org.gnu.gtk

Class MenuShell

Known Direct Subclasses:
Menu, MenuBar

public abstract class MenuShell
extends Container

The MenuShell class is an abstract base class used to derive the Menu and MenuBar subclasses.

A MenuShell is a container of MenuItem objects arranged in a list which can be navigated, selected, and activated by the user to perform application functions. A MenuItem can have a submenu associated with it, allowing for nested hierarchical menus.

Method Summary

void
activateItem(MenuItem menuItem, boolean forceDeactivate)
Activates the MenuItem within the MenuShell.
void
append(MenuItem child)
Append a new MenuItem to the end of the MenuShell's item list.
void
cancel()
Cancels the selection within the menu shell.
void
deactivate()
Deactivates the MenuShell.
void
deselect()
Deselects the currently selected item from the MenuShell.
boolean
getTakeFocus()
static Type
getType()
Retrieve the runtime type used by the GLib library.
void
insert(MenuItem child, int position)
Adds a new MenuItem to the MenuShell's item list at the requested position.
void
prepend(MenuItem child)
Adds a new MenuItem to the beginning of the MenuShell's item list.
void
selectFirst(boolean searchSensitive)
Select the first visible or selectable child of the menu shell.
void
selectItem(MenuItem menuItem)
Selects the MenuItem from the MenuShell.
void
setTakeFocus(boolean takeFocus)

Methods inherited from class org.gnu.gtk.Container

add, addListener, getBooleanChildProperty, getBorderWidth, getChildProperty, getChildren, getEventListenerClass, getEventType, getIntChildProperty, getResizeMode, getType, remove, removeListener, resizeChildren, setBooleanChildProperty, setBorderWidth, setChildProperty, setIntChildProperty, setResizeMode

Methods inherited from class org.gnu.gtk.Widget

activate, addAccelerator, addEvents, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, addListener, canActivateAccel, createContext, createLayout, draw, drawArea, drawArea, finish, getAccessible, getAllocation, getCanFocus, getColormap, getContext, getData, getDisplay, getDragData, getEventListenerClass, getEventType, getExtensionEvents, getModifierStyle, getName, getParent, getParentWindow, getPointer, getRootWindow, getScreen, getSensitive, getStyle, getToplevel, getType, getWidget, getWindow, grabDefault, grabFocus, hasFocus, hasScreen, hide, hideAll, highlight, highlight, intersect, isAncestor, makeWidget, modifyStyle, popColormap, pushColormap, realize, removeAccelerator, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, reparent, setBackgroundColor, setBaseColor, setCanFocus, setColormap, setDoubleBuffered, setDragDestination, setDragIcon, setDragIconPixbuf, setDragIconStock, setDragSource, setEvents, setExtensionEvents, setFont, setForegroundColor, setMinimumSize, setName, setNoDragDestination, setNoDragSource, setSensitive, setTextColor, shapeCombineMask, show, showAll, unHighlight, unHighlight

Methods inherited from class org.gnu.gtk.GtkObject

destroy, getType, sink

Method Details

activateItem

public void activateItem(MenuItem menuItem,
                         boolean forceDeactivate)
Activates the MenuItem within the MenuShell.
Parameters:
menuItem - The MenuItem to activate.
forceDeactivate - If true, force the deactivation of the MenuShell after the MenuItem is activated.

append

public void append(MenuItem child)
Append a new MenuItem to the end of the MenuShell's item list.
Parameters:
child - The MenuItem to add

cancel

public void cancel()
Cancels the selection within the menu shell.

deactivate

public void deactivate()
Deactivates the MenuShell. Typically this results in the MenuShell being erased from the screen.

deselect

public void deselect()
Deselects the currently selected item from the MenuShell.

getTakeFocus

public boolean getTakeFocus()

getType

public static Type getType()
Retrieve the runtime type used by the GLib library.
Overrides:
getType in interface Container

insert

public void insert(MenuItem child,
                   int position)
Adds a new MenuItem to the MenuShell's item list at the requested position.
Parameters:
child - The MenuItem to add.
position - The position in the item list where child is added. Positions are zero based.

prepend

public void prepend(MenuItem child)
Adds a new MenuItem to the beginning of the MenuShell's item list.
Parameters:
child - The MenuItem to add.

selectFirst

public void selectFirst(boolean searchSensitive)
Select the first visible or selectable child of the menu shell. It won't select tearoff items unless the only item is a tearoff item.
Parameters:
searchSensitive - If TRUE, search for the first selectable menu item, otherwise select nothing if the first item isn't sensitive. This should be FALSE if the menu is being popped up initially.

selectItem

public void selectItem(MenuItem menuItem)
Selects the MenuItem from the MenuShell.
Parameters:
menuItem - The MenuItem to select.

setTakeFocus

public void setTakeFocus(boolean takeFocus)