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- Overview
- Manipulating menu options in the editor
- Adding a standard menu option
- Adding a separator
- Linking a menu option to a preset action
- Adding a sub-menu
- Modifying the background color of menus and menu options
- Deleting a menu option
Manipulating menu options via the context menu
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile support two types of drop-down menus: - main window menus.
A main menu is always associated with a window. This menu can be displayed under the window's title bar. For more details, see Managing main window menus.
  In a mobile application, the menu is displayed via the Action Bar control. For more details, see Action Bar of a window. - custom context menus.
The user can open a context menu by pressing the right mouse button.
For more details, see Custom context menu.
A drop-down menu (main or custom context menu) is composed of one or more options and sub-options. Each option runs a WLanguage code. For example: In the editor, you can handle menu options in the same way for both main menus and custom context menus. To handle the menu options, simply edit the relevant menu. To edit (or display in the editor):   The main menu of a window:- open the relevant window in the window editor.
- select one of the menu options. The options and the sub-options are automatically displayed.
- A custom context menu: on the "Window" tab, in the "Bars and menus" group, expand "Popup menus" and select one of the existing context menus.
This help page explains how to manipulate (add, delete, etc.) menu options in the editor via the context menu. For more details, see: Manipulating menu options in the editor Adding a standard menu option To add a standard menu option: - After the selected menu option, you can:
- open the context menu of the current menu option and select "Add option after".
- press the Enter key.
- Before the selected menu option, you can:
- open the context menu of the current menu option and select "Add option before".
- press the Ins key.
- Type the caption for the new menu option.
- Press Enter to validate the addition.
Remarks: - The Esc key is used to cancel the addition of a menu option.
- To go from a menu option to the next one, use the arrow keys (up and down).
 If a window contains more than 2 menus, an arrow is used to display the other menus in the window editor.
Adding a separator To add a separator: - Select the menu option in front of which the separator must be added.
- Right-click to open the context menu of the option.
- Select "Insert a separator".
Remark: You also have the ability to: - add a separator before the selected menu option by pressing the Pause key.
- add a separator by giving the "-" or "--" or "---" caption to the menu option. The option is changed into a separator when the input is validated.
Linking a menu option to a preset action To link a menu option to a preset action: - Select the desired menu option.
- Right-click to open the context menu of the option.
- Select "Preset action...". The window for selecting a preset action is displayed.
- Select the requested action and validate.
Adding a sub-menu To add a submenu: - Select the menu option to which a sub-option must be added.
- Right-click to open the context menu of the option.
- Select "Transform to expand a submenu".
- Type the text of the first option of the new submenu.
- Press Enter to validate the addition.
Remarks: - You can use the same method to add options in menus and sub-options in submenus.
- You also have the ability to add a submenu to the selected menu option by pressing the Tab key.
- The sub-menus are not available in the popup menus.
Deleting a menu option To delete a menu option: - Select the menu option to delete.
- Right-click to open the context menu of the option.
- Select "Delete".
Remark: You can also delete the current menu option with the Delete key.
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