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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