rearranged functions by topics, got rid of the macros section and reduced the miscell...

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / menu.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex b/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex
index 2537457c0acd814a19f9f4492b92f54ee75737c9..33946872fee8f9430838c52a48e7bc3fc31d09cb 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Constructs a wxMenu object.
 
 \docparam{title}{A title for the popup menu: the empty string denotes no title.}
 
-\docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable.}
+\docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).}
 
 \func{}{wxMenu}{\param{long}{ style}}
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Constructs a wxMenu object.
 
 \wxheading{Parameters}
 
-\docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable.}
+\docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).}
 
 \membersection{wxMenu::\destruct{wxMenu}}
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ optionally, the (sub)menu it belongs to.
 
 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes just the {\tt id} parameter;
 in scalar context it returns the associated {\tt Wx::MenuItem}, in list
-context it returns a two element list ( item, submenu )}
+context it returns a 2-element list ( item, submenu )}
 
 \wxheading{Parameters}
 
@@ -481,6 +481,11 @@ then the events are sent directly to the frame. This allows command and UI updat
 handling to be processed by specific windows and controls, and not necessarily
 by the application frame.
 
+{\bf Tip:} under Windows, if you discover that menu shortcuts (for example, Alt-F to show the file menu)
+are not working, check any EVT\_CHAR events you are handling in child windows.
+If you are not calling {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in these event handlers,
+menu shortcuts may cease to work.
+
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}, \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}