780
781 @see Prepend(), AppendCheckItem()
782 */
783 wxMenuItem* PrependCheckItem(int id, const wxString& item,
784 const wxString& helpString = "");
785
786 /**
787 Inserts a radio item at position 0.
788
789 @see Prepend(), AppendRadioItem()
790 */
791 wxMenuItem* PrependRadioItem(int id, const wxString& item,
792 const wxString& helpString = "");
793
794 /**
795 Inserts a separator at position 0.
796
797 @see Prepend(), AppendSeparator()
798 */
799 wxMenuItem* PrependSeparator();
800
801 /**
802 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
803 object. This allows you to reuse the same item later by adding it back to the menu
804 (especially useful with submenus).
805
806 @param id
807 The identifier of the menu item to remove.
808
809 @return A pointer to the item which was detached from the menu.
810 */
811 wxMenuItem* Remove(int id);
812
813 /**
814 Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++
815 object. This allows you to reuse the same item later by adding it back to the menu
816 (especially useful with submenus).
817
818 @param item
819 The menu item to remove.
820
821 @return A pointer to the item which was detached from the menu.
822 */
823 wxMenuItem* Remove(wxMenuItem* item);
824
825 /**
826 Sets an item's help string.
827
828 @param id
829 The menu item identifier.
830 @param helpString
831 The help string to set.
832
833 @see GetHelpString()
834 */
835 void SetHelpString(int id, const wxString& helpString);
836
837 /**
838 Sets the label of a menu item.
839
840 @param id
841 The menu item identifier.
842 @param label
843 The menu item label to set.
844
845 @see Append(), GetLabel()
846 */
847 void SetLabel(int id, const wxString& label);
848
849 /**
850 Sets the title of the menu.
851
852 @param title
853 The title to set.
854
855 @remarks This is relevant only to popup menus, use
856 wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop for the menus in the menubar.
857
858 @see GetTitle()
859 */
860 void SetTitle(const wxString& title);
861
862 /**
863 Sends events to @a source (or owning window if @NULL) to update the
864 menu UI. This is called just before the menu is popped up with
865 wxWindow::PopupMenu, but
866 the application may call it at other times if required.
867 */
868 void UpdateUI(wxEvtHandler* source = NULL) const;
869 };
870