1.96.3 Send methods

menu_bar ->active_member: popup=member:popup, active=bool

(De) activate the indicated popup object. When inactive, the label will be greyed-out. Modifies graphical<-active.

See also

menu_bar->all_active

menu_bar ->all_active: bool

Invokes menu_bar->active_member for all member popups.

See also

menu_bar->active_member

menu_bar ->all_off: member:popup

@see menu_bar->all_on

menu_bar ->all_on: member:popup

Activates menu->on on the specified popup object, activating all menu_item objects part of it.

See also

menu_bar->all_off

menu_bar ->append: member=popup, alignment=[{left,right}], before=[name|popup]

Attach a popup object to the menu_bar. The menu_bar object will append a button object to menu_bar<-buttons with the following attributes:

button<-popup	Set to the popup
dialog_item<-label	dialog_item<-label
button<-font	Set to dialog_item<-label_font
graphical<-pen	Set to graphical<-pen
button<-radius	Set tp menu_bar<-radius

The dialog_item<-label_font, graphical<-pen and menu_bar<-radius of the button are

• not* set from the menu_bar if dialog_item<-look equals open_look. Because an OpenLook menu-bar really is a row of buttons.

  If the alignment argument is right, this button is flushed to the right if the menu-bar is resized to be wider than the space required by the buttons. Motif and Windows 95 look-and-feel normally flush the help menu to the right:

  ...,
  new(MB, menu_bar),
  send(MB, append, new(F, popup(file))),
  send(MB, append, new(H, popup(help)), right),
  ...,

  See also

  - menu_bar->delete
  - menu_bar->clear

menu_bar ->assign_accelerators:

Assign accelerators for the items.

See also dialog->assign_accelerators and menu->assign_accelerators.

menu_bar ->clear:

@see menu_bar->append

menu_bar ->compute:

Determines the size and menu_bar<-item_size. The menu_bar<-item_size is the largest of menu_bar.size and the size needed to display the largest label.

See also

menu_bar.size

menu_bar ->delete: member:popup

Delete the indicated popup from the menu_bar.

See also

menu_bar->append

menu_bar ->geometry: x=[int], y=[int], width=[int], height=[int]

Changes the menu-bar geometry. It the width argument is not @default and larger than the space required by the buttons, the first button with dialog_item<-alignment and all succeeding buttons are flushed to the right. See also menu_bar->append.

menu_bar ->initialise: name=[name]

Create a menu_bar from its label. The label is not shown, but the menu_bar will be given this name. This may be used to find the reference of the menu_bar in the dialog object (see dialog<-member).

Diagnostics: The default name is the class name (menu_bar).

dialog_item ->label_font: font*

@see menu_bar-label_font

menu_bar ->off: name|menu_item

@see menu_bar->on

menu_bar ->on: name|menu_item

Invokes menu->on with same argument on all member popups. Always succeeds.

See also

menu_bar->off

menu_bar ->show_popup: popup

Make popup menu_bar<-current and dialog_item->open it. See also menu_bar<-current and menu_bar<-popup_from_event. Used by menu_bar->event.