GtkMenuShell

GtkMenuShell — A base class for menu objects

Properties

gboolean take-focus Read / Write

Signals

void activate-current Action
void cancel Action
void cycle-focus Action
void deactivate Run First
void insert Run First
void move-current Action
gboolean move-selected Run Last
void selection-done Run First

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkMenuShell
                    ├── GtkMenuBar
                    ╰── GtkMenu

Implemented Interfaces

GtkMenuShell implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

A GtkMenuShell is the abstract base class used to derive the GtkMenu and GtkMenuBar subclasses.

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

Terminology

A menu item can be “selected”, this means that it is displayed in the prelight state, and if it has a submenu, that submenu will be popped up.

A menu is “active” when it is visible onscreen and the user is selecting from it. A menubar is not active until the user clicks on one of its menuitems. When a menu is active, passing the mouse over a submenu will pop it up.

There is also is a concept of the current menu and a current menu item. The current menu item is the selected menu item that is furthest down in the hierarchy. (Every active menu shell does not necessarily contain a selected menu item, but if it does, then the parent menu shell must also contain a selected menu item.) The current menu is the menu that contains the current menu item. It will always have a GTK grab and receive all key presses.

Functions

gtk_menu_shell_append ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_append (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                       GtkWidget *child);

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

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

child

The GtkMenuItem to add.

[type Gtk.MenuItem]

gtk_menu_shell_prepend ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_prepend (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                        GtkWidget *child);

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

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

child

The GtkMenuItem to add

gtk_menu_shell_insert ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_insert (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                       GtkWidget *child,
                       gint position);

Adds a new GtkMenuItem to the menu shell’s item list at the position indicated by position .

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

child

The GtkMenuItem to add

position

The position in the item list where child is added. Positions are numbered from 0 to n-1

gtk_menu_shell_deactivate ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_deactivate (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell);

Deactivates the menu shell.

Typically this results in the menu shell being erased from the screen.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

gtk_menu_shell_select_item ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_select_item (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                            GtkWidget *menu_item);

Selects the menu item from the menu shell.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

menu_item

The GtkMenuItem to select

gtk_menu_shell_select_first ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_select_first (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                             gboolean search_sensitive);

Select the first visible or selectable child of the menu shell; don’t select tearoff items unless the only item is a tearoff item.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

search_sensitive

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.

Since: 2.2

gtk_menu_shell_deselect ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_deselect (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell);

Deselects the currently selected item from the menu shell, if any.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

gtk_menu_shell_activate_item ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_activate_item (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                              GtkWidget *menu_item,
                              gboolean force_deactivate);

Activates the menu item within the menu shell.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

menu_item

the GtkMenuItem to activate

force_deactivate

if TRUE, force the deactivation of the menu shell after the menu item is activated

gtk_menu_shell_cancel ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_cancel (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell);

Cancels the selection within the menu shell.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

Since: 2.4

gtk_menu_shell_set_take_focus ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_set_take_focus (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                               gboolean take_focus);

If take_focus is TRUE (the default) the menu shell will take the keyboard focus so that it will receive all keyboard events which is needed to enable keyboard navigation in menus.

Setting take_focus to FALSE is useful only for special applications like virtual keyboard implementations which should not take keyboard focus.

The take_focus state of a menu or menu bar is automatically propagated to submenus whenever a submenu is popped up, so you don’t have to worry about recursively setting it for your entire menu hierarchy. Only when programmatically picking a submenu and popping it up manually, the take_focus property of the submenu needs to be set explicitly.

Note that setting it to FALSE has side-effects:

If the focus is in some other app, it keeps the focus and keynav in the menu doesn’t work. Consequently, keynav on the menu will only work if the focus is on some toplevel owned by the onscreen keyboard.

To avoid confusing the user, menus with take_focus set to FALSE should not display mnemonics or accelerators, since it cannot be guaranteed that they will work.

See also gdk_keyboard_grab()

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

take_focus

TRUE if the menu shell should take the keyboard focus on popup

Since: 2.8

gtk_menu_shell_get_take_focus ()

gboolean
gtk_menu_shell_get_take_focus (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell);

Returns TRUE if the menu shell will take the keyboard focus on popup.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

Returns

TRUE if the menu shell will take the keyboard focus on popup.

Since: 2.8

gtk_menu_shell_get_selected_item ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_shell_get_selected_item (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell);

Gets the currently selected item.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

Returns

the currently selected item.

[transfer none]

Since: 3.0

gtk_menu_shell_get_parent_shell ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_shell_get_parent_shell (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell);

Gets the parent menu shell.

The parent menu shell of a submenu is the GtkMenu or GtkMenuBar from which it was opened up.

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

Returns

the parent GtkMenuShell.

[transfer none]

Since: 3.0

gtk_menu_shell_bind_model ()

void
gtk_menu_shell_bind_model (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
                           GMenuModel *model,
                           const gchar *action_namespace,
                           gboolean with_separators);

Establishes a binding between a GtkMenuShell and a GMenuModel.

The contents of shell are removed and then refilled with menu items according to model . When model changes, shell is updated. Calling this function twice on shell with different model will cause the first binding to be replaced with a binding to the new model. If model is NULL then any previous binding is undone and all children are removed.

with_separators determines if toplevel items (eg: sections) have separators inserted between them. This is typically desired for menus but doesn’t make sense for menubars.

If action_namespace is non-NULL then the effect is as if all actions mentioned in the model have their names prefixed with the namespace, plus a dot. For example, if the action “quit” is mentioned and action_namespace is “app” then the effective action name is “app.quit”.

This function uses GtkActionable to define the action name and target values on the created menu items. If you want to use an action group other than “app” and “win”, or if you want to use a GtkMenuShell outside of a GtkApplicationWindow, then you will need to attach your own action group to the widget hierarchy using gtk_widget_insert_action_group(). As an example, if you created a group with a “quit” action and inserted it with the name “mygroup” then you would use the action name “mygroup.quit” in your GMenuModel.

For most cases you are probably better off using gtk_menu_new_from_model() or gtk_menu_bar_new_from_model() or just directly passing the GMenuModel to gtk_application_set_app_menu() or gtk_application_set_menubar().

Parameters

menu_shell

a GtkMenuShell

model

the GMenuModel to bind to or NULL to remove binding.

[allow-none]

action_namespace

the namespace for actions in model .

[allow-none]

with_separators

TRUE if toplevel items in shell should have separators between them

Since: 3.6

Types and Values

struct GtkMenuShell

struct GtkMenuShell;

enum GtkMenuDirectionType

An enumeration representing directional movements within a menu.

Members

GTK_MENU_DIR_PARENT

To the parent menu shell

GTK_MENU_DIR_CHILD

To the submenu, if any, associated with the item

GTK_MENU_DIR_NEXT

To the next menu item

GTK_MENU_DIR_PREV

To the previous menu item

Property Details

The “take-focus” property

  “take-focus”               gboolean

A boolean that determines whether the menu and its submenus grab the keyboard focus. See gtk_menu_shell_set_take_focus() and gtk_menu_shell_get_take_focus().

Owner: GtkMenuShell

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since: 2.8

Signal Details

The “activate-current” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenuShell *menushell,
               gboolean      force_hide,
               gpointer      user_data)

An action signal that activates the current menu item within the menu shell.

Parameters

menushell

the object which received the signal

force_hide

if TRUE, hide the menu after activating the menu item

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Action

The “cancel” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenuShell *menushell,
               gpointer      user_data)

An action signal which cancels the selection within the menu shell. Causes the “selection-done” signal to be emitted.

Parameters

menushell

the object which received the signal

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Action

The “cycle-focus” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenuShell    *menushell,
               GtkDirectionType direction,
               gpointer         user_data)

A keybinding signal which moves the focus in the given direction .

Parameters

menushell

the object which received the signal

direction

the direction to cycle in

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Action

The “deactivate” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenuShell *menushell,
               gpointer      user_data)

This signal is emitted when a menu shell is deactivated.

Parameters

menushell

the object which received the signal

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

The “insert” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
               GtkWidget    *child,
               int           position,
               gpointer      user_data)

The ::insert signal is emitted when a new GtkMenuItem is added to a GtkMenuShell. A separate signal is used instead of GtkContainer::add because of the need for an additional position parameter.

The inverse of this signal is the GtkContainer::removed signal.

Parameters

menu_shell

the object on which the signal is emitted

child

the GtkMenuItem that is being inserted

position

the position at which the insert occurs

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

Since: 3.2

The “move-current” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenuShell        *menushell,
               GtkMenuDirectionType direction,
               gpointer             user_data)

An keybinding signal which moves the current menu item in the direction specified by direction .

Parameters

menushell

the object which received the signal

direction

the direction to move

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Action

The “move-selected” signal

gboolean
user_function (GtkMenuShell *menu_shell,
               int           distance,
               gpointer      user_data)

The ::move-selected signal is emitted to move the selection to another item.

Parameters

menu_shell

the object on which the signal is emitted

distance

+1 to move to the next item, -1 to move to the previous

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns

TRUE to stop the signal emission, FALSE to continue

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.12

The “selection-done” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenuShell *menushell,
               gpointer      user_data)

This signal is emitted when a selection has been completed within a menu shell.

Parameters

menushell

the object which received the signal

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

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