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NAME

       wxMenuItem - Functions for wxMenuItem class

DESCRIPTION

       A menu item represents an item in a menu.

       Note  that  you  usually  don't  have  to  deal with it directly as wxMenu methods usually
       construct an object of this class for you.

       Also please note that the  methods  related  to  fonts  and  bitmaps  are  currently  only
       implemented for Windows, Mac and GTK+.

       See: wxMenuBar, wxMenu

       wxWidgets docs: wxMenuItem

EVENTS

       Event types emitted from this class: menu_open, menu_close, menu_highlight

DATA TYPES

       wxMenuItem() = wx:wx_object()

EXPORTS

       new() -> wxMenuItem()

       new(Options :: [Option]) -> wxMenuItem()

              Types:

                 Option =
                     {parentMenu, wxMenu:wxMenu()} |
                     {id, integer()} |
                     {text, unicode:chardata()} |
                     {help, unicode:chardata()} |
                     {kind, wx:wx_enum()} |
                     {subMenu, wxMenu:wxMenu()}

              Constructs a wxMenuItem object.

              Menu items can be standard, or "stock menu items", or custom. For the standard menu
              items (such as  commands  to  open  a  file,  exit  the  program  and  so  on,  see
              page_stockitems  for  the  full list) it is enough to specify just the stock ID and
              leave text and help string empty. Some platforms (currently wxGTK only, and see the
              remark in setBitmap/2 documentation) will also show standard bitmaps for stock menu
              items.

              Leaving at least  text  empty  for  the  stock  menu  items  is  actually  strongly
              recommended as they will have appearance and keyboard interface (including standard
              accelerators) familiar to the user.

              For the custom (non-stock) menu items, text must be specified and while help string
              may  be  left  empty,  it's  recommended  to  pass  the  item description (which is
              automatically shown by the library  in  the  status  bar  when  the  menu  item  is
              selected) in this parameter.

              Finally  note that you can e.g. use a stock menu label without using its stock help
              string:

              that is, stock properties are set independently one from the other.

       destroy(This :: wxMenuItem()) -> ok

              Destructor.

       check(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

       check(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 Option = {check, boolean()}

              Checks or unchecks the menu item.

              Note that this only works when the item is already appended to a menu.

       enable(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

       enable(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 Option = {enable, boolean()}

              Enables or disables the menu item.

       getBitmap(This) -> wxBitmap:wxBitmap()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the checked or unchecked bitmap.

              Only for:wxmsw

       getHelp(This) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the help string associated with the menu item.

       getId(This) -> integer()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the menu item identifier.

       getKind(This) -> wx:wx_enum()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the item kind, one  of  wxITEM_SEPARATOR,  wxITEM_NORMAL,  wxITEM_CHECK  or
              wxITEM_RADIO.

       getLabelFromText(Text) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 Text = unicode:chardata()

              See: getLabelText/1.

       getLabelText(Text) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 Text = unicode:chardata()

              Strips all accelerator characters and mnemonics from the given text.

              For example:

              will return just "Hello".

              See: getItemLabelText/1, getItemLabel/1

       getText(This) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              See: getItemLabel/1.

       getItemLabel(This) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the text associated with the menu item including any accelerator characters
              that were passed to the constructor or setItemLabel/2.

              See: getItemLabelText/1, getLabelText/1

       getLabel(This) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              See: getItemLabelText/1.

       getItemLabelText(This) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the text associated with the menu item, without any accelerator characters.

              See: getItemLabel/1, getLabelText/1

       getMenu(This) -> wxMenu:wxMenu()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the menu this menu item is in, or NULL if this menu item is not attached.

       getSubMenu(This) -> wxMenu:wxMenu()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns the submenu associated with the menu item, or NULL if there isn't one.

       isCheckable(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns true if the item is checkable.

              Notice that the radio buttons are considered to  be  checkable  as  well,  so  this
              method returns true for them too. Use IsCheck() (not implemented in wx) if you want
              to test for the check items only.

       isChecked(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns true if the item is checked.

       isEnabled(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns true if the item is enabled.

       isSeparator(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns true if the item is a separator.

       isSubMenu(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()

              Returns true if the item is a submenu.

       setBitmap(This, Bmp) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 Bmp = wxBitmap:wxBitmap()

              Sets the bitmap for the menu item.

              It is equivalent to wxMenuItem::SetBitmaps(bmp, wxNullBitmap) if  checked  is  true
              (default value) or SetBitmaps(wxNullBitmap, bmp) otherwise.

              setBitmap/2  must be called before the item is appended to the menu, i.e. appending
              the item without a bitmap and setting one later is not guaranteed to work. But  the
              bitmap can be changed or reset later if it had been set up initially.

              Notice  that  GTK+ uses a global setting called gtk-menu-images to determine if the
              images should be shown in the menus at all. If it is off (which is the case in e.g.
              Gnome  2.28  by  default),  no  images  will be shown, consistently with the native
              behaviour.

              Only for:wxmsw,wxosx,wxgtk

       setHelp(This, HelpString) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 HelpString = unicode:chardata()

              Sets the help string.

       setMenu(This, Menu) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 Menu = wxMenu:wxMenu()

              Sets the parent menu which will contain this menu item.

       setSubMenu(This, Menu) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 Menu = wxMenu:wxMenu()

              Sets the submenu of this menu item.

       setText(This, Label) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 Label = unicode:chardata()

              See: setItemLabel/2.

       setItemLabel(This, Label) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxMenuItem()
                 Label = unicode:chardata()

              Sets the label associated with the menu item.

              Note that if the ID of this menu item corresponds to a stock ID,  then  it  is  not
              necessary to specify a label: wxWidgets will automatically use the stock item label
              associated with that ID. See the new/1 for more info.

              The label string for the  normal  menu  items  (not  separators)  may  include  the
              accelerator  which  can  be  used  to  activate  the  menu  item  from keyboard. An
              accelerator key can be specified using the ampersand & character. In order to embed
              an ampersand character in the menu item text, the ampersand must be doubled.

              Optionally  you can specify also an accelerator string appending a tab character \t
              followed by a valid key combination  (e.g.  CTRL+V).  Its  general  syntax  is  any
              combination  of  "CTRL", "RAWCTRL", "ALT" and "SHIFT" strings (case doesn't matter)
              separated by either '-' or '+' characters and followed by the  accelerator  itself.
              Notice  that  CTRL  corresponds  to  the "Ctrl" key on most platforms but not under
              macOS where it is mapped to "Cmd" key on Mac keyboard. Usually this is exactly what
              you  want  in portable code but if you really need to use the (rarely used for this
              purpose) "Ctrl" key even under Mac, you may use RAWCTRL to  prevent  this  mapping.
              Under the other platforms RAWCTRL is the same as plain CTRL.

              The  accelerator  may  be  any alphanumeric character, any function key (from F1 to
              F12), any numpad digit key using KP_ prefix (i.e. from KP_0 to KP_9) or one of  the
              special  strings  listed  below  (again,  case doesn't matter) corresponding to the
              specified key code:

              Examples:

              Note: In wxGTK using "SHIFT" with non-alphabetic characters currently doesn't work,
              even in combination with other modifiers, due to GTK+ limitation. E.g. Shift+Ctrl+A
              works but Shift+Ctrl+1 or Shift+/ do not, so avoid using accelerators of this  form
              in portable code.

              Note:  In  wxGTk, the left/right/up/down arrow keys do not work as accelerator keys
              for a menu item unless a modifier key is used. Additionally, the following keycodes
              are not supported as menu accelerator keys:

              See: getItemLabel/1, getItemLabelText/1