Re: Stock menu items

[Gus Koppel <gtk spamkiller bytechase cx>]

Chris Seaton wrote:

> My program has File menu that contains an Open item. For this I'm
> using the stock item GTK_STOCK_OPEN. I'm using the item factory.
>
> My program also has a Notes menu however, and that also contains an
> Open item. I want that to have the open icon, but not the shortcut
> keys (they can't both have the same shortcut keys).

I'm not sure whether it is accomplishable with GtkItemFactory (I don't
use that), but in general there's certainly a way for it.

For instance, have a look at Glade. It distinguishes between a *stock
ITEM* and a *stock ICON* for menu items. While the stock ITEM implicits
all parameters, including an icon, a stock ICON doesn't. It's just a
stock icon to be used for arbitrary items with arbitrary shortcuts.

I recommend you to build a simple menu using Glade, export it either as
C source or XML (depending on whether you use libglade or not) and see
how this is accomplished. Not by an Itemfactory, I'm afraid.