MenuShell

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Description:

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Properties:

• public bool take_focus { get; set; }
  A boolean that determines whether the menu and its submenus grab the keyboard focus.

Creation methods:

• protected MenuShell ()

Methods:

• public void activate_item (Widget menu_item, bool force_deactivate)
  Activates the menu item within the menu shell.
• public void append (MenuItem child)
  Adds a new MenuItem to the end of the menu shell's item list.
• public void bind_model (MenuModel? model, string? action_namespace, bool with_separators)
  Establishes a binding between a MenuShell and a MenuModel.
• public void deselect ()
  Deselects the currently selected item from the menu shell, if any.
• public unowned Widget get_parent_shell ()
  Gets the parent menu shell.
• public virtual int get_popup_delay ()
• public unowned Widget get_selected_item ()
  Gets the currently selected item.
• public bool get_take_focus ()
  Returns true if the menu shell will take the keyboard focus on popup.
• public void prepend (Widget child)
  Adds a new MenuItem to the beginning of the menu shell's item list.
• public void select_first (bool search_sensitive)
  Select the first visible or selectable child of the menu shell; don’t select tearoff items unless the only item is a tearoff item.
• public virtual void select_item (Widget menu_item)
  Selects the menu item from the menu shell.
• public void set_take_focus (bool take_focus)
  If take_focus is true (the default) the menu shell will take the keyboard focus so that it will receive all keyboard events which is needed to enable keyboard navigation in menus.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void activate_current (bool force_hide)
  An action signal that activates the current menu item within the menu shell.
• public virtual signal void cancel ()
  An action signal which cancels the selection within the menu shell.
• public signal void cycle_focus (DirectionType direction)
  A keybinding signal which moves the focus in the given direction .
• public virtual signal void deactivate ()
  This signal is emitted when a menu shell is deactivated.
• public virtual signal void insert (Widget child, int position)
  The insert signal is emitted when a new MenuItem is added to a MenuShell.
• public virtual signal void move_current (MenuDirectionType direction)
  An keybinding signal which moves the current menu item in the direction specified by direction.
• public virtual signal bool move_selected (int distance)
  The move_selected signal is emitted to move the selection to another item.
• public virtual signal void selection_done ()
  This signal is emitted when a selection has been completed within a menu shell.

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