GtkMenuItem

struct GtkMenuItem

struct GtkMenuItem;

gtk_menu_item_new ()

GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_item_new               (void);

Creates a new GtkMenuItem.

gtk_menu_item_new_with_label ()

GtkWidget*  gtk_menu_item_new_with_label    (const gchar *label);

Creates a new GtkMenuItem whose child is a simple GtlLabel.

gtk_menu_item_set_submenu ()

void        gtk_menu_item_set_submenu       (GtkMenuItem *menu_item,
                                             GtkWidget *submenu);

Sets the widget submenu, or changes it.

gtk_menu_item_remove_submenu ()

void        gtk_menu_item_remove_submenu    (GtkMenuItem *menu_item);

Removes the widget's submenu.

gtk_menu_item_set_placement ()

void        gtk_menu_item_set_placement     (GtkMenuItem *menu_item,
                                             GtkSubmenuPlacement placement);

Specifies the placement of the submenu around the menu item. The placement is usually GTK_LEFT_RIGHT for menu items in a popup menu and GTK_TOP_BOTTOM in menu bars.

This function is useless in usual applications.

gtk_menu_item_configure ()

void        gtk_menu_item_configure         (GtkMenuItem *menu_item,
                                             gint show_toggle_indicator,
                                             gint show_submenu_indicator);

Sets whether the menu item should show a submenu indicator, which is a right arrow.

gtk_menu_item_select ()

void        gtk_menu_item_select            (GtkMenuItem *menu_item);

Emits the "select" signal on the given item. Behaves exactly like gtk_item_select.

gtk_menu_item_deselect ()

void        gtk_menu_item_deselect          (GtkMenuItem *menu_item);

Emits the "deselect" signal on the given item. Behaves exactly like gtk_item_deselect.

gtk_menu_item_activate ()

void        gtk_menu_item_activate          (GtkMenuItem *menu_item);

Emits the "activate" signal on the given item

gtk_menu_item_right_justify ()

void        gtk_menu_item_right_justify     (GtkMenuItem *menu_item);

Sets the menu item to be right-justified. Only useful for menu bars.

The "activate" signal

void        user_function                  (GtkMenuItem *menuitem,
                                            gpointer user_data);

Emitted when the item is activated.

The "activate-item" signal

void        user_function                  (GtkMenuItem *menuitem,
                                            gpointer user_data);

Emitted when the item is activated, but also if the menu item has a submenu. For normal applications, the relevant signal is "activate".