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[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / menuitem.h

diff --git a/interface/wx/menuitem.h b/interface/wx/menuitem.h
index da71be9190dab3b11efa55a2030f26a922e4051b..fd170e5d5c5b0d75ed445aee357d96944f7e2125 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/menuitem.h
+++ b/interface/wx/menuitem.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Purpose:     interface of wxMenu, wxMenuItem
 // Author:      wxWidgets team
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
 // Purpose:     interface of wxMenu, wxMenuItem
 // Author:      wxWidgets team
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$

-// Licence:     wxWindows license
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence

 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 /**
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 /**


@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ public:
         For the standard menu items (such as commands to open a file, exit the
         program and so on, see @ref page_stockitems for the full list) it is enough
         to specify just the stock ID and leave @a text and @a helpString empty.
         For the standard menu items (such as commands to open a file, exit the
         program and so on, see @ref page_stockitems for the full list) it is enough
         to specify just the stock ID and leave @a text and @a helpString empty.

+        Some platforms (currently wxGTK only, and see the remark in SetBitmap()
+        documentation) will also show standard bitmaps for stock menu items.

 
 

-        In fact, leaving at least @a text empty for the stock menu items is strongly
+        Leaving at least @a text empty for the stock menu items is actually strongly

         recommended as they will have appearance and keyboard interface (including
         standard accelerators) familiar to the user.
 
         recommended as they will have appearance and keyboard interface (including
         standard accelerators) familiar to the user.
 


@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ public:
         helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT);
 
         // use the stock label and the stock accelerator but not the stock help string:
         helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT);
 
         // use the stock label and the stock accelerator but not the stock help string:

-        helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT, wxEmptyString, "My custom help string");
+        helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT, "", "My custom help string");

 
         // use all stock properties except for the bitmap:
         wxMenuItem *mymenu = new wxMenuItem(helpMenu, wxID_ABOUT);
 
         // use all stock properties except for the bitmap:
         wxMenuItem *mymenu = new wxMenuItem(helpMenu, wxID_ABOUT);


@@ -314,6 +316,11 @@ public:
         @a checked is @true (default value) or SetBitmaps(wxNullBitmap, bmp)
         otherwise.
 
         @a checked is @true (default value) or SetBitmaps(wxNullBitmap, bmp)
         otherwise.
 

+        Notice that GTK+ uses a global setting called @c gtk-menu-images to
+        determine if the images should be shown in the menus at all. If it is
+        off (which is the case in e.g. Gnome 2.28 by default), no images will
+        be shown, consistently with the native behaviour.
+

         @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxosx,wxgtk}
     */
     virtual void SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bmp, bool checked = true);
         @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxosx,wxgtk}
     */
     virtual void SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bmp, bool checked = true);