Vcl.Menus

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Classes

EMenuError	EMenuError is the exception class for errors involving menu items.
TMainMenu	TMainMenu encapsulates a menu bar and its accompanying drop-down menus for a form.
TMenu	TMenu is the base type for menu components such as TMainMenu and TPopupMenu.
TMenuActionLink	TMenuActionLink links menu item clients to the corresponding menu action.
TMenuActionLinkClass	Represents the metaclass for the TMenuActionLink class.
TMenuItem	TMenuItem describes the properties of an item in a menu.
TMenuItemEnumerator	Enumerates through the menu items of a TMenuItem object.
TMenuItemStack	Represents a stack of menu items.
TPopupList	TPopupList manages the window that handles popup menu messages.
TPopupMenu	TPopupMenu encapsulates the properties, methods, and events of a pop-up menu.

Routines

AnsiSameCaption	Indicates whether two strings are the same based on the current locale, ignoring case information and accelerator characters.
DrawMenuItem	Draws a menu item.
GetHotkey	Returns the last character in a string marked with an ampersand (&).
IsAltGRPressed	Specifies whether AltGR is pressed.
NewItem	Creates and initializes a menu item.
NewLine	Creates a menu item for a separator.
NewMenu	Creates and initializes a main menu.
NewPopupMenu	Creates and initializes a popup menu.
NewSubMenu	Creates and initializes a menu item that represents a submenu.
SameCaption	Compares two texts.
ShortCut	Creates a menu shortcut for a specified key combination.
ShortCutFromMessage	Generates a shortcut ID from a received message.
ShortCutToKey	Returns the key code and shift state of a menu shortcut.
ShortCutToText	Converts a menu shortcut into a string that describes the shortcut.
StripHotkey	Removes the accelerator character marker from a string.
TextToShortCut	Creates a menu shortcut from a text string.

Types

PMenuItem	Defines a pointer to a TMenuItem value.
TAdvancedMenuDrawItemEvent	TAdvancedMenuDrawItemEvent is the type for event handlers that render menu items in owner-drawn menus.
TFindItemKind	TFindItemKind indicates the criterion to use when locating menu items.
TMenuAnimation	TMenuAnimation and TMenuAnimations indicate how a pop-up menu appears on screen.
TMenuAnimations	TMenuAnimation and TMenuAnimations indicate how a pop-up menu appears on screen.
TMenuAutoFlag	TMenuItemAutoFlag and TMenuAutoFlag indicate when menu items are automatically maintained.
TMenuBreak	TMenuBreak indicates the criterion to use when locating menu items.
TMenuChangeEvent	Defines the type for event handlers that occur when the menu changes.
TMenuDrawItemEvent	TMenuDrawItemEvent is the type for event handlers that render menu items in owner-drawn menus.
TMenuHandle	Defines the handle to a TMenu object.
TMenuItemAutoFlag	TMenuItemAutoFlag and TMenuAutoFlag indicate when menu items are automatically maintained.
TMenuMeasureItemEvent	TMenuMeasureItemEvent is the type for event handlers that render menu items in owner-Measuren menus.
TPopupAlignment	TPopupAlignment represents the position of a pop-up menu relative to the mouse.
TTrackButton	TTrackButton specifies which mouse button activates a tool button menu.

Variables

PopupList	Provides centralized handling of Windows messages directed at pop-up menus.
ShortCutItems	Contains the items that have a shortcut.
ValidMenuHotkeys	Determines what accelerator keys can be automatically assigned to a menu item caption.

Constants

cDialogSuffix	cDialogSuffix: string = ...;
cHotkeyPrefix	cHotkeyPrefix: Char = $26;
cLineCaption	cLineCaption: Char = $2D;