X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/58abfef64f8b685c8e77a608f24cb1b618e3c83c..88594d02eb59a55ac85d3210a49d02918124617b:/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex b/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex index cf8c61dcc8..33946872fe 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex @@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ With a popup menu, there is a variety of ways to handle a menu selection event (wxEVT\_COMMAND\_MENU\_SELECTED). \begin{enumerate}\itemsep=0pt -\item Define a callback of type wxFunction, which you pass to the wxMenu constructor. -The callback takes a reference to the menu, and a reference to a \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}. \item Derive a new class from wxMenu and define event table entries using the EVT\_MENU macro. \item Set a new event handler for wxMenu, using an object whose class has EVT\_MENU entries. \item Provide EVT\_MENU handlers in the window which pops up the menu, or in an ancestor of this window. +\item Define a callback of type wxFunction, which you pass to the wxMenu constructor. +The callback takes a reference to the menu, and a reference to a +\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}. This method is deprecated and should +not be used in the new code, it is provided for backwards compatibility only. \end{enumerate} \wxheading{See also} @@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ this window. \membersection{wxMenu::wxMenu}\label{wxmenuconstr} -\func{}{wxMenu}{\param{const wxString\& }{title = ""}, \param{const wxFunction}{ func = NULL}} +\func{}{wxMenu}{\param{const wxString\& }{title = ""}, \param{long}{ style = 0}} Constructs a wxMenu object. @@ -49,16 +51,15 @@ Constructs a wxMenu object. \docparam{title}{A title for the popup menu: the empty string denotes no title.} -\docparam{func}{A callback function if the menu is used as a popup using \helpref{wxWindow::PopupMenu}{wxwindowpopupmenu}.} +\docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).} -\pythonnote{The wxPython version of the \tt{wxMenu} constructor -doesn't accept the callback argument because of reference counting -issues. There is a specialized wxMenu constructor called -\tt{wxPyMenu} which does and can be used for PopupMenus when callbacks -are needed. You must retain a reference to the menu while useing it -otherwise your callback function will get dereferenced when the menu -does. -} +\func{}{wxMenu}{\param{long}{ style}} + +Constructs a wxMenu object. + +\wxheading{Parameters} + +\docparam{style}{If set to {\tt wxMENU\_TEAROFF}, the menu will be detachable (wxGTK only).} \membersection{wxMenu::\destruct{wxMenu}} @@ -87,7 +88,9 @@ Adds a pull-right submenu to the end of the menu. \func{void}{Append}{\param{wxMenuItem*}{ menuItem}} -Adds a menu item object. You can specify various extra properties of a menu item this way, +Adds a menu item object. This is the most generic variant of Append() method +because it may be used for both items (including separators) and submenus and +because you can also specify various extra properties of a menu item this way, such as bitmaps and fonts. \wxheading{Parameters} @@ -114,20 +117,20 @@ creation of a menu or menubar. \wxheading{See also} -\helpref{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}{wxmenuappendseparator}, \helpref{wxMenu::SetLabel}{wxmenusetlabel}, \helpref{wxMenu::GetHelpString}{wxmenugethelpstring},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}{wxmenuappendseparator},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenu::Insert}{wxmenuinsert},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenu::SetLabel}{wxmenusetlabel}, \helpref{wxMenu::GetHelpString}{wxmenugethelpstring},\rtfsp \helpref{wxMenu::SetHelpString}{wxmenusethelpstring}, \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem} - \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{AppendMenu(id, string, aMenu, helpStr="")}}{} -\twocolitem{\bf{AppendItem(aMenuItem)}}{} +\twocolitem{{\bf Append(id, string, helpStr="", checkable=FALSE)}}{} +\twocolitem{{\bf AppendMenu(id, string, aMenu, helpStr="")}}{} +\twocolitem{{\bf AppendItem(aMenuItem)}}{} \end{twocollist}} } - \membersection{wxMenu::AppendSeparator}\label{wxmenuappendseparator} \func{void}{AppendSeparator}{\void} @@ -160,63 +163,103 @@ Checks or unchecks the menu item. \helpref{wxMenu::IsChecked}{wxmenuischecked} -\membersection{wxMenu::Enable}\label{wxmenuenable} +\membersection{wxMenu::Delete}\label{wxmenudelete} -\func{void}{Enable}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const bool}{ enable}} +\func{void}{Delete}{\param{int }{id}} -Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item. +\func{void}{Delete}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}} + +Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will +{\bf not} be deleted. Use \helpref{Destroy}{wxmenudestroy} if you want to +delete a submenu. \wxheading{Parameters} -\docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.} +\docparam{id}{Id of the menu item to be deleted.} -\docparam{enable}{TRUE to enable the menu item, FALSE to disable it.} +\docparam{item}{Menu item to be deleted.} \wxheading{See also} -\helpref{wxMenu::IsEnabled}{wxmenuisenabled} +\helpref{wxMenu::FindItem}{wxmenufinditem},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenu::Destroy}{wxmenudestroy},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenu::Remove}{wxmenuremove} -\membersection{wxMenu::FindItem}\label{wxmenufinditem} +\membersection{wxMenu::Destroy}\label{wxmenudestroy} -\constfunc{int}{FindItem}{\param{const wxString\& }{itemString}} +\func{void}{Destroy}{\param{int }{id}} -Finds the menu item id for a menu item string. +\func{void}{Destroy}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}} + +Deletes the menu item from the menu. If the item is a submenu, it will +be deleted. Use \helpref{Remove}{wxmenuremove} if you want to keep the submenu +(for example, to reuse it later). \wxheading{Parameters} -\docparam{itemString}{Menu item string to find.} +\docparam{id}{Id of the menu item to be deleted.} -\wxheading{Return value} +\docparam{item}{Menu item to be deleted.} -Menu item identifier, or -1 if none is found. +\wxheading{See also} -\wxheading{Remarks} +\helpref{wxMenu::FindItem}{wxmenufinditem},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenu::Deletes}{wxmenudelete},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenu::Remove}{wxmenuremove} -Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target strings -before matching. +\membersection{wxMenu::Enable}\label{wxmenuenable} + +\func{void}{Enable}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const bool}{ enable}} + +Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item. + +\wxheading{Parameters} + +\docparam{id}{The menu item identifier.} + +\docparam{enable}{TRUE to enable the menu item, FALSE to disable it.} \wxheading{See also} -\helpref{wxMenu::FindItemForId}{wxmenufinditemforid} +\helpref{wxMenu::IsEnabled}{wxmenuisenabled} -\membersection{wxMenu::FindItemForId}\label{wxmenufinditem} +\membersection{wxMenu::FindItem}\label{wxmenufinditem} -\constfunc{wxMenuItem*}{FindItemForId}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{wxMenu **}{ menuForItem = NULL}} +\constfunc{int}{FindItem}{\param{const wxString\& }{itemString}} -Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier. +Finds the menu item id for a menu item string. + +\constfunc{wxMenuItem *}{FindItem}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{wxMenu **}{menu = NULL}} + +Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier and, +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 2-element list ( item, submenu )} \wxheading{Parameters} +\docparam{itemString}{Menu item string to find.} + \docparam{id}{Menu item identifier.} -\docparam{menuForItem}{will be filled with the menu for this item if not NULL.} + +\docparam{menu}{If the pointer is not NULL, it will be filled with the items +parent menu (if the item was found)} \wxheading{Return value} -Returns the menu item object, or NULL if it is not found. +First form: menu item identifier, or wxNOT\_FOUND if none is found. -\wxheading{See also} +Second form: returns the menu item object, or NULL if it is not found. -\helpref{wxMenu::FindItem}{wxmenufinditem} +\wxheading{Remarks} + +Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target strings +before matching. + +\pythonnote{The name of this method in wxPython is {\tt FindItemById} +and it does not support the second parameter.} \membersection{wxMenu::GetHelpString}\label{wxmenugethelpstring} @@ -255,6 +298,19 @@ The item label, or the empty string if the item was not found. \helpref{wxMenu::SetLabel}{wxmenusetlabel} +\membersection{wxMenu::GetMenuItemCount}\label{wxmenugetmenuitemcount} + +\constfunc{size\_t}{GetMenuItemCount}{\void} + +Returns the number of items in the menu. + +\membersection{wxMenu::GetMenuItems}\label{wxmenugetmenuitems} + +\constfunc{wxMenuItemList\&}{GetMenuItems}{\void} + +Returns the list of items in the menu. wxMenuItemList is a pseudo-template +list class containing wxMenuItem pointers. + \membersection{wxMenu::GetTitle}\label{wxmenugettitle} \constfunc{wxString}{GetTitle}{\void} @@ -269,6 +325,18 @@ This is relevant only to popup menus. \helpref{wxMenu::SetTitle}{wxmenusettitle} +\membersection{wxMenu::Insert}\label{wxmenuinsert} + +\func{bool}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{wxMenuItem *}{item}} + +Inserts the given {\it item} before the position {\it pos}. Inserting the item +at the position \helpref{GetMenuItemCount}{wxmenugetmenuitemcount} is the same +as appending it. + +\wxheading{See also} + +\helpref{wxMenu::Append}{wxmenuappend} + \membersection{wxMenu::IsChecked}\label{wxmenuischecked} \constfunc{bool}{IsChecked}{\param{int}{ id}} @@ -305,6 +373,26 @@ TRUE if the menu item is enabled, FALSE otherwise. \helpref{wxMenu::Enable}{wxmenuenable} +\membersection{wxMenu::Remove}\label{wxmenuremove} + +\func{wxMenuItem *}{Remove}{\param{int }{id}} + +\func{wxMenuItem *}{Remove}{\param{wxMenuItem *}{item}} + +Removes the menu item from the menu but doesn't delete the associated C++ +object. This allows to reuse the same item later by adding it back to the menu +(especially useful with submenus). + +\wxheading{Parameters} + +\docparam{id}{The identifier of the menu item to remove.} + +\docparam{item}{The menu item to remove.} + +\wxheading{Return value} + +The item which was detached from the menu. + \membersection{wxMenu::SetHelpString}\label{wxmenusethelpstring} \func{void}{SetHelpString}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString}} @@ -383,7 +471,20 @@ A menu bar is a series of menus accessible from the top of a frame. \wxheading{Event handling} To respond to a menu selection, provide a handler for EVT\_MENU, in the frame -that contains the menu bar. +that contains the menu bar. If you have a toolbar which uses the same identifiers +as your EVT\_MENU entries, events from the toolbar will also be processed by your +EVT\_MENU event handlers. + +Note that menu commands (and UI update events for menus) are first sent to +the focus window within the frame. If no window within the frame has the focus, +then the events are sent directly to the frame. This allows command and UI update +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} @@ -393,7 +494,7 @@ that contains the menu bar. \membersection{wxMenuBar::wxMenuBar}\label{wxmenubarconstr} -\func{void}{wxMenuBar}{\void} +\func{void}{wxMenuBar}{\param{long }{style = 0}} Default constructor. @@ -410,9 +511,13 @@ menu bar.} \docparam{titles}{An array of title strings. Deallocate this array after creating the menu bar.} +\docparam{style}{If {\tt wxMB\_DOCKABLE} the menu bar can be detached (wxGTK only).} + \pythonnote{Only the default constructor is supported in wxPython. Use wxMenuBar.Append instead.} +\perlnote{wxPerl only supports the first contructor: +use {\tt Append} instead.} \membersection{wxMenuBar::\destruct{wxMenuBar}} @@ -422,7 +527,7 @@ Destructor, destroying the menu bar and removing it from the parent frame (if an \membersection{wxMenuBar::Append}\label{wxmenubarappend} -\func{void}{Append}{\param{wxMenu *}{menu}, \param{const wxString\& }{title}} +\func{bool}{Append}{\param{wxMenu *}{menu}, \param{const wxString\& }{title}} Adds the item to the end of the menu bar. @@ -432,6 +537,14 @@ Adds the item to the end of the menu bar. \docparam{title}{The title of the menu.} +\wxheading{Return value} + +TRUE on success, FALSE if an error occurred. + +\wxheading{See also} + +\helpref{wxMenuBar::Insert}{wxmenubarinsert} + \membersection{wxMenuBar::Check}\label{wxmenubarcheck} \func{void}{Check}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const bool}{ check}} @@ -483,6 +596,15 @@ Enables or disables a whole menu. Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with a frame. +\membersection{wxMenuBar::FindMenu}\label{wxmenubarfindmenu} + +\constfunc{int}{FindMenu}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}} + +Returns the index of the menu with the given {\it title} or wxNOT\_FOUND if no +such menu exists in this menubar. The {\it title} parameter may specify either +the menu title (with accelerator characters, i.e. {\tt "\&File"}) or just the +menu label ({\tt "File"}) indifferently. + \membersection{wxMenuBar::FindMenuItem}\label{wxmenubarfindmenuitem} \constfunc{int}{FindMenuItem}{\param{const wxString\& }{menuString}, \param{const wxString\& }{itemString}} @@ -497,23 +619,25 @@ Finds the menu item id for a menu name/menu item string pair. \wxheading{Return value} -The menu item identifier, or -1 if none was found. +The menu item identifier, or wxNOT\_FOUND if none was found. \wxheading{Remarks} Any special menu codes are stripped out of source and target strings before matching. -\membersection{wxMenuBar::FindItemForId}\label{wxmenubarfinditemforid} +\membersection{wxMenuBar::FindItem}\label{wxmenubarfinditem} -\constfunc{wxMenuItem *}{FindItemForId}{\param{int}{ id}} +\constfunc{wxMenuItem *}{FindItem}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{wxMenu}{ **menu = NULL}} -Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier, +Finds the menu item object associated with the given menu item identifier. \wxheading{Parameters} \docparam{id}{Menu item identifier.} +\docparam{menu}{If not NULL, menu will get set to the associated menu.} + \wxheading{Return value} The found menu item object, or NULL if one was not found. @@ -589,6 +713,31 @@ Returns the menu at {\it menuIndex} (zero-based). Returns the number of menus in this menubar. +\membersection{wxMenuBar::Insert}\label{wxmenubarinsert} + +\func{bool}{Insert}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{wxMenu *}{menu}, \param{const wxString\& }{title}} + +Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar. Inserting menu at +position $0$ will insert it in the very beginning of it, inserting at position +\helpref{GetMenuCount()}{wxmenubargetmenucount} is the same as calling +\helpref{Append()}{wxmenubarappend}. + +\wxheading{Parameters} + +\docparam{pos}{The position of the new menu in the menu bar} + +\docparam{menu}{The menu to add. wxMenuBar owns the menu and will free it.} + +\docparam{title}{The title of the menu.} + +\wxheading{Return value} + +TRUE on success, FALSE if an error occurred. + +\wxheading{See also} + +\helpref{wxMenuBar::Append}{wxmenubarappend} + \membersection{wxMenuBar::IsChecked}\label{wxmenubarischecked} \constfunc{bool}{IsChecked}{\param{int}{ id}} @@ -617,6 +766,49 @@ Determines whether an item is enabled. TRUE if the item was found and is enabled, FALSE otherwise. +\membersection{wxMenuBar::Refresh}\label{wxmenubarrefresh} + +\func{void}{Refresh}{\void} + +Redraw the menu bar + +\membersection{wxMenuBar::Remove}\label{wxmenubarremove} + +\func{wxMenu *}{Remove}{\param{size\_t }{pos}} + +Removes the menu from the menu bar and returns the menu object - the caller is +reposnbile for deleting it. This function may be used together with +\helpref{wxMenuBar::Insert}{wxmenubarinsert} to change the menubar +dynamically. + +\wxheading{See also} + +\helpref{wxMenuBar::Replace}{wxmenubarreplace} + +\membersection{wxMenuBar::Replace}\label{wxmenubarreplace} + +\func{wxMenu *}{Replace}{\param{size\_t }{pos}, \param{wxMenu *}{menu}, \param{const wxString\& }{title}} + +Replaces the menu at the given position with another one. + +\wxheading{Parameters} + +\docparam{pos}{The position of the new menu in the menu bar} + +\docparam{menu}{The menu to add.} + +\docparam{title}{The title of the menu.} + +\wxheading{Return value} + +The menu which was previously at the position {\it pos}. The caller is +responsible for deleting it. + +\wxheading{See also} + +\helpref{wxMenuBar::Insert}{wxmenubarinsert},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxMenuBar::Remove}{wxmenubarremove} + \membersection{wxMenuBar::SetHelpString}\label{wxmenubarsethelpstring} \func{void}{SetHelpString}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString}}