Gtk.MenuBar¶

Example¶

Subclasses:	None

Methods¶

Inherited:	Gtk.MenuShell (14), Gtk.Container (35), Gtk.Widget (278), GObject.Object (37), Gtk.Buildable (10)
Structs:	Gtk.ContainerClass (5), Gtk.WidgetClass (12), GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` ()
class	`new_from_model` (model)
	`get_child_pack_direction` ()
	`get_pack_direction` ()
	`set_child_pack_direction` (child_pack_dir)
	`set_pack_direction` (pack_dir)

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:	Gtk.MenuShell (9), Gtk.Container (10), Gtk.Widget (82), GObject.Object (7), Gtk.Buildable (10)

Properties¶

Inherited:	Gtk.MenuShell (1), Gtk.Container (3), Gtk.Widget (39)

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`child-pack-direction`	`Gtk.PackDirection`	r/w/en	The child pack direction of the menubar
`pack-direction`	`Gtk.PackDirection`	r/w/en	The pack direction of the menubar

Style Properties¶

Inherited:	Gtk.Widget (17)

Name	Type	Default	Flags	Short Description
`internal-padding`	`int`	`0`	d/r	Amount of border space between the menubar shadow and the menu items `deprecated`
`shadow-type`	`Gtk.ShadowType`	`Gtk.ShadowType.OUT`	d/r	Style of bevel around the menubar `deprecated`

Signals¶

Inherited:	Gtk.MenuShell (8), Gtk.Container (4), Gtk.Widget (69), GObject.Object (1)

Fields¶

Inherited:	Gtk.MenuShell (8), Gtk.Container (4), Gtk.Widget (69), GObject.Object (1)

Name	Type	Access	Description
menu_shell	`Gtk.MenuShell`	r

Class Details¶

class Gtk.MenuBar(**kwargs)¶

Bases:	`Gtk.MenuShell`
Abstract:	No
Structure:	`Gtk.MenuBarClass`

The Gtk.MenuBar is a subclass of Gtk.MenuShell which contains one or more Gtk.MenuItems. The result is a standard menu bar which can hold many menu items.

CSS nodes

Gtk.MenuBar has a single CSS node with name menubar.

classmethod new()[source]¶

Returns:	the new menu bar, as a `Gtk.Widget`
Return type:	`Gtk.Widget`

Creates a new Gtk.MenuBar

classmethod new_from_model(model)[source]¶

Parameters:	model (`Gio.MenuModel`) – a `Gio.MenuModel`
Returns:	a new `Gtk.MenuBar`
Return type:	`Gtk.Widget`

Creates a new Gtk.MenuBar and populates it with menu items and submenus according to model.

The created menu items are connected to actions found in the Gtk.ApplicationWindow to which the menu bar belongs - typically by means of being contained within the Gtk.ApplicationWindows widget hierarchy.

New in version 3.4.

get_child_pack_direction()[source]¶

Returns:	the child pack direction
Return type:	`Gtk.PackDirection`

Retrieves the current child pack direction of the menubar. See Gtk.MenuBar.set_child_pack_direction().

New in version 2.8.

get_pack_direction()[source]¶

Returns:	the pack direction
Return type:	`Gtk.PackDirection`

Retrieves the current pack direction of the menubar. See Gtk.MenuBar.set_pack_direction().

New in version 2.8.

set_child_pack_direction(child_pack_dir)[source]¶

Parameters:	child_pack_dir (`Gtk.PackDirection`) – a new `Gtk.PackDirection`

Sets how widgets should be packed inside the children of a menubar.

New in version 2.8.

set_pack_direction(pack_dir)[source]¶

Parameters:	pack_dir (`Gtk.PackDirection`) – a new `Gtk.PackDirection`

Sets how items should be packed inside a menubar.

New in version 2.8.

Property Details¶

Gtk.MenuBar.props.child_pack_direction¶

Name:	`child-pack-direction`
Type:	`Gtk.PackDirection`
Default Value:	`Gtk.PackDirection.LTR`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The child pack direction of the menubar. It determines how the widgets contained in child menuitems are arranged.

New in version 2.8.

Gtk.MenuBar.props.pack_direction¶

Name:	`pack-direction`
Type:	`Gtk.PackDirection`
Default Value:	`Gtk.PackDirection.LTR`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The pack direction of the menubar. It determines how menuitems are arranged in the menubar.

New in version 2.8.