menuitem

A menuItem is used to place a pickable item in the right-click menu. The syntax for a menuItem is:

menuItem <name> <label> [checked:<boolean>] [enabled:<boolean>] [filter:<function>]

Parameters

name:

Used to refer to when writing an event handler.

label:

The string that appears in the right-click menu.

checked:

Specifies if a check mark appears before the label in the right-click menu. If true the item is checked, otherwise the item is unchecked.

enabled:

Specifies if the item is enabled for interaction when the right-click menu is opened. If true the item is enabled, otherwise the item is disabled and appears unavailable.

filter:

A function that returns a Boolean value. The filter function is evaluated when the right-click menu is first opened. If the filter function returns true the menuItem appears in the menu, otherwise it is not displayed.

Properties

<menuitem>.text String

The string that appears in the right-click menu.

<menuitem>.checked Boolean

Specifies if a check-mark appears before the label in the right-click menu. If true the item is checked, otherwise the item is unchecked.

<menuitem>.enabled Boolean

Specifies if the item is enabled for interaction when the right-click menu is opened. If true the item is enabled, otherwise the item is disabled and appears as unavailable.

Events

on <menuitem> picked do <expr>

Called when the user clicks the menu item.

EXAMPLE:

``` rcmenu RCmenuRenderable ( fn onlyOneSelected = selection.count == 1 -- define filter function menuItem mi_r "Renderable" filter: onlyOneSelected -- display if only 1 object selected on RCmenuRenderable open do -- perform following on rcmenu open ( if selection.count == 1 then -- if only one object selected... ( mi_r.text = $.name + " | " + "Renderable" -- change text of menu item if isKindOf $ Shape then -- if shape set renderable property to \(.renderable=\).renderable -- itself to get shape and node renderable -- properties the same mi_r.checked=\(.renderable -- turn on menu item check if renderable ) ) on mi_r picked do\).renderable = not $.renderable -- when menu item picked, flip renderable value ) -- registerRightClickMenu RcmenuRenderable -- register the rcmenu

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