Struct gio::MenuModel

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pub struct MenuModel { /* private fields */ }
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MenuModel represents the contents of a menu – an ordered list of menu items. The items are associated with actions, which can be activated through them. Items can be grouped in sections, and may have submenus associated with them. Both items and sections usually have some representation data, such as labels or icons. The type of the associated action (ie whether it is stateful, and what kind of state it has) can influence the representation of the item.

The conceptual model of menus in MenuModel is hierarchical: sections and submenus are again represented by GMenuModels. Menus themselves do not define their own roles. Rather, the role of a particular MenuModel is defined by the item that references it (or, in the case of the ‘root’ menu, is defined by the context in which it is used).

As an example, consider the visible portions of this menu:

An example menu # {menu-example}

There are 8 “menus” visible in the screenshot: one menubar, two submenus and 5 sections:

  • the toplevel menubar (containing 4 items)
  • the View submenu (containing 3 sections)
  • the first section of the View submenu (containing 2 items)
  • the second section of the View submenu (containing 1 item)
  • the final section of the View submenu (containing 1 item)
  • the Highlight Mode submenu (containing 2 sections)
  • the Sources section (containing 2 items)
  • the Markup section (containing 2 items)

The [example][menu-model] illustrates the conceptual connection between these 8 menus. Each large block in the figure represents a menu and the smaller blocks within the large block represent items in that menu. Some items contain references to other menus.

A menu example # {menu-model}

Notice that the separators visible in the [example][menu-example] appear nowhere in the [menu model][menu-model]. This is because separators are not explicitly represented in the menu model. Instead, a separator is inserted between any two non-empty sections of a menu. Section items can have labels just like any other item. In that case, a display system may show a section header instead of a separator.

The motivation for this abstract model of application controls is that modern user interfaces tend to make these controls available outside the application. Examples include global menus, jumplists, dash boards, etc. To support such uses, it is necessary to ‘export’ information about actions and their representation in menus, which is exactly what the [GActionGroup exporter][gio-GActionGroup-exporter] and the [GMenuModel exporter][gio-GMenuModel-exporter] do for ActionGroup and MenuModel. The client-side counterparts to make use of the exported information are DBusActionGroup and DBusMenuModel.

The API of MenuModel is very generic, with iterators for the attributes and links of an item, see MenuModelExt::iterate_item_attributes() and MenuModelExt::iterate_item_links(). The ‘standard’ attributes and link types have predefined names: MENU_ATTRIBUTE_LABEL, MENU_ATTRIBUTE_ACTION, MENU_ATTRIBUTE_TARGET, MENU_LINK_SECTION and MENU_LINK_SUBMENU.

Items in a MenuModel represent active controls if they refer to an action that can get activated when the user interacts with the menu item. The reference to the action is encoded by the string id in the MENU_ATTRIBUTE_ACTION attribute. An action id uniquely identifies an action in an action group. Which action group(s) provide actions depends on the context in which the menu model is used. E.g. when the model is exported as the application menu of a GtkApplication, actions can be application-wide or window-specific (and thus come from two different action groups). By convention, the application-wide actions have names that start with “app.”, while the names of window-specific actions start with “win.”.

While a wide variety of stateful actions is possible, the following is the minimum that is expected to be supported by all users of exported menu information:

  • an action with no parameter type and no state
  • an action with no parameter type and boolean state
  • an action with string parameter type and string state

Stateless

A stateless action typically corresponds to an ordinary menu item.

Selecting such a menu item will activate the action (with no parameter).

Boolean State

An action with a boolean state will most typically be used with a “toggle” or “switch” menu item. The state can be set directly, but activating the action (with no parameter) results in the state being toggled.

Selecting a toggle menu item will activate the action. The menu item should be rendered as “checked” when the state is true.

String Parameter and State

Actions with string parameters and state will most typically be used to represent an enumerated choice over the items available for a group of radio menu items. Activating the action with a string parameter is equivalent to setting that parameter as the state.

Radio menu items, in addition to being associated with the action, will have a target value. Selecting that menu item will result in activation of the action with the target value as the parameter. The menu item should be rendered as “selected” when the state of the action is equal to the target value of the menu item.

This is an Abstract Base Class, you cannot instantiate it.

Signals

items-changed

Emitted when a change has occurred to the menu.

The only changes that can occur to a menu is that items are removed or added. Items may not change (except by being removed and added back in the same location). This signal is capable of describing both of those changes (at the same time).

The signal means that starting at the index position, removed items were removed and added items were added in their place. If removed is zero then only items were added. If added is zero then only items were removed.

As an example, if the menu contains items a, b, c, d (in that order) and the signal (2, 1, 3) occurs then the new composition of the menu will be a, b, _, _, _, d (with each _ representing some new item).

Signal handlers may query the model (particularly the added items) and expect to see the results of the modification that is being reported. The signal is emitted after the modification.

Implements

MenuModelExt, glib::ObjectExt

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impl MenuModel

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pub const NONE: Option<&'static MenuModel> = None

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impl Clone for MenuModel

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fn clone(&self) -> Self

Returns a copy of the value. Read more
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fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source. Read more
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impl Debug for MenuModel

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fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
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impl Display for MenuModel

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fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
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impl HasParamSpec for MenuModel

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type ParamSpec = ParamSpecObject

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type SetValue = MenuModel

Preferred value to be used as setter for the associated ParamSpec.
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type BuilderFn = fn(_: &str) -> ParamSpecObjectBuilder<'_, MenuModel>

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fn param_spec_builder() -> Self::BuilderFn

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impl Hash for MenuModel

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fn hash<H>(&self, state: &mut H)
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Feeds this value into the given Hasher. Read more
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fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H)
where H: Hasher, Self: Sized,

Feeds a slice of this type into the given Hasher. Read more
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impl Ord for MenuModel

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fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering

This method returns an Ordering between self and other. Read more
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fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self
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Compares and returns the maximum of two values. Read more
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fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self
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Compares and returns the minimum of two values. Read more
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fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Self
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Restrict a value to a certain interval. Read more
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impl ParentClassIs for MenuModel

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impl<OT: ObjectType> PartialEq<OT> for MenuModel

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fn eq(&self, other: &OT) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.
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fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.
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impl<OT: ObjectType> PartialOrd<OT> for MenuModel

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fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &OT) -> Option<Ordering>

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fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

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fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

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fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator. Read more
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impl StaticType for MenuModel

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fn static_type() -> Type

Returns the type identifier of Self.
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impl Eq for MenuModel

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impl IsA<MenuModel> for DBusMenuModel

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impl IsA<MenuModel> for Menu

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fn item_attribute_value( &self, item_index: i32, attribute: &str, expected_type: Option<&VariantTy> ) -> Option<Variant>

Queries the item at position item_index in self for the attribute specified by attribute. Read more
Queries the item at position item_index in self for the link specified by link. Read more
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fn n_items(&self) -> i32

Query the number of items in self. Read more
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fn items_changed(&self, position: i32, removed: i32, added: i32)

Requests emission of the items-changed signal on self. Read more
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fn iterate_item_attributes(&self, item_index: i32) -> MenuAttributeIter

Creates a MenuAttributeIter to iterate over the attributes of the item at position item_index in self. Read more
Creates a MenuLinkIter to iterate over the links of the item at position item_index in self. Read more
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fn connect_items_changed<F: Fn(&Self, i32, i32, i32) + 'static>( &self, f: F ) -> SignalHandlerId

Emitted when a change has occurred to the menu. Read more
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