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.TH wxMenuEvent 3wx 2005-02-15 "wxWidgets" "wxWidgets class documentation"
.SH NAME
wxMenuEvent \- 
  A menu event
 
.SH DESCRIPTION

  


   This class is used for a variety of menu-related events. Note that these do
   not include menu command events, which are handled using
   wxCommandEvent
   objects.
  
  


   The default handler for wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT displays help text in the first
   field of the status bar.
  
 
.SH "PARENTS"

  wxEvent
   
  wxObject
 
.SH "INCLUDE FILES"
wx/event.h
.SH MEMBERS

  
.SS  wxMenuEvent (WXTYPE id = 0int id = 0wxMenu* menu = NULL)

     


      Constructor.
     
    
   
  
.SS wxMenu * GetMenu ()

     


      Returns the menu which is being opened or closed. This method should only
      be used with the
      OPEN
      and
      CLOSE
      events.
     
    
   
  
.SS int GetMenuId ()

     


      Returns the menu identifier associated with the event. This method should
      be only used with the
      HIGHLIGHT
      events.
     
    
   
  
.SS bool IsPopup ()

     


      Returns
      true
      if the menu which is being opened or closed is a popup menu,
      false
      if it is a normal one.
     
     


      This method should only be used with the
      OPEN
      and
      CLOSE
      events.
     
    
 
.SH EVENTS

.SS EVT_MENU_OPEN(func)

   A menu is about to be opened. On Windows, this is only sent once for each navigation of the menubar (up until all menus have closed).
  
.SS EVT_MENU_CLOSE(func)

   A menu has been just closed.
  
.SS EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT(id, func)

   The menu item with the specified id has been highlighted: used to show help prompts in the status bar by 
   wxFrame
  
.SS EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT_ALL(func)

   A menu item has been highlighted, i.e. the currently selected menu item has changed.
  
.SH "SEE ALSO"

  wxEvent
   
  wxObject
 
  Command events
  ,
  
   
  Event handling overview
 
.SH "AUTHORS"
Documentation content by Julian Smart, Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin, Robin Dunn, et al

Conversion to manpage format by Arnout Engelen (http://bzzt.net), bugreports welcome.