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# GtkMenu

## Name

GtkMenu -- a drop down menu widget.

## Synopsis

    #include <gtk/gtk.h>

    struct      GtkMenu;
    GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_new                    (void);
    void        gtk_menu_set_screen             (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GdkScreen *screen);
    #define     gtk_menu_append                 (menu,child)
    #define     gtk_menu_prepend                (menu,child)
    #define     gtk_menu_insert                 (menu,child,pos)
    void        gtk_menu_reorder_child          (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkWidget *child,
                                                 gint position);
    void        gtk_menu_popup                  (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkWidget *parent_menu_shell,
                                                 GtkWidget *parent_menu_item,
                                                 GtkMenuPositionFunc func,
                                                 gpointer data,
                                                 guint button,
                                                 guint32 activate_time);
    void        gtk_menu_set_accel_group        (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);
    GtkAccelGroup* gtk_menu_get_accel_group     (GtkMenu *menu);
    void        gtk_menu_set_accel_path         (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 const gchar *accel_path);
    void        gtk_menu_set_title              (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 const gchar *title);
    gboolean    gtk_menu_get_tearoff_state      (GtkMenu *menu);
    G_CONST_RETURN gchar* gtk_menu_get_title    (GtkMenu *menu);

    void        gtk_menu_popdown                (GtkMenu *menu);
    void        gtk_menu_reposition             (GtkMenu *menu);
    GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_get_active             (GtkMenu *menu);
    void        gtk_menu_set_active             (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 guint index);
    void        gtk_menu_set_tearoff_state      (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 gboolean torn_off);
    void        gtk_menu_attach_to_widget       (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkWidget *attach_widget,
                                                 GtkMenuDetachFunc detacher);
    void        gtk_menu_detach                 (GtkMenu *menu);
    GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_get_attach_widget      (GtkMenu *menu);
    void        (*GtkMenuPositionFunc)          (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 gint *x,
                                                 gint *y,
                                                 gboolean *push_in,
                                                 gpointer user_data);
    void        (*GtkMenuDetachFunc)            (GtkWidget *attach_widget,
                                                 GtkMenu *menu);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GtkObject
             +----GtkWidget
                   +----GtkContainer
                         +----GtkMenuShell
                               +----GtkMenu

## Properties

      "tearoff-title"        gchararray           : Read / Write

## Description

A GtkMenu is a GtkMenuShell that implements a drop down menu consisting of a list of GtkMenuItem objects which can be navigated and activated by the user to perform application functions.

A GtkMenu is most commonly dropped down by activating a GtkMenuItem in a GtkMenuBar or popped up by activating a GtkMenuItem in another GtkMenu.

A GtkMenu can also be popped up by activating a GtkOptionMenu. Other composite widgets such as the GtkNotebook can pop up a GtkMenu as well.

Applications can display a GtkMenu as a popup menu by calling the gtk_menu_popup() function. The example below shows how an application can pop up a menu when the 3rd mouse button is pressed.

Example 1. Connecting the popup signal handler.

        /* connect our handler which will popup the menu */
        g_signal_connect_swapped (GTK_OBJECT (window), "button_press_event",
    	G_CALLBACK (my_popup_handler), GTK_OBJECT (menu));

Example 2. Signal handler which displays a popup menu.

    static gint
    my_popup_handler (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEvent *event)
    {
      GtkMenu *menu;
      GdkEventButton *event_button;

      g_return_val_if_fail (widget != NULL, FALSE);
      g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_MENU (widget), FALSE);
      g_return_val_if_fail (event != NULL, FALSE);

      /* The "widget" is the menu that was supplied when
       * g_signal_connect_swapped() was called.
       */
      menu = GTK_MENU (widget);

      if (event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS)
        {
          event_button = (GdkEventButton *) event;
          if (event_button->button == 3)
    	{
    	  gtk_menu_popup (menu, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
    			  event_button->button, event_button->time);
    	  return TRUE;
    	}
        }

      return FALSE;
    }

## Details

### struct GtkMenu

    struct GtkMenu;

The GtkMenu struct contains private data only, and should be accessed using the functions below.

### gtk_menu_new ()

    GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_new                    (void);

Creates a new GtkMenu.

Returns : | a new GtkMenu.

### gtk_menu_set_screen ()

    void        gtk_menu_set_screen             (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GdkScreen *screen);

Sets the GtkScreen on which the GtkMenu will be displayed. This function can only be called before `menu` is realized.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`screen` : | a GtkScreen.

### gtk_menu_append()

    #define gtk_menu_append(menu,child)	gtk_menu_shell_append  ((GtkMenuShell *)(menu),(child))

Warning
`gtk_menu_append` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Adds a new GtkMenuItem to the end of the menu's item list.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`child` : | The GtkMenuItem to add.

### gtk_menu_prepend()

    #define gtk_menu_prepend(menu,child)    gtk_menu_shell_prepend ((GtkMenuShell *)(menu),(child))

Warning
`gtk_menu_prepend` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Adds a new GtkMenuItem to the beginning of the menu's item list.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`child` : | The GtkMenuItem to add.

### gtk_menu_insert()

    #define gtk_menu_insert(menu,child,pos)	gtk_menu_shell_insert ((GtkMenuShell *)(menu),(child),(pos))

Warning
`gtk_menu_insert` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Adds a new GtkMenuItem to the menu's item list at the position indicated by `position`.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`child` : | The GtkMenuItem to add.
`pos` : |

### gtk_menu_reorder_child ()

    void        gtk_menu_reorder_child          (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkWidget *child,
                                                 gint position);

Moves a GtkMenuItem to a new position within the GtkMenu.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`child` : | the GtkMenuItem to move.
`position` : | the new position to place `child`. Positions are numbered from 0 to n-1.

### gtk_menu_popup ()

    void        gtk_menu_popup                  (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkWidget *parent_menu_shell,
                                                 GtkWidget *parent_menu_item,
                                                 GtkMenuPositionFunc func,
                                                 gpointer data,
                                                 guint button,
                                                 guint32 activate_time);

Displays a menu and makes it available for selection. Applications can use this function to display context-sensitive menus, and will typically supply `NULL` for the `parent_menu_shell`, `parent_menu_item`, `func` and `data` parameters. The default menu positioning function will position the menu at the current pointer position.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`parent_menu_shell` : | the menu shell containing the triggering menu item.
`parent_menu_item` : | the menu item whose activation triggered the popup.
`func` : | a user supplied function used to position the menu.
`data` : | user supplied data to be passed to `func`.
`button` : | the button which was pressed to initiate the event.
`activate_time` : | the time at which the activation event occurred.

### gtk_menu_set_accel_group ()

    void        gtk_menu_set_accel_group        (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);

Set the GtkAccelGroup which holds global accelerators for the menu. This accelerator group needs to also be added to all windows that this menu is being used in with gtk_window_add_accel_group(), in order for those windows to support all the accelerators contained in this group.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`accel_group` : | the GtkAccelGroup to be associated with the menu.

### gtk_menu_get_accel_group ()

    GtkAccelGroup* gtk_menu_get_accel_group     (GtkMenu *menu);

Gets the GtkAccelGroup which holds global accelerators for the menu. See gtk_menu_set_accel_group().

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
Returns : | the GtkAccelGroup associated with the menu.

### gtk_menu_set_accel_path ()

    void        gtk_menu_set_accel_path         (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 const gchar *accel_path);

Sets an accelerator path for this menu from which accelerator paths for its immediate children, its menu items, can be constructed. The main purpose of this function is to spare the programmer the inconvenience of having to call gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path() on each menu item that should support runtime user changable accelerators. Instead, by just calling gtk_menu_set_accel_path() on their parent, each menu item of this menu, that contains a label describing its purpose, automatically gets an accel path assigned. For example, a menu containing menu items "New" and "Exit", will, after `gtk_menu_set_accel_path (menu, "<Gnumeric-Sheet>/File");` has been called, assign its items the accel paths: `"<Gnumeric-Sheet>/File/New"` and `"<Gnumeric-Sheet>/File/Exit"`. Assigning accel paths to menu items then enables the user to change their accelerators at runtime. More details about accelerator paths and their default setups can be found at gtk_accel_map_add_entry().

`menu` : | a valid GtkMenu
`accel_path` : | a valid accelerator path

### gtk_menu_set_title ()

    void        gtk_menu_set_title              (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 const gchar *title);

Sets the title string for the menu. The title is displayed when the menu is shown as a tearoff menu.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu
`title` : | a string containing the title for the menu.

### gtk_menu_get_tearoff_state ()

    gboolean    gtk_menu_get_tearoff_state      (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns whether the menu is torn off. See gtk_menu_set_tearoff_state().

`menu` : | a GtkMenu
Returns : | `TRUE` if the menu is currently torn off.

### gtk_menu_get_title ()

    G_CONST_RETURN gchar* gtk_menu_get_title    (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns the title of the menu. See gtk_menu_set_title().

`menu` : | a GtkMenu
Returns : | the title of the menu, or `NULL` if the menu has no title set on it.

### gtk_menu_popdown ()

    void        gtk_menu_popdown                (GtkMenu *menu);

Removes the menu from the screen.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.

### gtk_menu_reposition ()

    void        gtk_menu_reposition             (GtkMenu *menu);

Repositions the menu according to its position function.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.

### gtk_menu_get_active ()

    GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_get_active             (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns the selected menu item from the menu. This is used by the GtkOptionMenu.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
Returns : | the GtkMenuItem that was last selected in the menu. If a selection has not yet been made, the first menu item is selected.

### gtk_menu_set_active ()

    void        gtk_menu_set_active             (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 guint index);

Selects the specified menu item within the menu. This is used by the GtkOptionMenu and should not be used by anyone else.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`index` : | the index of the menu item to select. Index values are from 0 to n-1.

### gtk_menu_set_tearoff_state ()

    void        gtk_menu_set_tearoff_state      (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 gboolean torn_off);

Changes the tearoff state of the menu. A menu is normally displayed as drop down menu which persists as long as the menu is active. It can also be displayed as a tearoff menu which persists until it is closed or reattached.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`torn_off` : | If `TRUE`, menu is displayed as a tearoff menu.

### gtk_menu_attach_to_widget ()

    void        gtk_menu_attach_to_widget       (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 GtkWidget *attach_widget,
                                                 GtkMenuDetachFunc detacher);

Attaches the menu to the widget and provides a callback function that will be invoked when the menu calls gtk_menu_detach() during its destruction.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`attach_widget` : | the GtkWidget that the menu will be attached to.
`detacher` : | the user supplied callback function that will be called when the menu calls gtk_menu_detach().

### gtk_menu_detach ()

    void        gtk_menu_detach                 (GtkMenu *menu);

Detaches the menu from the widget to which it had been attached. This function will call the callback function, `detacher`, provided when the gtk_menu_attach_to_widget() function was called.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.

### gtk_menu_get_attach_widget ()

    GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_get_attach_widget      (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns the GtkWidget that the menu is attached to.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
Returns : | the GtkWidget that the menu is attached to.

### GtkMenuPositionFunc ()

    void        (*GtkMenuPositionFunc)          (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                 gint *x,
                                                 gint *y,
                                                 gboolean *push_in,
                                                 gpointer user_data);

A user function supplied when calling gtk_menu_popup() which controls the positioning of the menu when it is displayed. The function sets the `x` and `y` parameters to the coordinates where the menu is to be drawn.

`menu` : | a GtkMenu.
`x` : | address of the gint representing the horizontal position where the menu shall be drawn. This is an output parameter.
`y` : | address of the gint representing the vertical position where the menu shall be drawn. This is an output parameter.
`push_in` : |
`user_data` : | the data supplied by the user in the gtk_menu_popup() `data` parameter.

### GtkMenuDetachFunc ()

    void        (*GtkMenuDetachFunc)            (GtkWidget *attach_widget,
                                                 GtkMenu *menu);

A user function supplied when calling gtk_menu_attach_to_widget() which will be called when the menu is later detached from the widget.

`attach_widget` : | the GtkWidget that the menu is being detached from.
`menu` : | the GtkMenu being detached.

## Properties

"`tearoff-title`" (gchararray : Read / Write)

  A title that may be displayed by the window manager when this menu is torn-off.

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