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 namespace lc::ui::api 

Add a menu to the MenuBar of the Main Window. Menu is an instance of the Menu GUI class. Will not add if another menu of the same label already exists.

•  lc::ui::api::Menu* addMenu(const std::string& menuName); 

  • Parameters :-
    1. Menu Name - Name/Label of the menu to be added.
  • Returns :-
    • Pointer to the menu added to the menu bar.

•  void addMenu(lc::ui::api::Menu* menu); 

  • Parameters :-
    1. Pointer to menu to be added.

•  local menu1 = mainWindow:addMenu("Test") 

•  local menu1 = gui.Menu("Test")
   mainWindow:addMenu(menu1)

Return pointer to menu of the given name or position present in the menu bar.

•  lc::ui::api::Menu* menuByName(const std::string& menuName) 

  • Get menu by name/label
  • Parameters :-
    1. Menu Name - Name/Label of the menu to be returned.
  • Returns :-
    • Pointer to the menu of the given name in the menu bar.

•  lc::ui::api::Menu* menuByPosition(int pos) 

  • Get menu by position
  • Parameters :-
    1. Position (int) - Position of the menu in the menu bar (Starting from 0 on the left most menu)
  • Returns :-
    1. Pointer to menu of the given position in the menu bar.

•  local menu1 = mainWindow:menuByName("Test") 

•  local menu2 = mainWindow:menuByPosition(2) 

Remove menu of the given name or at the given position from the menu bar. Does nothing if menu does not exist in the menu bar.

•  void removeMenu(const char* menuLabel) 

  • Remove menu of the given name/label
  • Parameters :-
    1. Menu Name - Name/Label of the menu to be removed.

•  void removeMenu(int position) 

  • Remove menu at the given position in the menu bar.
  • Parameters :-
    1. Position (int) - Position of the menu in the menu bar (Starting from 0 on the left most menu)

•  mainWindow:removeMenu("Test") 

•  mainWindow:removeMenu(2) 

Find and return the first menu item found of the given label/object name present in any of the menus recursively (menu bar as well as menus inside other menus).

•  lc::ui::api::MenuItem* findMenuItem(std::string label) 

  • Find menu item of the given label
  • Parameters :-
    1. Menu Item Name - Name/Label of the menu item to be found.
  • Returns :-
    1. Pointer to menu item found of the given label.

•  lc::ui::api::MenuItem* findMenuItemByObjectName(std::string objectName) 

  • Find menu item of the given qt object name.
  • Parameters :-
    1. Object name - Qt object name of the menu item to be found.
  • Returns :-
    1. Pointer to menu item found of the given object name.

•  local item1 = mainWindow:findMenuItem("Ellipse") 

•  local item2 = mainWindow:findMenuItemByObjectName("actionNew")