YMenuButton.h

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*/
 
 
/*-/
 
  File:         YMenuButton.h
 
  Author:       Stefan Hundhammer <shundhammer@suse.de>
 
/-*/
 
#ifndef YMenuButton_h
#define YMenuButton_h
 
#include "YMenuWidget.h"
#include "YMenuItem.h"
 
class YMenuButtonPrivate;
 
 
/**
 * MenuButton: Similar to PushButton, but with several actions: Upon clicking
 * on a MenuButton (or activating it with the keyboard), a pop-up menu opens
 * where the user can activate an action. Menu items in that pop-up menu can
 * have submenus (that will pop up in separate pop-up menus).
 *
 * Internally, this widget is more similar to the Tree widget. The difference
 * is that it does not keep a "selected" status, but triggers an action right
 * away, just like a PushButton. Like PushButton, MenuButton sends an event
 * right away when the user selects an item (clicks on a menu item or activates
 * it with the keyboard). Items that have a submenu never send an event, they
 * simply open their submenu when activated.
 **/
class YMenuButton : public YMenuWidget
{
protected:
    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * 'label' is the user-visible text on the button (not above it like all
     * other SelectionWidgets).
     **/
    YMenuButton( YWidget * parent, const std::string & label );
 
public:
 
    /**
     * Destructor.
     **/
    virtual ~YMenuButton();
 
    /**
     * Create a new menu item and add it.
     **/
    YMenuItem * addItem( const std::string & label,
                         const std::string & iconName = "" );
 
    /**
     * Create a new submenu and add it.
     **/
    YMenuItem * addMenu( const std::string & label,
                         const std::string & iconName = "" );
 
    /**
     * Create a new menu separator and add it.
     **/
    YMenuItem * addSeparator();
 
    /**
     * Returns a descriptive name of this widget class for logging,
     * debugging etc.
     **/
    virtual const char * widgetClass() const { return "YMenuButton"; }
 
    /**
     * Set a property.
     * Reimplemented from YWidget.
     *
     * This function may throw YUIPropertyExceptions.
     *
     * This function returns 'true' if the value was successfully set and
     * 'false' if that value requires special handling (not in error cases:
     * those are covered by exceptions).
     **/
    virtual bool setProperty( const std::string    & propertyName,
                              const YPropertyValue & val );
 
    /**
     * Get a property.
     * Reimplemented from YWidget.
     *
     * This method may throw YUIPropertyExceptions.
     **/
    virtual YPropertyValue getProperty( const std::string & propertyName );
 
    /**
     * Return this class's property set.
     * This also initializes the property upon the first call.
     *
     * Reimplemented from YWidget.
     **/
    virtual const YPropertySet & propertySet();
 
 
private:
 
    ImplPtr<YMenuButtonPrivate> priv;
};
 
 
#endif // YMenuButton_h