CheckMenuItem

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

menuitem
├── check.left
╰── <child>

public class Application : Gtk.Window {
	public Application () {
		// Prepare Gtk.Window:
		this.title = "My Gtk.CheckMenuItem";
		this.window_position = Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER;
		this.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);

		// MenuBar:
		Gtk.MenuBar bar = new Gtk.MenuBar ();
		this.add (bar);

		// File:
		Gtk.MenuItem item_file = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label ("File");
		bar.add (item_file);

		Gtk.Menu filemenu = new Gtk.Menu ();
		item_file.set_submenu (filemenu);

		Gtk.CheckMenuItem item_option = new Gtk.CheckMenuItem.with_label ("My Option");
		item_option.set_active (true);
		filemenu.add (item_option);

		item_option.toggled.connect (() => {
			print ("%s\n", item_option.active.to_string ());
		});
	}

	public static int main (string[] args) {
		Gtk.init (ref args);

		Application app = new Application ();
		app.show_all ();
		Gtk.main ();
		return 0;
	}
}

valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 Gtk.CheckMenuItem.vala

Content:

Properties:

• public bool active { get; set; }
• public bool draw_as_radio { get; set; }
• public bool inconsistent { get; set; }

Creation methods:

• public CheckMenuItem ()
  Creates a new CheckMenuItem.
• public CheckMenuItem.with_label (string label)
  Creates a new CheckMenuItem with a label.
• public CheckMenuItem.with_mnemonic (string label)
  Creates a new CheckMenuItem containing a label.

Methods:

• public virtual void draw_indicator (Context cr)
• public bool get_active ()
  Returns whether the check menu item is active.
• public bool get_draw_as_radio ()
  Returns whether this looks like a RadioMenuItem
• public bool get_inconsistent ()
  Retrieves the value set by set_inconsistent.
• public void set_active (bool is_active)
  Sets the active state of the menu item’s check box.
• public void set_draw_as_radio (bool draw_as_radio)
  Sets whether this is drawn like a RadioMenuItem
• public void set_inconsistent (bool setting)
  If the user has selected a range of elements (such as some text or spreadsheet cells) that are affected by a boolean setting, and the current values in that range are inconsistent, you may want to display the check in an “in between” state.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void toggled ()
  This signal is emitted when the state of the check box is changed.

Inherited Members: