MenuBar Object

The MenuBar is a cooresponding object to the MenuList Object. It's a nice way to control multiple MenuList's like a File Menu in a native application.

Constructor

MenuBar(x,y,height)

There's no width parameter because it will automatically stretch to accomidate the text items.

Adding MenuList Items

addItem(text,menulist,nospace)

• text - the name of the MenuList as a String
• menulist - the MenuList Object that will be opened when this item is selected
• nospace - by default there will be a blank space between the words, set this to false to remove it

Example:

// MenuList's
dynduo = new MenuList()
numbers = new MenuList()
letters = new MenuList()

// MenuBar
mybar = new MenuBar(50,50,20)
mybar.addItem('DynDuo',dynduo)
mybar.addItem('Numbers',numbers)
mybar.addItem('Letters',letters)
mybar.build()

Options

As with the updated MenuList, the MenuBar has a overOpen property to make the lists show when the mouse is rolling over the items.

mybar.overOpen = true

The color and font's are set with the same parameters as the List Object:

mybar.color.textNormal = '#000000'
mybar.color.textSelected = '#FFFFFF'
mybar.color.bgNormal = '#E6E6E6'
mybar.color.bgSelected = '#0000A0'
mybar.color.bgRollover = '#D1D1D1'
mybar.color.border = '#000000'
mybar.fontname = 'Helvetica'
mybar.fontsize = 11

select(i) and deselect() methods:

If you want to automatically open or close the menus you'll use these functions.

mybar.deselect()  // closes the currently open menulist (only one can be open at a time)

mybar.select(1) // opens the second menulist

You can retrieve which item is open with the selectedIndex property.

Example: menubar1.html [source]

Source Code

menubar.js

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