wex::menu Class Reference

A drop down list of options that user can click to start an action. More...

#include <wex.h>

Public Member Functions
	menu (gui &parent)
void	append (const std::string &title, const std::function< void(const std::string &)> &f=[](const std::string &title) {})
	Append menu item. More...
void	append (const std::string &title, menu &submenu)
	Append submenu. More...
void	popup (int x, int y)
	Popup menu and run user selection. More...
HMENU	handle ()
bool	check (int index, bool f=true)
	Set or unset check mark beside menu item. More...
int	size ()
	Number of items in menu.

Detailed Description

A drop down list of options that user can click to start an action.

// construct top level window
gui& form = wex::windex::topWindow();
form.move({ 50,50,400,400});
form.text("Menu demo");

 int clicked = -1;

menu m( form );
m.append("test",[&](const std::string &title)
{
    clicked = 1;
});
m.append("second",[&](const std::string &title)
{
    clicked = 2;
});
m.append("third",[&](const std::string &title)
{
    clicked = 3;
});
m.popup( form, 200,200 );

msgbox( form,std::string("item ") + std::to_string(clicked) + " clicked");

form.show();

Member Function Documentation

append() [1/2]

void wex::menu::append ( const std::string &  title, const std::function< void(const std::string &)> &  f = [](const std::string &title) {}  )

inline

Append menu item.

Parameters

[in]	title
[in]	f	function to be run when menu item clicked

The function signature is void f( const std::string& title ).

The title can be used by the function if it needs to know the menue item title that caused execution i.e when several items invoke the same function

append() [2/2]

void wex::menu::append ( const std::string &  title, menu &  submenu  )

inline

Append submenu.

Parameters

[in]	title
[in]	submenu

check()

bool wex::menu::check ( int  index, bool  f = true  )

inline

Set or unset check mark beside menu item.

Parameters

[in]	index	0-based index of menu item
[in]	f	true if menu item is to be checked, default true

Returns

true if the menu item was previously checked

popup()

void wex::menu::popup ( int  x, int  y  )

inline

Popup menu and run user selection.

Parameters

[in]	x	location
[in]	y	location

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/wex.h