menu widget
A GtkMenuItem or GtkImageMenuItem with a submenu.
Definition
<menu tag_attr="value"...>
menu...
menuitem...
<label>text</label>
<variable>varname</variable>
<height>value</height>
<width>value</width>
<input>command</input>
<sensitive>state</sensitive>
<action>activity</action>...
<action signal="type">activity</action>...
<action type="function">parameter</action>...
</menu>
"..." denotes acceptance of multiples of the same thing.
Tag Attributes
See the GtkMenuItem or GtkImageMenuItem widget and ancestor class properties.
The following custom tag attributes are available:
Name | Description | Value | Since |
block-function-signals | Block signal emissions from functions | true or false | 0.7.21 |
icon-name[1] | GTK theme icon name | | 0.7.21 |
stock-id | GTK stock icon ID | gtk-about , gtk-add , ... (full list) | 0.7.21 |
image-name | Image filename | | 0.7.21 |
Directives
Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.
Name | Description | Contents | Mandatory | Since |
label | Initial text | | | |
variable | Shell variable name | | | |
height | Image scaling dimension | An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore | | 0.7.21 |
width | Image scaling dimension | An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore | | 0.7.21 |
input | Data input source | Shell command | | 0.7.21 |
sensitive | Sensitive state | true or false | | 0.7.21 |
action | Execute command on default signal | Shell command | | |
action | Perform function on default signal | function:parameter | | |
action signal="type" | Execute command on signal | Shell command | | |
action signal="type" | Perform function on signal | function:parameter | | |
action type="function" | Perform function on default signal | parameter | | |
Signals
The default signal is "activate", emitted when the item is activated.
See also the GtkMenuItem widget and ancestor class signals.
Functions
The following functions can be performed upon this widget by any widget capable of emitting signals:
Type | Description | Parameter | Since |
enable | Sensitise widget | Shell variable name | |
disable | Desensitise widget | Shell variable name | |
refresh | Reload input data | Shell variable name | 0.7.21 |
The following general functions can be performed by any widget capable of emitting signals:
Type | Description | Parameter | Since |
command | Execute command | Shell command | |
exit | Exit dialog | A value for the EXIT shell variable | |
closewindow | Close launched dialog | Launched dialog's shell variable name | |
launch | Launch new dialog | New dialog's shell variable name | |
Notes
1. Theme icons default to 16 and do not scale or refresh (the height or width directives can be used to request a size).
This widget must be the child of a menubar widget or another menu widget.
button,
checkbox,
colorbutton,
comboboxentry,
comboboxtext,
combobox,
edit,
entry,
frame,
hbox,
hscale,
hseparator,
list,
menubar,
menuitemseparator,
menuitem,
menu,
notebook,
pixmap,
progressbar,
radiobutton,
separator,
spinbutton,
statusbar,
table,
text,
timer,
togglebutton,
tree,
vbox,
vscale,
vseparator,
window,
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