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Using menus Using menus requires you to create at least three objects: wxMenuBar, wxMenu and wxMenuItem. The wxMenuBar is child to the wxFrame of your application. The wxMenuBar can have multiple wxMenu children, and each wxMenu can have multiple wxMenuItem children.

Menu Events:

wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED
wxEVT_MENU_CHAR
wxEVT_MENU_INIT
wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT
wxEVT_POPUP_MENU_INIT

When setting an event for a wxMenuItem under Linux, this must be a sequence where the first element is the wxFrame to which the wxMenuItem belongs, and the second element is the wxMenu to which the wxMenuItem belongs. Under Windows, set_event_hander() will also accept this as a sequence.

Functions/Procedures

proc check_menuitem( atom menuitem, integer check )
proc enable_menuitem( atom menuitem, integer enable )
func get_menuevent_id( atom event )
func get_menuitem_id( atom item )
func insert_menuitem( atom menu, integer position, atom id, sequence text, sequence help, integer checkable )
func is_menuitem_checked( atom menuitem )
proc remove_menuitem( atom menu, atom item )
proc set_menu_label( atom menu, atom id, sequence label )

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[proc]
check_menuitem ( atom menuitem, integer check )

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If check is 0, then the menuitem is unchecked. If check is 1, then the menuitem is checked.

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enable_menuitem ( atom menuitem, integer enable )

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1 enables a menuitem, 0 disables.

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[func]
get_menuevent_id ( atom event )

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Returns the id of the wxMenuItem that generated the event. This should only be called from within a wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED event procedure.

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get_menuitem_id ( atom item )

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Returns the id for a wxMenuItem. Since wxMenuItem is not derived from wxWindow, you should never use get_id() with a wxMenuItem.

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insert_menuitem ( atom menu, integer position, atom id, sequence text, sequence help, integer checkable )

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Insert a wxMenuItem at position in the specified menu.

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is_menuitem_checked ( atom menuitem )

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Returns 1 if the menuitem is checked, 0 otherwise.

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[proc]
remove_menuitem ( atom menu, atom item )

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Removes a wxMenuItem from a wxMenu and deletes the wxMenuItem.

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set_menu_label ( atom menu, atom id, sequence label )

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Use to change the text of a menu item. id should be the id of the menuitem.