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
file-monitor Emit signal when input file(s) change true or false 0.8.1
auto-refresh Auto refresh when input file(s) change true or false 0.8.1
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.

The "file-changed" signal is emitted if file-monitor is true and the input file being monitored has changed.

The following signals are connected-up for all widgets:

button-press-event, button-release-event, configure-event, enter-notify-event, leave-notify-event, focus-in-event, focus-out-event, hide, show, key-press-event, key-release-event, map-event, unmap-event

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
show Show widget Shell variable name 0.8.1
hide Hide widget Shell variable name 0.8.1
activate Activate widget Shell variable name 0.8.1
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 dialog Shell variable name
launch Launch dialog Shell variable name
presentwindow Present dialog Shell variable name 0.8.1

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, eventbox, expander, fontbutton, frame, hbox, hscale, hseparator, list, menubar, menuitemseparator, menuitem, menu, notebook, pixmap, progressbar, radiobutton, separator, spinbutton, statusbar, table, terminal, text, timer, togglebutton, tree, vbox, vscale, vseparator, window,