X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/c87957c2dbde7a23a1c74062cdf27b7fb35c843f..3af706cc3164bacc24899e0fc827c28e7ea812b6:/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex b/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex index 8c0aedbb23..d5cc838779 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Name: menuitem.tex +%% Purpose: wxMenuItem documentation +%% Author: wxWidgets Team +%% Modified by: +%% Created: +%% RCS-ID: $Id$ +%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets Team +%% License: wxWindows license +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + \section{\class{wxMenuItem}}\label{wxmenuitem} A menu item represents an item in a menu. Note that you usually don't have to @@ -5,11 +16,11 @@ deal with it directly as \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu} methods usually construct an object of this class for you. Also please note that the methods related to fonts and bitmaps are currently -only implemented for Windows. +only implemented for Windows and GTK+. \wxheading{Derived from} -wxOwnerDrawn (Windows only)\\ +% add wxOwnerDrawn once it is documented \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject} \wxheading{Include files} @@ -27,10 +38,41 @@ wxOwnerDrawn (Windows only)\\ \func{}{wxMenuItem}{\param{wxMenu*}{ parentMenu = NULL}, \param{int}{ id = wxID\_SEPARATOR}, \param{const wxString\& }{text = ""}, \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}, - \param{wxItemKind }{kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}, \param{wxMenu*}{ subMenu = NULL}, } + \param{wxItemKind }{kind = wxITEM\_NORMAL}, \param{wxMenu*}{ subMenu = NULL}} Constructs a wxMenuItem object. +Menu items can be standard, or ``stock menu items'', or custom. For the +standard menu items (such as commands to open a file, exit the program and so +on, see \helpref{stock items}{stockitems} for the full list) it is enough to +specify just the stock ID and leave \arg{text} and \arg{helpString} empty. In +fact, leaving at least \arg{text} empty for the stock menu items is strongly +recommended as they will have appearance and keyboard interface (including +standard accelerators) familiar to the user. + +For the custom (non-stock) menu items, \arg{text} must be specified and while +\arg{helpString} may be left empty, it's recommended to pass the item +description (which is automatically shown by the library in the status bar when +the menu item is selected) in this parameter. + +Finally note that you can e.g. use a stock menu label without using its stock +help string: + +\begin{verbatim} +// use all stock properties: +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")); + +// use all stock properties except for the bitmap: +wxMenuItem *mymenu = new wxMenuItem(helpMenu, wxID_ABOUT); +mymenu->SetBitmap(wxArtProvider::GetBitmap(wxART_WARNING)); +helpMenu->Append(mymenu); +\end{verbatim} + +that is, stock properties are set independently one from the other. + \wxheading{Parameters} \docparam{parentMenu}{Menu that the menu item belongs to.} @@ -58,7 +100,7 @@ Destructor. \membersection{wxMenuItem::Check}\label{wxmenuitemcheck} -\func{void}{Check}{\param{bool}{ check}} +\func{void}{Check}{\param{bool}{ check = true}} Checks or unchecks the menu item. @@ -67,7 +109,7 @@ Note that this only works when the item is already appended to a menu. \membersection{wxMenuItem::Enable}\label{wxmenuitemenable} -\func{void}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable}} +\func{void}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = true}} Enables or disables the menu item. @@ -154,6 +196,13 @@ will return just {\tt "Hello"}. Gets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap (Windows only). +\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetMenu}\label{wxmenuitemgetmenu} + +\constfunc{wxMenu*}{GetMenu}{\void} + +Returns the menu this menu item is in, or NULL if this menu item is not attached. + + \membersection{wxMenuItem::GetName}\label{wxmenuitemgetname} \constfunc{wxString}{GetName}{\void} @@ -236,7 +285,7 @@ Sets the background colour associated with the menu item (Windows only). \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetBitmap}\label{wxmenuitemsetbitmap} -\constfunc{void}{SetBitmap}{\param{const wxBitmap\& }{bmp}} +\func{void}{SetBitmap}{\param{const wxBitmap\& }{bmp}} Sets the bitmap for the menu item (Windows and GTK+ only). It is equivalent to \helpref{SetBitmaps}{wxmenuitemsetbitmaps}(bmp, wxNullBitmap). @@ -244,7 +293,7 @@ equivalent to \helpref{SetBitmaps}{wxmenuitemsetbitmaps}(bmp, wxNullBitmap). \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetBitmaps}\label{wxmenuitemsetbitmaps} -\constfunc{void}{SetBitmaps}{\param{const wxBitmap\& }{checked}, +\func{void}{SetBitmaps}{\param{const wxBitmap\& }{checked}, \param{const wxBitmap\& }{unchecked = wxNullBitmap}} Sets the checked/unchecked bitmaps for the menu item (Windows only). The first bitmap @@ -253,14 +302,14 @@ is also used as the single bitmap for uncheckable menu items. \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetFont}\label{wxmenuitemsetfont} -\constfunc{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}} +\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}} Sets the font associated with the menu item (Windows only). \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetHelp}\label{wxmenuitemsethelp} -\constfunc{void}{SetHelp}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpString}} +\func{void}{SetHelp}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpString}} Sets the help string. @@ -272,16 +321,30 @@ Sets the help string. Sets the width of the menu item checkmark bitmap (Windows only). +\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetMenu}\label{wxmenuitemsetmenu} + +\func{void}{SetMenu}{\param{const wxMenu*}{menu}} + +Sets the parent menu which will contain this menu item. + + +\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetSubMenu}\label{wxmenuitemsetsubmenu} + +\func{void}{SetSubMenu}{\param{const wxMenu*}{menu}} + +Sets the submenu of this menu item. + + \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetText}\label{wxmenuitemsettext} -\constfunc{void}{SetText}{\param{const wxString\& }{text}} +\func{void}{SetText}{\param{const wxString\& }{text}} Sets the text associated with the menu item. \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetTextColour}\label{wxmenuitemsettextcolour} -\constfunc{void}{SetTextColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}} +\func{void}{SetTextColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}} Sets the text colour associated with the menu item (Windows only).