GtkMenu

Connecting the popup signal handler.

Signal handler which displays a popup menu.

CSS nodes

// connect our handler which will popup the menu
g_signal_connect_swapped (window, "button_press_event",
G_CALLBACK (my_popup_handler), menu);

The main CSS node of GtkMenu has name menu, and there are two subnodes with name arrow, for scrolling menu arrows. These subnodes get the .top and .bottom style classes.

gtk_menu_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_new (void);

Creates a new GtkMenu

gtk_menu_new_from_model ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_new_from_model (GMenuModel *model);

Creates a GtkMenu and populates it with menu items and submenus according to model .

The created menu items are connected to actions found in the GtkApplicationWindow to which the menu belongs - typically by means of being attached to a widget (see gtk_menu_attach_to_widget()) that is contained within the GtkApplicationWindows widget hierarchy.

Actions can also be added using gtk_widget_insert_action_group() on the menu's attach widget or on any of its parent widgets.

Since: 3.4

gtk_menu_set_screen ()

void
gtk_menu_set_screen (GtkMenu *menu,
                     GdkScreen *screen);

Sets the GdkScreen on which the menu will be displayed.

Since: 2.2

gtk_menu_reorder_child ()

void
gtk_menu_reorder_child (GtkMenu *menu,
                        GtkWidget *child,
                        gint position);

Moves child to a new position in the list of menu children.

gtk_menu_attach ()

void
gtk_menu_attach (GtkMenu *menu,
                 GtkWidget *child,
                 guint left_attach,
                 guint right_attach,
                 guint top_attach,
                 guint bottom_attach);

Adds a new GtkMenuItem to a (table) menu. The number of “cells” that an item will occupy is specified by left_attach , right_attach , top_attach and bottom_attach . These each represent the leftmost, rightmost, uppermost and lower column and row numbers of the table. (Columns and rows are indexed from zero).

Note that this function is not related to gtk_menu_detach().

Since: 2.4

gtk_menu_popup_at_rect ()

void
gtk_menu_popup_at_rect (GtkMenu *menu,
                        GdkWindow *rect_window,
                        const GdkRectangle *rect,
                        GdkGravity rect_anchor,
                        GdkGravity menu_anchor,
                        const GdkEvent *trigger_event);

Displays menu and makes it available for selection.

See gtk_menu_popup_at_widget() and gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer(), which handle more common cases for popping up menus.

menu will be positioned at rect , aligning their anchor points. rect is relative to the top-left corner of rect_window . rect_anchor and menu_anchor determine anchor points on rect and menu to pin together. menu can optionally be offset by “rect-anchor-dx” and “rect-anchor-dy”.

Anchors should be specified under the assumption that the text direction is left-to-right; they will be flipped horizontally automatically if the text direction is right-to-left.

Other properties that influence the behaviour of this function are “anchor-hints” and “menu-type-hint”. Connect to the “popped-up” signal to find out how it was actually positioned.

Since: 3.22

gtk_menu_popup_at_widget ()

void
gtk_menu_popup_at_widget (GtkMenu *menu,
                          GtkWidget *widget,
                          GdkGravity widget_anchor,
                          GdkGravity menu_anchor,
                          const GdkEvent *trigger_event);

Displays menu and makes it available for selection.

See gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer() to pop up a menu at the master pointer. gtk_menu_popup_at_rect() also allows you to position a menu at an arbitrary rectangle.

menu will be positioned at widget , aligning their anchor points. widget_anchor and menu_anchor determine anchor points on widget and menu to pin together. menu can optionally be offset by “rect-anchor-dx” and “rect-anchor-dy”.

Anchors should be specified under the assumption that the text direction is left-to-right; they will be flipped horizontally automatically if the text direction is right-to-left.

Other properties that influence the behaviour of this function are “anchor-hints” and “menu-type-hint”. Connect to the “popped-up” signal to find out how it was actually positioned.

Since: 3.22

gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer ()

void
gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer (GtkMenu *menu,
                           const GdkEvent *trigger_event);

Displays menu and makes it available for selection.

See gtk_menu_popup_at_widget() to pop up a menu at a widget. gtk_menu_popup_at_rect() also allows you to position a menu at an arbitrary rectangle.

menu will be positioned at the pointer associated with trigger_event .

Properties that influence the behaviour of this function are “anchor-hints”, “rect-anchor-dx”, “rect-anchor-dy”, and “menu-type-hint”. Connect to the “popped-up” signal to find out how it was actually positioned.

Since: 3.22

gtk_menu_popup_for_device ()

void
gtk_menu_popup_for_device (GtkMenu *menu,
                           GdkDevice *device,
                           GtkWidget *parent_menu_shell,
                           GtkWidget *parent_menu_item,
                           GtkMenuPositionFunc func,
                           gpointer data,
                           GDestroyNotify destroy,
                           guint button,
                           guint32 activate_time);

Displays a menu and makes it available for selection.

Applications can use this function to display context-sensitive menus, and will typically supply NULL for the parent_menu_shell , parent_menu_item , func , data and destroy parameters. The default menu positioning function will position the menu at the current position of device (or its corresponding pointer).

The button parameter should be the mouse button pressed to initiate the menu popup. If the menu popup was initiated by something other than a mouse button press, such as a mouse button release or a keypress, button should be 0.

The activate_time parameter is used to conflict-resolve initiation of concurrent requests for mouse/keyboard grab requests. To function properly, this needs to be the time stamp of the user event (such as a mouse click or key press) that caused the initiation of the popup. Only if no such event is available, gtk_get_current_event_time() can be used instead.

Note that this function does not work very well on GDK backends that do not have global coordinates, such as Wayland or Mir. You should probably use one of the gtk_menu_popup_at_ variants, which do not have this problem.

Since: 3.0

gtk_menu_popup ()

void
gtk_menu_popup (GtkMenu *menu,
                GtkWidget *parent_menu_shell,
                GtkWidget *parent_menu_item,
                GtkMenuPositionFunc func,
                gpointer data,
                guint button,
                guint32 activate_time);

Displays a menu and makes it available for selection.

Applications can use this function to display context-sensitive menus, and will typically supply NULL for the parent_menu_shell , parent_menu_item , func and data parameters. The default menu positioning function will position the menu at the current mouse cursor position.

The button parameter should be the mouse button pressed to initiate the menu popup. If the menu popup was initiated by something other than a mouse button press, such as a mouse button release or a keypress, button should be 0.

The activate_time parameter is used to conflict-resolve initiation of concurrent requests for mouse/keyboard grab requests. To function properly, this needs to be the timestamp of the user event (such as a mouse click or key press) that caused the initiation of the popup. Only if no such event is available, gtk_get_current_event_time() can be used instead.

Note that this function does not work very well on GDK backends that do not have global coordinates, such as Wayland or Mir. You should probably use one of the gtk_menu_popup_at_ variants, which do not have this problem.

gtk_menu_set_accel_group ()

void
gtk_menu_set_accel_group (GtkMenu *menu,
                          GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);

Set the GtkAccelGroup which holds global accelerators for the menu. This accelerator group needs to also be added to all windows that this menu is being used in with gtk_window_add_accel_group(), in order for those windows to support all the accelerators contained in this group.

gtk_menu_get_accel_group ()

GtkAccelGroup *
gtk_menu_get_accel_group (GtkMenu *menu);

Gets the GtkAccelGroup which holds global accelerators for the menu. See gtk_menu_set_accel_group().

gtk_menu_set_accel_path ()

void
gtk_menu_set_accel_path (GtkMenu *menu,
                         const gchar *accel_path);

Sets an accelerator path for this menu from which accelerator paths for its immediate children, its menu items, can be constructed. The main purpose of this function is to spare the programmer the inconvenience of having to call gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path() on each menu item that should support runtime user changable accelerators. Instead, by just calling gtk_menu_set_accel_path() on their parent, each menu item of this menu, that contains a label describing its purpose, automatically gets an accel path assigned.

For example, a menu containing menu items “New” and “Exit”, will, after gtk_menu_set_accel_path (menu, "<Gnumeric-Sheet>/File"); has been called, assign its items the accel paths: "<Gnumeric-Sheet>/File/New" and "<Gnumeric-Sheet>/File/Exit".

Assigning accel paths to menu items then enables the user to change their accelerators at runtime. More details about accelerator paths and their default setups can be found at gtk_accel_map_add_entry().

Note that accel_path string will be stored in a GQuark. Therefore, if you pass a static string, you can save some memory by interning it first with g_intern_static_string().

gtk_menu_get_accel_path ()

const gchar *
gtk_menu_get_accel_path (GtkMenu *menu);

Retrieves the accelerator path set on the menu.

Since: 2.14

gtk_menu_set_title ()

void
gtk_menu_set_title (GtkMenu *menu,
                    const gchar *title);

Sets the title string for the menu.

The title is displayed when the menu is shown as a tearoff menu. If title is NULL, the menu will see if it is attached to a parent menu item, and if so it will try to use the same text as that menu item’s label.

gtk_menu_get_title ()

const gchar *
gtk_menu_get_title (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns the title of the menu. See gtk_menu_set_title().

gtk_menu_set_monitor ()

void
gtk_menu_set_monitor (GtkMenu *menu,
                      gint monitor_num);

Informs GTK+ on which monitor a menu should be popped up. See gdk_monitor_get_geometry().

This function should be called from a GtkMenuPositionFunc if the menu should not appear on the same monitor as the pointer. This information can’t be reliably inferred from the coordinates returned by a GtkMenuPositionFunc, since, for very long menus, these coordinates may extend beyond the monitor boundaries or even the screen boundaries.

Since: 2.4

gtk_menu_get_monitor ()

gint
gtk_menu_get_monitor (GtkMenu *menu);

Retrieves the number of the monitor on which to show the menu.

Since: 2.14

gtk_menu_place_on_monitor ()

void
gtk_menu_place_on_monitor (GtkMenu *menu,
                           GdkMonitor *monitor);

Places menu on the given monitor.

Since: 3.22

gtk_menu_get_tearoff_state ()

gboolean
gtk_menu_get_tearoff_state (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns whether the menu is torn off. See gtk_menu_set_tearoff_state().

gtk_menu_set_reserve_toggle_size ()

void
gtk_menu_set_reserve_toggle_size (GtkMenu *menu,
                                  gboolean reserve_toggle_size);

Sets whether the menu should reserve space for drawing toggles or icons, regardless of their actual presence.

Since: 2.18

gtk_menu_get_reserve_toggle_size ()

gboolean
gtk_menu_get_reserve_toggle_size (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns whether the menu reserves space for toggles and icons, regardless of their actual presence.

Since: 2.18

gtk_menu_popdown ()

void
gtk_menu_popdown (GtkMenu *menu);

Removes the menu from the screen.

gtk_menu_reposition ()

void
gtk_menu_reposition (GtkMenu *menu);

Repositions the menu according to its position function.

gtk_menu_get_active ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_get_active (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns the selected menu item from the menu. This is used by the GtkComboBox.

gtk_menu_set_active ()

void
gtk_menu_set_active (GtkMenu *menu,
                     guint index);

Selects the specified menu item within the menu. This is used by the GtkComboBox and should not be used by anyone else.

gtk_menu_set_tearoff_state ()

void
gtk_menu_set_tearoff_state (GtkMenu *menu,
                            gboolean torn_off);

Changes the tearoff state of the menu. A menu is normally displayed as drop down menu which persists as long as the menu is active. It can also be displayed as a tearoff menu which persists until it is closed or reattached.

gtk_menu_attach_to_widget ()

void
gtk_menu_attach_to_widget (GtkMenu *menu,
                           GtkWidget *attach_widget,
                           GtkMenuDetachFunc detacher);

Attaches the menu to the widget and provides a callback function that will be invoked when the menu calls gtk_menu_detach() during its destruction.

If the menu is attached to the widget then it will be destroyed when the widget is destroyed, as if it was a child widget. An attached menu will also move between screens correctly if the widgets moves between screens.

gtk_menu_detach ()

void
gtk_menu_detach (GtkMenu *menu);

Detaches the menu from the widget to which it had been attached. This function will call the callback function, detacher , provided when the gtk_menu_attach_to_widget() function was called.

gtk_menu_get_attach_widget ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_get_attach_widget (GtkMenu *menu);

Returns the GtkWidget that the menu is attached to.

gtk_menu_get_for_attach_widget ()

GList *
gtk_menu_get_for_attach_widget (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns a list of the menus which are attached to this widget. This list is owned by GTK+ and must not be modified.

Since: 2.6

GtkMenuPositionFunc ()

void
(*GtkMenuPositionFunc) (GtkMenu *menu,
                        gint *x,
                        gint *y,
                        gboolean *push_in,
                        gpointer user_data);

A user function supplied when calling gtk_menu_popup() which controls the positioning of the menu when it is displayed. The function sets the x and y parameters to the coordinates where the menu is to be drawn. To make the menu appear on a different monitor than the mouse pointer, gtk_menu_set_monitor() must be called.

GtkMenuDetachFunc ()

void
(*GtkMenuDetachFunc) (GtkWidget *attach_widget,
                      GtkMenu *menu);

A user function supplied when calling gtk_menu_attach_to_widget() which will be called when the menu is later detached from the widget.

struct GtkMenu

struct GtkMenu;

enum GtkArrowPlacement

Used to specify the placement of scroll arrows in scrolling menus.

The “accel-group” property

  “accel-group”              GtkAccelGroup *

The accel group holding accelerators for the menu.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 2.14

The “accel-path” property

  “accel-path”               char *

An accel path used to conveniently construct accel paths of child items.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Since: 2.14

The “active” property

  “active”                   int

The index of the currently selected menu item, or -1 if no menu item is selected.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.14

The “anchor-hints” property

  “anchor-hints”             GdkAnchorHints

Positioning hints for aligning the menu relative to a rectangle.

These hints determine how the menu should be positioned in the case that the menu would fall off-screen if placed in its ideal position.

For example, GDK_ANCHOR_FLIP_Y will replace GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST with GDK_GRAVITY_SOUTH_WEST and vice versa if the menu extends beyond the bottom edge of the monitor.

See gtk_menu_popup_at_rect(), gtk_menu_popup_at_widget(), gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer(), “rect-anchor-dx”, “rect-anchor-dy”, “menu-type-hint”, and “popped-up”.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: GDK_ANCHOR_FLIP_X | GDK_ANCHOR_FLIP_Y | GDK_ANCHOR_SLIDE_X | GDK_ANCHOR_SLIDE_Y | GDK_ANCHOR_RESIZE_X | GDK_ANCHOR_RESIZE_Y

Since: 3.22

The “attach-widget” property

  “attach-widget”            GtkWidget *

The widget the menu is attached to. Setting this property attaches the menu without a GtkMenuDetachFunc. If you need to use a detacher, use gtk_menu_attach_to_widget() directly.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 2.14

The “menu-type-hint” property

  “menu-type-hint”           GdkWindowTypeHint

The GdkWindowTypeHint to use for the menu's GdkWindow.

See gtk_menu_popup_at_rect(), gtk_menu_popup_at_widget(), gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer(), “anchor-hints”, “rect-anchor-dx”, “rect-anchor-dy”, and “popped-up”.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_POPUP_MENU

Since: 3.22

The “monitor” property

  “monitor”                  int

The monitor the menu will be popped up on.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.14

The “rect-anchor-dx” property

  “rect-anchor-dx”           int

Horizontal offset to apply to the menu, i.e. the rectangle or widget anchor.

See gtk_menu_popup_at_rect(), gtk_menu_popup_at_widget(), gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer(), “anchor-hints”, “rect-anchor-dy”, “menu-type-hint”, and “popped-up”.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: 0

Since: 3.22

The “rect-anchor-dy” property

  “rect-anchor-dy”           int

Vertical offset to apply to the menu, i.e. the rectangle or widget anchor.

See gtk_menu_popup_at_rect(), gtk_menu_popup_at_widget(), gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer(), “anchor-hints”, “rect-anchor-dx”, “menu-type-hint”, and “popped-up”.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: 0

Since: 3.22

The “reserve-toggle-size” property

  “reserve-toggle-size”      gboolean

A boolean that indicates whether the menu reserves space for toggles and icons, regardless of their actual presence.

This property should only be changed from its default value for special-purposes such as tabular menus. Regular menus that are connected to a menu bar or context menus should reserve toggle space for consistency.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since: 2.18

The “tearoff-state” property

  “tearoff-state”            gboolean

A boolean that indicates whether the menu is torn-off.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.6

The “tearoff-title” property

  “tearoff-title”            char *

A title that may be displayed by the window manager when this menu is torn-off.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

The “bottom-attach” child property

  “bottom-attach”            int

The row number to attach the bottom of the child to.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The “left-attach” child property

  “left-attach”              int

The column number to attach the left side of the child to.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The “right-attach” child property

  “right-attach”             int

The column number to attach the right side of the child to.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The “top-attach” child property

  “top-attach”               int

The row number to attach the top of the child to.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The “arrow-placement” style property

  “arrow-placement”          GtkArrowPlacement

Indicates where scroll arrows should be placed.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read

Default value: GTK_ARROWS_BOTH

Since: 2.16

The “arrow-scaling” style property

  “arrow-scaling”            float

Arbitrary constant to scale down the size of the scroll arrow.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0.7

Since: 2.16

The “double-arrows” style property

  “double-arrows”            gboolean

When TRUE, both arrows are shown when scrolling.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read

Default value: TRUE

The “horizontal-offset” style property

  “horizontal-offset”        int

When the menu is a submenu, position it this number of pixels offset horizontally.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read

Default value: -2

The “horizontal-padding” style property

  “horizontal-padding”       int

Extra space at the left and right edges of the menu.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

The “vertical-offset” style property

  “vertical-offset”          int

When the menu is a submenu, position it this number of pixels offset vertically.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read

Default value: 0

The “vertical-padding” style property

  “vertical-padding”         int

Extra space at the top and bottom of the menu.

Owner: GtkMenu

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 1

The “move-scroll” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenu      *menu,
               GtkScrollType scroll_type,
               gpointer      user_data)

Flags: Action

The “popped-up” signal

void
user_function (GtkMenu *menu,
               gpointer flipped_rect,
               gpointer final_rect,
               gboolean flipped_x,
               gboolean flipped_y,
               gpointer user_data)

Emitted when the position of menu is finalized after being popped up using gtk_menu_popup_at_rect(), gtk_menu_popup_at_widget(), or gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer().

menu might be flipped over the anchor rectangle in order to keep it on-screen, in which case flipped_x and flipped_y will be set to TRUE accordingly.

flipped_rect is the ideal position of menu after any possible flipping, but before any possible sliding. final_rect is flipped_rect , but possibly translated in the case that flipping is still ineffective in keeping menu on-screen.

The blue menu is menu 's ideal position, the green menu is flipped_rect , and the red menu is final_rect .

See gtk_menu_popup_at_rect(), gtk_menu_popup_at_widget(), gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer(), “anchor-hints”, “rect-anchor-dx”, “rect-anchor-dy”, and “menu-type-hint”.

Flags: Run First

Since: 3.22