<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <!-- qtquickcontrols2-menus.qdoc --> <title>Menu Controls | Qt Quick Controls 2 5.11</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/offline-simple.css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementsByTagName("link").item(0).setAttribute("href", "style/offline.css"); // loading style sheet breaks anchors that were jumped to before // so force jumping to anchor again setTimeout(function() { var anchor = location.hash; // need to jump to different anchor first (e.g. none) location.hash = "#"; setTimeout(function() { location.hash = anchor; }, 0); }, 0); </script> </head> <body> <div class="header" id="qtdocheader"> <div class="main"> <div class="main-rounded"> <div class="navigationbar"> <table><tr> <td ><a href="../qtdoc/index.html">Qt 5.11</a></td><td ><a href="qtquickcontrols2-index.html">Qt Quick Controls 2</a></td><td >Menu Controls</td></tr></table><table class="buildversion"><tr> <td id="buildversion" width="100%" align="right">Qt 5.11.2 Reference Documentation</td> </tr></table> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="line"> <div class="content mainContent"> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="toc"> <h3><a name="toc">Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li class="level1"><a href="#menu-control">Menu Control</a></li> <li class="level1"><a href="#menubar-control">MenuBar Control</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="sidebar-content" id="sidebar-content"></div></div> <h1 class="title">Menu Controls</h1> <span class="subtitle"></span> <!-- $$$qtquickcontrols2-menus.html-description --> <div class="descr"> <a name="details"></a> <div class="table"><table class="annotated"> <tr class="odd topAlign"><td class="tblName"><p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menu.html">Menu</a></p></td><td class="tblDescr"><p>Popup that can be used as a context menu or popup menu</p></td></tr> <tr class="even topAlign"><td class="tblName"><p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menubar.html">MenuBar</a></p></td><td class="tblDescr"><p>Provides a window menu bar</p></td></tr> <tr class="odd topAlign"><td class="tblName"><p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menubaritem.html">MenuBarItem</a></p></td><td class="tblDescr"><p>Presents a drop-down menu within a MenuBar</p></td></tr> <tr class="even topAlign"><td class="tblName"><p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menuitem.html">MenuItem</a></p></td><td class="tblDescr"><p>Presents an item within a Menu</p></td></tr> </table></div> <p>Each type of menu control has its own specific target use case. The following sections offer guidelines for choosing the appropriate type of menu control, depending on the use case.</p> <a name="menu-control"></a> <h2 id="menu-control">Menu Control</h2> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/qtquickcontrols2-menu.png" alt="" /></p><p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menu.html">Menu</a> control can be used for context menus; for example, after right-clicking. It can also be used for popup menus; for example, a menu that is shown after clicking a button.</p> <p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menuitem.html">MenuItem</a> is an item in the Menu control. Each item in a menu:</p> <ul> <li>displays text to the user</li> <li>allows checking/unchecking</li> <li>is highlighted (for example, on keyboard navigation)</li> <li>performs some action on activation</li> </ul> <a name="menubar-control"></a> <h2 id="menubar-control">MenuBar Control</h2> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/qtquickcontrols2-menubar.png" alt="" /></p><p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menubar.html">MenuBar</a> control can be used for window menu bars.</p> <p><a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menubaritem.html">MenuBarItem</a> is an item in the <a href="qml-qtquick-controls2-menubar.html">MenuBar</a> control. Each item in a menu bar:</p> <ul> <li>displays text to the user</li> <li>is highlighted (for example, on keyboard navigation)</li> <li>pops up the respective menu on activation</li> </ul> </div> <!-- @@@qtquickcontrols2-menus.html --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <p> <acronym title="Copyright">©</acronym> 2018 The Qt Company Ltd. Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of their respective owners.<br/> The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.<br/> Qt and respective logos are trademarks of The Qt Company Ltd. in Finland and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. </p> </div> </body> </html>