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Sample Code 441: How to set up menu using GtkAction - Part 1? |
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Written by kksou
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
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Problem You have seen how to set up menu in the article How to set up menu and radio menu - Part 1?
You can also create menus using another way: using the GtkAction. The result is the same – you'll get the same menus as shown below:
Solution Compare the sample code below with that of How to set up toolbar using GtkAction - Part 1?
You will find that setting up menus and setting up toolbars using GtkAction is almost identical, except for the following:
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$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_title($argv[0]);
$window->set_size_request(400, 150);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());
// define menu definition
// define menu definition
$menu_definition = array( // note 1
'_File' => array('_New', '_Open', '_Close', '<hr>',
'_Save', 'Save _As','<hr>', '_Quit'),
'_Edit' => array('Cut', 'Copy', '_Paste', '<hr>',
'Select All', '<hr>', '_Undo','_Redo'),
);
setup_menu($vbox, $menu_definition);
// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Set up Menu using GtkAction - Part 1");
$title->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Times New Roman Italic 10"));
$title->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000ff"));
$vbox->pack_start($title);
$vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel(''));
$window->show_all();
Gtk::main();
function setup_menu($vbox, $menu_definition) { // note 1
$menubar = new GtkMenuBar(); // note 2
$vbox->pack_start($menubar, 0, 0);
foreach($menu_definition as $toplevel => $sublevels) {
$menubar->append($top_menu = new GtkMenuItem($toplevel));
$menu = new GtkMenu();
$top_menu->set_submenu($menu);
foreach($sublevels as $item) {
if ($item=='<hr>') {
$menu->append(new GtkSeparatorMenuItem());
} else {
$item2 = str_replace('_', '', $item);
$item2 = str_replace(' ', '_', $item2);
$stock_image_name = 'Gtk::STOCK_'.strtoupper($item2);
$stock_image = '';
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Explanation
- This is the menu definition.
- Create a new toolbar.
- Get the stock image name from menu definition.
- Create a new GtkAction.
- Create a new menu item from the action.
- Register for the 'activate' signal on the action.
- Insert the menuitem into the menu.
- Process selection of menuitem.
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