Class MenuItem

A MenuItem has a title, an associated help text, and an action to execute on activation.

Inheritance

System.Object

MenuItem

MenuBarItem

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: Terminal.Gui

Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll

Syntax

public class MenuItem

Constructors

MenuItem()

Initializes a new instance of MenuItem

Declaration

public MenuItem()

MenuItem(ustring, String, Action, Func<Boolean>)

Initializes a new instance of MenuItem.

Declaration

public MenuItem(ustring title, string help, Action action, Func<bool> canExecute = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
NStack.ustring	title	Title for the menu item.
System.String	help	Help text to display.
System.Action	action	Action to invoke when the menu item is activated.
System.Func<System.Boolean>	canExecute	Function to determine if the action can currently be executred.

MenuItem(ustring, MenuBarItem)

Initializes a new instance of MenuItem

Declaration

public MenuItem(ustring title, MenuBarItem subMenu)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
NStack.ustring	title	Title for the menu item.
MenuBarItem	subMenu	The menu sub-menu.

Fields

HotKey

The HotKey is used when the menu is active, the shortcut can be triggered when the menu is not active. For example HotKey would be "N" when the File Menu is open (assuming there is a "_New" entry if the ShortCut is set to "Control-N", this would be a global hotkey that would trigger as well

Declaration

public Rune HotKey

Field Value

Type	Description
System.Rune

ShortCut

This is the global setting that can be used as a global shortcut to invoke the action on the menu.

Declaration

public Key ShortCut

Field Value

Type	Description
Key

Properties

Action

Gets or sets the action to be invoked when the menu is triggered

Declaration

public Action Action { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Action	Method to invoke.

CanExecute

Gets or sets the action to be invoked if the menu can be triggered

Declaration

public Func<bool> CanExecute { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Func<System.Boolean>	Function to determine if action is ready to be executed.

Help

Gets or sets the help text for the menu item.

Declaration

public ustring Help { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
NStack.ustring	The help text.

Title

Gets or sets the title.

Declaration

public ustring Title { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
NStack.ustring	The title.

Methods

GetMenuBarItem()

Merely a debugging aid to see the interaction with main

Declaration

public bool GetMenuBarItem()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

GetMenuItem()

Merely a debugging aid to see the interaction with main

Declaration

public MenuItem GetMenuItem()

Returns

Type	Description
MenuItem

IsEnabled()

Shortcut to check if the menu item is enabled

Declaration

public bool IsEnabled()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean