POPUP_MENU

Description

Creates a menu composed of MENU_ITEM elements that will popup when its "Popup" action is executed.

Inherited Attributes

See the Attributes Common to All Elements.

Specific Attributes

Name	Value Type	Default Value	Description	Comment	V.	Exp.
Exposed Actions
Popup	ref_type_action		Menu pops up at the current mouse location.		2.0	2.0

Examples

Simple Menu

Simple popup menu with two elements that pops up when user clicks on "Click Me" text.

<SKIN text_color="#ffffff" width="230" height="100" margin="5" layout_type="layer_stack">
    <POPUP_MENU id="menu">
        <MENU_ITEM name="Item1"/>
        <MENU_ITEM name="Item2"/>
    </POPUP_MENU>
    <TEXT value="Click Me!" h_align="left" v_align="top">
        <INVISIBLE_ACTION_BUTTON action_id="menu.Popup" width="100%" height="100%"/>
    </TEXT>
</SKIN>

Menu Tree

A popup menu can be composed of submenus when inserting MENU_ITEM recursively:

<SKIN text_color="#ffffff" width="400" height="100" margin="5" layout_type="layer_stack">
    <POPUP_MENU id="menu">
        <MENU_ITEM name="Sub Menu1">
            <MENU_ITEM name="Sub Item 1-1"/>
            <MENU_ITEM name="Sub Item 1-2"/>
        </MENU_ITEM>
        <MENU_ITEM name="Sub Menu 2">
        <MENU_ITEM name="Sub Item 2-1"/>
        <MENU_ITEM name="Sub Item 2-2"/>
        <MENU_ITEM name="Sub Item 2-3"/>
        </MENU_ITEM>
        <MENU_ITEM name="Item 3"/>
    </POPUP_MENU>
    <TEXT value="Click Me!" h_align="left" v_align="top">
        <INVISIBLE_ACTION_BUTTON action_id="menu.Popup" width="100%" height="100%"/>
    </TEXT>
</SKIN>