X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/30f23bcc56d210ee3af35d00a1b1c45a645599d3..50d4763f1710f6e45ac6af7112d1ce9effe93bc4:/interface/wx/menuitem.h
diff --git a/interface/wx/menuitem.h b/interface/wx/menuitem.h
index 3b6d3b4552..c0e16ffbc3 100644
--- 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
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
@@ -17,6 +17,29 @@
Also please note that the methods related to fonts and bitmaps are currently
only implemented for Windows, Mac and GTK+.
+ @beginEventEmissionTable{wxCommandEvent,wxMenuEvent}
+ @event{EVT_MENU(id, func)}
+ Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED command, which is generated by a menu item.
+ This type of event is sent as wxCommandEvent.
+ @event{EVT_MENU_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
+ Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_RANGE command, which is generated by a range of menu items.
+ This type of event is sent as wxCommandEvent.
+ @event{EVT_MENU_OPEN(func)}
+ A menu is about to be opened. On Windows, this is only sent once for each
+ navigation of the menubar (up until all menus have closed).
+ This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
+ @event{EVT_MENU_CLOSE(func)}
+ A menu has been just closed.
+ This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
+ @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT(id, func)}
+ The menu item with the specified id has been highlighted: used to show
+ help prompts in the status bar by wxFrame
+ This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
+ @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT_ALL(func)}
+ A menu item has been highlighted, i.e. the currently selected menu item has changed.
+ This type of event is sent as wxMenuEvent.
+ @endEventTable
+
@library{wxcore}
@category{menus}
@@ -32,8 +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.
@@ -50,7 +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, wxT("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);
@@ -68,9 +93,8 @@ public:
case the given kind is ignored and taken to be @c wxITEM_SEPARATOR
instead.
@param text
- Text for the menu item, as shown on the menu. An accelerator key can
- be specified using the ampersand " character. In order to embed an
- ampersand character in the menu item text, the ampersand must be doubled.
+ Text for the menu item, as shown on the menu.
+ See SetItemLabel() for more info.
@param helpString
Optional help string that will be shown on the status bar.
@param kind
@@ -102,19 +126,52 @@ public:
virtual void Enable(bool enable = true);
/**
- Returns the background colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).
+ @deprecated This function is deprecated; please use GetLabelText() instead.
+
+ @see GetLabelText()
*/
- wxColour GetBackgroundColour() const;
+ static wxString GetLabelFromText(const wxString& text);
/**
- Returns the checked or unchecked bitmap (Windows only).
+ Strips all accelerator characters and mnemonics from the given @a text.
+ For example:
+
+ @code
+ wxMenuItem::GetLabelfromText("&Hello\tCtrl-h");
+ @endcode
+
+ will return just @c "Hello".
+
+ @see GetItemLabelText(), GetItemLabel()
+ */
+ static wxString GetLabelText(const wxString& text);
+
+
+ /**
+ @name Getters
+ */
+ //@{
+
+ /**
+ Returns the background colour associated with the menu item.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
+ */
+ wxColour& GetBackgroundColour() const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns the checked or unchecked bitmap.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
*/
virtual const wxBitmap& GetBitmap() const;
/**
- Returns the font associated with the menu item (Windows only).
+ Returns the font associated with the menu item.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
*/
- wxFont GetFont() const;
+ wxFont& GetFont() const;
/**
Returns the help string associated with the menu item.
@@ -154,33 +211,14 @@ public:
@deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of GetItemLabelText().
- @see GetText(), GetLabelFromText()
+ @see GetItemLabelText()
*/
wxString GetLabel() const;
/**
- @deprecated This function is deprecated; please use GetLabelText() instead.
-
- @see GetText(), GetLabel()
- */
- static wxString GetLabelFromText(const wxString& text);
-
- /**
- Strips all accelerator characters and mnemonics from the given @a text.
- For example:
-
- @code
- wxMenuItem::GetLabelfromText("&Hello\tCtrl-h");
- @endcode
-
- will return just @c "Hello".
-
- @see GetItemLabelText(), GetItemLabel()
- */
- static wxString GetLabelText(const wxString& text);
-
- /**
- Gets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap (Windows only).
+ Gets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
*/
int GetMarginWidth() const;
@@ -193,9 +231,9 @@ public:
/**
Returns the text associated with the menu item.
- @deprecated This function is deprecated. Please use
-
- GetItemLabel() or GetItemLabelText() instead.
+ @deprecated This function is deprecated. Please use GetItemLabel() or GetItemLabelText() instead.
+
+ @see GetItemLabel(), GetItemLabelText()
*/
wxString GetName() const;
@@ -210,14 +248,25 @@ public:
@deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of GetItemLabel().
- @see GetLabel(), GetLabelFromText()
+ @see GetLabelFromText()
*/
const wxString& GetText() const;
/**
- Returns the text colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).
+ Returns the text colour associated with the menu item.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
+ */
+ wxColour& GetTextColour() const;
+
+ //@}
+
+
+
+ /**
+ @name Checkers
*/
- wxColour GetTextColour() const;
+ //@{
/**
Returns @true if the item is checkable.
@@ -243,19 +292,38 @@ public:
Returns @true if the item is a submenu.
*/
bool IsSubMenu() const;
+
+ //@}
+
+
+
+ /**
+ @name Setters
+ */
+ //@{
/**
- Sets the background colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).
+ Sets the background colour associated with the menu item.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
*/
- void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour) const;
+ void SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
/**
Sets the bitmap for the menu item.
- It is equivalent to wxMenuItem::SetBitmaps(bmp, wxNullBitmap).
- @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxmac,wxgtk}
+ It is equivalent to wxMenuItem::SetBitmaps(bmp, wxNullBitmap) if
+ @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);
+ virtual void SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bmp, bool checked = true);
/**
Sets the checked/unchecked bitmaps for the menu item.
@@ -267,7 +335,9 @@ public:
const wxBitmap& unchecked = wxNullBitmap);
/**
- Sets the font associated with the menu item (Windows only).
+ Sets the font associated with the menu item.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
*/
void SetFont(const wxFont& font);
@@ -278,13 +348,61 @@ public:
/**
Sets the label associated with the menu item.
+
+ 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.
+
+ The label string for the normal menu items (not separators) may include the
+ accelerator which can be used to activate the menu item from keyboard.
+ An accelerator key can be specified using the ampersand & character.
+ In order to embed an ampersand character in the menu item text, the ampersand
+ must be doubled.
+
+ Optionally you can specify also an accelerator string appending a tab character
+ \\t followed by a valid key combination (e.g. CTRL+V).
+ Its general syntax is any combination of @c "CTRL", @c "ALT" and @c "SHIFT" strings
+ (case doesn't matter) separated by either @c '-' or @c '+' characters and followed
+ by the accelerator itself.
+ The accelerator may be any alphanumeric character, any function key
+ (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
+ - @c PGDN: PageDown key
+ - @c LEFT: Left cursor arrow key
+ - @c RIGHT: Right cursor arrow key
+ - @c UP: Up cursor arrow key
+ - @c DOWN: Down cursor arrow key
+ - @c HOME: Home key
+ - @c END: End key
+ - @c SPACE: Space
+ - @c TAB: Tab key
+ - @c ESC or @c ESCAPE: Escape key (Windows only)
+
+ Examples:
+
+ @code
+ m_pMyMenuItem->SetItemLabel("My &item\tCTRL+I");
+ m_pMyMenuItem2->SetItemLabel("Clean && build\tF7");
+ m_pMyMenuItem3->SetItemLabel("Simple item");
+ m_pMyMenuItem4->SetItemLabel("Item with &accelerator");
+ @endcode
+
+ @see GetItemLabel(), GetItemLabelText()
*/
virtual void SetItemLabel(const wxString& label);
/**
- Sets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap (Windows only).
+ Sets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
*/
- void SetMarginWidth(int width) const;
+ void SetMarginWidth(int width);
/**
Sets the parent menu which will contain this menu item.
@@ -300,12 +418,18 @@ public:
Sets the text associated with the menu item.
@deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of SetItemLabel().
+
+ @see SetItemLabel().
*/
virtual void SetText(const wxString& text);
/**
- Sets the text colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).
+ Sets the text colour associated with the menu item.
+
+ @onlyfor{wxmsw}
*/
void SetTextColour(const wxColour& colour);
+
+ //@}
};