Menu System

A menu system with deep nesting of menus.

A menu system features a way for the user to interact with the program, through clicking items, usually presented through dropdowns.

A menu system consists primarily of:

• Menubar

• Menu

• Menu Item

A menubar holds menus - which are dropdowns, meaning that they expand and collapse on click. Each menu is going to have menu items, which appears when the menu is expanded.

Syntax

A menubar:

<menu_bar>...</menu_bar>

The ... includes menus.

A menubar with a menu inside:

<menu_bar>
    <menu>...</menu>
</menu_bar>

The ... includes menu items.

A menubar, holding a menu, which in turn holds 3 menu items:

<menu_bar>
    <menu>
        <menu_item>...</menu_item>
        <menu_item>...</menu_item>
        <menu_item>...</menu_item>
    </menu>
</menu_bar>

The ... includes text which will be shown, when the item will become visible (when its parent, the menu, will be expanded).

Nesting

Menus can be nested inside each other by having another menu as its child.

<menu_bar>
    <menu>
        <menu>
            ...
        </menu>
    </menu>
</menu_bar>

Here, we got a menubar, which hosts a menu, which in turn hosts another menu.

The ... can be menu items, or even more menus. There is no limit to the level of nesting.

Attributes

Menu Attributes:

• name The name of the menu will be displayed in the menubar.