Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

MENU-ITEM widget

A menu item is an item within a menu or submenu. A menu item can be a rule, a space, or a normal menu item. A normal menu item can be a command or a toggle-box item. Most menu item attributes and all menu item events apply only to normal menu items. You can set up a static menu item within a DEFINE MENU or DEFINE SUB-MENU statement. You can create a dynamic menu item with the CREATE widget statement.

The following is a menu containing four menu items:

Attributes

ACCELERATOR attribute	CHECKED attribute2	DCOLOR attribute3
DYNAMIC attribute4	HANDLE attribute4	HTML-CHARSET attribute4, 5
LABEL attribute	NAME attribute	NEXT-SIBLING attribute4
PARENT attribute	PFCOLOR attribute3	PREV-SIBLING attribute4
PRIVATE-DATA attribute	READ-ONLY attribute6	SENSITIVE attribute
SUBTYPE attribute6	TOGGLE-BOX attribute6	TYPE attribute4
VISIBLE attribute	WINDOW attribute4
Graphical interfaces only. Applies to toggle-box items only. Character interfaces only. Readable only. Windows only. Can be set only before the menu-item widget is realized.

Note: Color and font attributes for a menu item are ignored in Windows.

Methods

The MENU-ITEM widget does not support any methods.

Events

Developer events	CHOOSE (except for toggle-box items)
VALUE-CHANGED (for toggle-box items only)