NAME

App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio -- menu of enum value radio items

SYNOPSIS

 use App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio;
 my $menu = App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio->new
              (enum_type   => 'Glib::UserDirectory',
               active_nick => 'home');  # initial selection

WIDGET HIERARCHY

App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio is a subclass of Gtk2::Menu,

    Gtk2::Widget
      Gtk2::Container
        Gtk2::MenuShell
          Gtk2::Menu
            App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio

DESCRIPTION

App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio displays the values of a Glib::Enum in a radio group. The active-nick property is the user's selection.

The text shown for each entry is per Glib::Ex::EnumBits to_display, so an enum class can arrange how its values appear, or the default is a sensible word split and capitalization.

(There's a secret experimental might change in the future nick-to-display signal for per-instance control of the display. A signal is a good way to express a callback, but some care may be needed to get it connected early enough, or for the calls to be made later than when enum-type is set, since that property will often be set before making signal connections.)

FUNCTIONS

$menu = App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio->new (key=>value,...)

Create and return a new EnumRadio menu object. Optional key/value pairs set initial properties per Glib::Object->new.

    my $menu = App::MathImage::Gtk2::Ex::Menu::EnumRadio->new
                 (enum_type   => 'Gtk2::TextDirection',
                  active_nick => 'ltr');

PROPERTIES

enum-type (type name, default undef)

The enum type to display and select from. Until this is set the Menu is empty.

When changing enum-type if the current selected active-nick also exists in the new type then it remains selected, possibly on a different item. If the active-nick doesn't exist in the new type then the menu changes to nothing selected.

This property is a Glib::Param::GType when possible or Glib::Param::String otherwise. In both cases at the Perl level the value is a type name string, but a GType will check a setting really is an enum. Currently in both cases the pspec get_default_value does not give the actual default undef.

active-nick (string or undef, default undef)

The nick of the selected enum value. The nick is the usual way an enum value appears at the Perl level.

If there's no active row in the menu or no enum-type has been set then active-nick is undef.

There's no default for active-nick, so when creating an Enum menu it's usual to set the desired initial selection.

BUGS

There's no way to set mnemonics for each enum value. A semi-automatic way to pick sensible ones might be good.

SEE ALSO

Gtk2::Menu, Glib::Ex::EnumBits, Gtk2::Ex::ComboBox::Enum

HOME PAGE

http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-image/index.html

LICENSE

Copyright 2010 Kevin Ryde

Math-Image is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

Math-Image is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Math-Image. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.