VxMenu(1vtcl)

VxMenu -- build a menu, given a menu bar and list of items

Synopsis

VxMenu formDialog menuBar menuList defaultCB

Description

Builds a menu, given a menu bar and a list of items. To create a menu bar on a form dialog, you must specify the form dialog to place the menu bar on, the widget name of the menu bar, a list of menu item widgets to place on the menu bar, and a default callback (if no callbacks are specified for the menu items). Menu item widgets are buttons; typically, when a button in a menubar is pressed its callback creates a menu.

Options

formDialog: Sets widgetName of form dialog.
menuBar: Sets widgetName of menubar.
menuList: Sets menu list to build from.
defaultCB: Sets default callback to call if they are not set in the menuList.

Each item in menuList can contain the following indexes:

0

Type: one of pd, hp, cs, bt, or sp.

pd: Pulldown
hp: HelpPulldown
cs: CascadeButton
bt: PushButton
sp: Separator

1

Name: name of the button.

2

Mnemonic.

3

Accelerator.

4

acceleratorString of the button.

5

Callback to associate with the button.

6

If the item is a toggle button, this sets the initial state.

For example:


set menuList {
    {pd File F}
        {bt
        {bt  Exit    E
    {pd Edit E}
        {bt Cut   C
        {bt Copy  o
        {bt Paste P
}

set menubar [VtMenuBar $form.menubar]
VxMenu $form $menubar $menuList defaultCB

Use VxMenuGetButton to get the reference to a menu item widget; for example:

VxMenuGetButton $dlog "New"

References

VxMenuGetButton(1vtcl)