Unit 'MUIClass.Menu'	Package
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TMUIMenuItem

[Properties (by Name)] [Methods (by Name)] [Events (by Name)]

Menuitem class describes a single menu item.

Declaration

Source position: MUIClass.Menu.pas line 46

`type TMUIMenuItem = class(TMUIFamily)`
`protected`
`procedure GetCreateTags(); override;`		Fill TagList for MUI item creation
`public`
`constructor Create; override;`		Create a MenuItem object
`procedure CreateObject; override;`		Create the MUI item
`procedure AfterCreateObject; override;`		Connect Evetns after MUI item creation
`published`
`property Checked: Boolean; [rw]`		Set/Get the State of checkable Menu items.
`property CheckIt: Boolean; [rw]`		Define Entry as checkable Menu item
`property CommandString: Boolean; [rw]`		Set to True if ShortCut is a full key sequence.
`property Enabled: Boolean; [rw]`		Enabled/Disable the menu item.
`property Exclude: LongWord; [rw]`		Bitmask of menu item numbers that are to be deselected when this one is selected.
`property ShortCut: string; [rw]`		Define the shortcut for a menu item.
`property Title: string; [rw]`		Define the items title.
`property Toggle: Boolean; [rw]`		Automatically toggle state when item is selected
`property OnTrigger: TNotifyEvent; [rw]`		Event when the Menu item is selected.
`end;`

Inheritance

`TMUIMenuItem`		Menuitem class describes a single menu item.
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`TMUIFamily`		Base class with list of children
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`TMUIWithParent`		Subclass of TNotify to introduce the Parent relation
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`TMUINotify`		Notify class is superclass of all other MUI classes.
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`TMUIRootClass`		Base class for all MUI Class
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`TObject`

Description

You can use all of the gadtools menus features expect Image menus here.

Since Menuitem class is a subclass of Family class, you can add other menu items as children of a menu item to indicate sub menus. MUI does not limit the level of sub menus, but the operating system currently allows a maximum nesting level of one. Because of this, children of menu items should not contain other menu items for now, the results are unpredictable.

Example:

MainMenu := TMUIMenuStrip.Create;

// MUIApp.MenuStrip := MainMenu; // alternative on the application, activate only one!
Window.Menustrip := MainMenu;

Men := TMUIMenu.Create;
with Men do
begin
  Title := 'Test Menu';   // Name of Menu (thats the one in the ScreenBar)
  Parent := MainMenu;     // attach to the Menustrip
end;

With TMUIMenuItem.Create do
begin
  Title := 'Config';         // Text on the menu item
  Parent := Men;             // attach to the Menu
  OnTrigger := @ConfigStart; // Event to call when selected
end;

with TMUIMenuItem.Create do
begin
  Title := 'Quit';
  Parent := Men;
  OnTrigger := @QuitMe;
end;

MenuStrip		Menustrip class is the Parent class for MUI's object oriented menus.
MenuItem		Menuitem class describes a single menu item.

TMUIMenuItem

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