Added drawing context to allow 'virtual' (dynamic) attributes, for e.g. showing bookm...

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

diff --git a/interface/wx/menuitem.h b/interface/wx/menuitem.h
index da71be9190dab3b11efa55a2030f26a922e4051b..c0e16ffbc302eb01ef6e91ac24f350db0eb1667c 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:      $Id$
-// 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.
+        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.
 
@@ -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, 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);
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ public:
         
         @onlyfor{wxmsw}
     */
-    wxColour GetBackgroundColour() const;
+    wxColour& GetBackgroundColour() const;
 
     /**
         Returns the checked or unchecked bitmap.
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ public:
         
         @onlyfor{wxmsw}
     */
-    wxFont GetFont() const;
+    wxFont& GetFont() const;
 
     /**
         Returns the help string associated with the menu item.
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ public:
         
         @onlyfor{wxmsw}
     */
-    wxColour GetTextColour() const;
+    wxColour& GetTextColour() const;
     
     //@}
     
@@ -305,7 +307,7 @@ public:
         
         @onlyfor{wxmsw}
     */
-    void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour) const;
+    void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
 
     /**
         Sets the bitmap for the menu item.
@@ -314,6 +316,11 @@ public:
         @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);
@@ -342,7 +349,7 @@ public:
     /**
         Sets the label associated with the menu item.
         
-        Note that if the ID of this menu item corrisponds to a stock ID, then it is 
+        Note that if the ID of this menu item corresponds to a stock ID, then it is 
         not necessary to specify a label: wxWidgets will automatically use the stock
         item label associated with that ID. See the @ref wxMenuItem::wxMenuItem "constructor"
         for more info.
@@ -362,6 +369,7 @@ public:
         (from F1 to F12) or one of the special characters listed in the table
         below (again, case doesn't matter):
         - @c DEL or @c DELETE: Delete key
+        - @c BACK : Backspace key
         - @c INS or @c INSERT: Insert key
         - @c ENTER or @c RETURN: Enter key
         - @c PGUP: PageUp key
@@ -394,7 +402,7 @@ public:
         
         @onlyfor{wxmsw}
     */
-    void SetMarginWidth(int width) const;
+    void SetMarginWidth(int width);
 
     /**
         Sets the parent menu which will contain this menu item.