Re: [gtk-list] Re: Creating objects in gtk+ ??

[Sascha Ziemann <szi aibon ping de>]

Shawn T. Amundson wrote:

> I've been messing around with GTK for a while and still haven't taken
> the time to figure out menus.  :-(


First you have to write a funktion for every menu: (the translate
function returns simple strings)

/***********************************************************************
** Create the File-Menu
*/
GtkWidget* create_file_menu (GtkWidget *window)
{
  GtkWidget *menu;
  GtkWidget *submenu;
  GtkWidget *menuitem;
  GSList *group;

  menu = gtk_menu_new ();
  submenu = NULL;
  group = NULL;

  menuitem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(translate("file-new-label"));
  gtk_menu_append (GTK_MENU (menu), menuitem);
  gtk_widget_show (menuitem);
  
  menuitem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(translate("file-open-label"));
  gtk_menu_append (GTK_MENU (menu), menuitem);
  gtk_widget_show (menuitem);
  
  gtk_menu_line_new(GTK_MENU(menu));

  menuitem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(translate("file-save-label"));
  gtk_menu_append (GTK_MENU (menu), menuitem);
  gtk_widget_show (menuitem);
  
  menuitem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(translate("file-saveas-label"));
  gtk_menu_append (GTK_MENU (menu), menuitem);
  gtk_widget_show (menuitem);
  
  menuitem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(translate("file-saveall-label"));
  gtk_menu_append (GTK_MENU (menu), menuitem);
  gtk_widget_show (menuitem);
  
  gtk_menu_line_new(GTK_MENU(menu));

  menuitem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(translate("file-export-label"));
  gtk_menu_append (GTK_MENU (menu), menuitem);
  gtk_widget_show (menuitem);
  
  return menu;
}

And in you main window creation function you create a menubar in a box.

  /*
  ** base frame
  */
  window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
  gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (window), "destroy",
                      (GtkSignalFunc) destroy_program,
                      &window);
  gtk_widget_set_name (window, "EDINI");
  gtk_widget_set_uposition (window, 20, 20);
  base_frame_box = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 10);
  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), base_frame_box);
  gtk_widget_show (base_frame_box);

  /*
  ** the menu bar
  */
  menubar = gtk_menu_bar_new ();
  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (base_frame_box), menubar, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
  gtk_widget_show (menubar);

  menu = create_file_menu(window);

  menuitem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(translate("file-menu-label"));
  gtk_menu_item_set_submenu (GTK_MENU_ITEM (menuitem), menu);
  gtk_menu_bar_append (GTK_MENU_BAR (menubar), menuitem);
  gtk_widget_show (menuitem);

Was that the problem?

-- bis später...
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