A menu is a popup (or pull down) list of items, one of which may be
selected before the menu goes away (clicking elsewhere dismisses the
-menu). Menus may be used to construct either menu bars or popup menus.
+menu). Menus may be used to construct either menu bars or popup menus.
A menu item has an integer ID associated with it which can be used to
-identify the selection, or to change the menu item in some way.
+identify the selection, or to change the menu item in some way. A menu item
+with a special identifier $-1$ is a separator item and doesn't have an
+associated command but just makes a separator line appear in the menu.
+
+Menu items may be either normal items, check items or radio items. Normal items
+don't have any special properties while the check items have a boolean flag
+associated to them and they show a checkmark in the menu when the flag is set.
+wxWindows automatically toggles the flag value when the item is clicked and its
+value may be retrieved using either \helpref{IsChecked}{wxmenuischecked} method
+of wxMenu or wxMenuBar itself or by using
+\helpref{wxEvent::IsChecked}{wxcommandeventischecked} when you get the menu
+notification for the item in question.
+
+The radio items are similar to the check items except that all the other items
+in the same radio group are unchecked when a radio item is checked. The radio
+group is formed by a contiguous range of radio items, i.e. it starts at the
+first item of this kind and ends with the first item of a different kind (or
+the end of the menu). Notice that because the radio groups are defined in terms
+of the item positions inserting or removing the items in the menu containing
+the radio items risks to not work correctly. Finally note that the radio items
+are only supported under Windows and GTK+ currently.
+
+\wxheading{Allocation strategy}
+
+All menus except the popup ones must be created on the heap. All menus
+attached to a menubar or to another menu will be deleted by their parent when
+it is deleted. As the frame menubar is deleted by the frame itself, it means
+that normally all menus used are deleted automatically.
\wxheading{Derived from}
\membersection{wxMenu::Append}\label{wxmenuappend}
\func{void}{Append}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""},\rtfsp
-\param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxItem\_Normal}}
+\param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}}
Adds a string item to the end of the menu.
\func{void}{Append}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{wxMenu *}{subMenu},\rtfsp
\param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
-Adds a pull-right submenu to the end of the menu.
+Adds a pull-right submenu to the end of the menu. Append the submenu to the parent
+menu {\it after} you have added your menu items, or accelerators may not be
+registered properly.
\func{void}{Append}{\param{wxMenuItem*}{ menuItem}}
\docparam{menu}{Pull-right submenu.}
-\docparam{kind}{May be {\tt wxItem\_Separator}, {\tt wxItem\_Normal},
-{\tt wxItem\_Check} or {\tt wxItem\_Radio}}
+\docparam{kind}{May be {\tt wxITEM\_SEPARATOR}, {\tt wxITEM\_NORMAL},
+{\tt wxITEM\_CHECK} or {\tt wxITEM\_RADIO}}
\docparam{helpString}{An optional help string associated with the item.
By default, \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays
This command can be used after the menu has been shown, as well as on initial
creation of a menu or menubar.
+The {\it item} string for the normal menu items (not submenus or separators)
+may include the accelerator which can be used to activate the menu item
+from keyboard. The accelerator string follows the item label and is separated
+from it by a {\tt TAB} character ({\tt '$\backslash$t'}). Its general syntax is
+any combination of {\tt "CTRL"}, {\tt "ALT"} and {\tt "SHIFT"} strings (case
+doesn't matter) separated by either {\tt '-'} or {\tt '+'} characters and
+followed by the accelerator itself. The accelerator may be any alphanumeric
+character, any function key (from {\tt F1} to {\tt F12}) or one of the special
+characters listed in the table below (again, case doesn't matter):
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{{\tt DEL} or {\tt DELETE}}{Delete key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt INS} or {\tt INSERT}}{Insert key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt ENTER} or {\tt RETURN}}{Enter key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt PGUP}}{PageUp key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt PGDN}}{PageDown key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt LEFT}}{Left cursor arrow key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt RIGHT}}{Right cursor arrow key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt UP}}{Up cursor arrow key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt DOWN}}{Down cursor arrow key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt HOME}}{Home key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt END}}{End key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt SPACE}}{Space}
+\twocolitem{{\tt TAB}}{Tab key}
+\twocolitem{{\tt ESC} or {\tt ESCAPE}}{Escape key (Windows only)}
+\end{twocollist}
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}{wxmenuappendseparator},\rtfsp
\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
implements the following methods:\par
\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
-\twocolitem{{\bf Append(id, string, helpStr="", checkable=FALSE)}}{}
+\twocolitem{{\bf Append(id, string, helpStr="", checkable=false)}}{}
\twocolitem{{\bf AppendMenu(id, string, aMenu, helpStr="")}}{}
\twocolitem{{\bf AppendItem(aMenuItem)}}{}
\end{twocollist}}
automatically unchecked.
{\bf NB:} Currently only implemented under Windows and GTK, use
-{\tt #if wxHAS\_RADIO\_MENU\_ITEMS} to test for availability of this feature.
+{\tt\#if wxHAS\_RADIO\_MENU\_ITEMS} to test for availability of this feature.
\wxheading{See also}
\docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
-\docparam{check}{If TRUE, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.}
+\docparam{check}{If true, the item will be checked, otherwise it will be unchecked.}
\wxheading{See also}
\docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
-\docparam{enable}{TRUE to enable the menu item, FALSE to disable it.}
+\docparam{enable}{true to enable the menu item, false to disable it.}
\wxheading{See also}
\wxheading{Remarks}
-This is relevant only to popup menus.
+This is relevant only to popup menus, use
+\helpref{wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop}{wxmenubargetlabeltop} for the menus in the
+menubar.
\wxheading{See also}
\func{void}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
\param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""},\rtfsp
-\param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxItem\_Normal}}
+\param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}}
Inserts the given {\it item} before the position {\it pos}. Inserting the item
at the position \helpref{GetMenuItemCount}{wxmenugetmenuitemcount} is the same
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE if the menu item is checked, FALSE otherwise.
+true if the menu item is checked, false otherwise.
\wxheading{See also}
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE if the menu item is enabled, FALSE otherwise.
+true if the menu item is enabled, false otherwise.
\wxheading{See also}
\membersection{wxMenu::Prepend}\label{wxmenuprepend}
-\func{bool}{Prepend}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{wxMenuItem *}{item}}
+\func{bool}{Prepend}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}}
\func{void}{Prepend}{\param{int}{ id},\rtfsp
\param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""},\rtfsp
-\param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxItem\_Normal}}
+\param{wxItemKind}{ kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}}
-Inserts the given {\it item} at the position $0$.
+Inserts the given {\it item} at the position $0$, i.e. before all the other
+existing items.
\wxheading{See also}
\wxheading{Remarks}
-This is relevant only to popup menus.
+This is relevant only to popup menus, use
+\helpref{wxMenuBar::SetLabelTop}{wxmenubarsetlabeltop} for the menus in the
+menubar.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxMenu::SetTitle}{wxmenusettitle}
+\helpref{wxMenu::GetTitle}{wxmenugettitle}
\membersection{wxMenu::UpdateUI}\label{wxmenuupdateui}
\pythonnote{Only the default constructor is supported in wxPython.
Use wxMenuBar.Append instead.}
-\perlnote{wxPerl only supports the first contructor:
+\perlnote{wxPerl only supports the first constructor:
use {\tt Append} instead.}
\membersection{wxMenuBar::\destruct{wxMenuBar}}
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE on success, FALSE if an error occurred.
+true on success, false if an error occurred.
\wxheading{See also}
\docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
-\docparam{check}{If TRUE, checks the menu item, otherwise the item is unchecked.}
+\docparam{check}{If true, checks the menu item, otherwise the item is unchecked.}
\wxheading{Remarks}
\docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.}
-\docparam{enable}{TRUE to enable the item, FALSE to disable it.}
+\docparam{enable}{true to enable the item, false to disable it.}
\wxheading{Remarks}
\docparam{pos}{The position of the menu, starting from zero.}
-\docparam{enable}{TRUE to enable the menu, FALSE to disable it.}
+\docparam{enable}{true to enable the menu, false to disable it.}
\wxheading{Remarks}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetHelpString}{\param{int}{ id}}
-Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifer.
+Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifier.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetLabelTop}{\param{int}{ pos}}
-Returns the label of a top-level menu.
+Returns the label of a top-level menu. Note that the returned string does not
+include the accelerator characters which could have been specified in the menu
+title string during its construction.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE on success, FALSE if an error occurred.
+true on success, false if an error occurred.
\wxheading{See also}
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE if the item was found and is checked, FALSE otherwise.
+true if the item was found and is checked, false otherwise.
\membersection{wxMenuBar::IsEnabled}\label{wxmenubarisenabled}
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE if the item was found and is enabled, FALSE otherwise.
+true if the item was found and is enabled, false otherwise.
\membersection{wxMenuBar::Refresh}\label{wxmenubarrefresh}
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