libwt-dev 3.3.0-1build1 / usr / include / Wt / WMenuItem

// This may look like C code, but it's really -*- C++ -*-
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Emweb bvba, Kessel-Lo, Belgium.
 *
 * See the LICENSE file for terms of use.
 */
#ifndef WMENU_ITEM_H_
#define WMENU_ITEM_H_

#include <Wt/WContainerWidget>
#include <Wt/WString>

namespace Wt {

/*! \brief A single item in a menu.
 *
 * Since %Wt 3.3.0, this item is now a proper widget, which renders a
 * single item in a menu.
 *
 * An optional contents item can be associated with a menu item, which
 * is inserted and shown in the widget stack of the menu to which this
 * menu item belongs.
 *
 * <h3>CSS</h3>
 *
 * A menu item renders as a &gt;li&;lt with additional markup/style
 * classes provided by the theme. Unless you use the bootstrap theme,
 * you will need to provide appropriate CSS.
 */
class WT_API WMenuItem : public WContainerWidget
{
public:
  /*! \brief Enumeration that determines when contents should be loaded.
   */
  enum LoadPolicy {
    LazyLoading, //!< Lazy loading: on first use
    PreLoading   //!< Pre-loading: before first use
  };

  /*! \brief Creates a new item with given label.
   *
   * The optional contents is a widget that will be shown in the WMenu
   * contents stack when the item is selected. For this widget, a load
   * \p policy can be indicated which specifies whether the contents
   * widgets is transmitted only when it the item is activated for the
   * first time (LazyLoading) or transmitted prior to first rendering.
   *
   * If the menu supports internal path navigation, then a default
   * pathComponent() will be derived from the \p label, and can be
   * customized using setPathComponent().
   */
  WMenuItem(const WString& label, WWidget *contents = 0,
	    LoadPolicy policy = LazyLoading);

  /*
   * The icon is displayed left to the text.
   *
   * \note The icon should have a width of 16 pixels.
   */
  WMenuItem(const std::string& iconPath, const WString& label,
	    WWidget *contents = 0, LoadPolicy policy = LazyLoading);

  /* !\brief Destructor.
   *
   * Removes the item from the menu (if it was added previously to one), and
   * also deletes the contents that was associated with the item.
   *
   * \sa WMenu::removeItem()
   */
  ~WMenuItem();

  /*! \brief Sets the text for this item.
   *
   * Unless a custom path component was defined, the pathComponent()
   * is also updated based on the new text.
   *
   * The item widget is updated using updateItemWidget().
   *
   * \sa setPathComponent();
   */
  void setText(const WString& text);

  /*! \brief Returns the text for this item.
   *
   * \sa setText();
   */
  const WString& text() const;

  /*! \brief Sets the item icon path.
   *
   * The icon should have a width of 16 pixels.
   *
   * \sa setText()
   */
  void setIcon(const std::string& path);

  /*! \brief Returns the item icon path.
   *
   * \sa setIcon()
   */
  std::string icon() const;

  /*! \brief Sets if the item is checkable.
   *
   * When an item is checkable, a checkbox is displayed to the left of the
   * item text (instead of an icon).
   *
   * \sa setChecked(), isChecked()
   */
  void setCheckable(bool checkable);

  /*! \brief Returns whether the item is checkable.
   *
   * \sa setCheckable()
   */
  bool isCheckable() const { return checkBox_ != 0; }

  /*! \brief Sets the path component for this item.
   *
   * The path component is used by the menu item in the application
   * internal path (see WApplication::setInternalPath()), when
   * internal paths are enabled (see WMenu::setInternalPathEnabled())
   * for the menu.
   *
   * You may specify an empty \p path to let a menu item be the
   * "default" menu option.
   *
   * For example, if WMenu::internalBasePath() is
   * <tt>"/examples/"</tt> and pathComponent() for is
   * <tt>"charts/"</tt>, then the internal path for the item will be
   * <tt>"/examples/charts/"</tt>.
   *
   * By default, the path is automatically derived from text(). If a
   * \link WString::literal() literal text\endlink is used, the path
   * is based on the text itself, otherwise on the \link
   * WString::key() key\endlink. It is converted to lower case, and
   * replacing white space and special characters with '_'.
   *
   * \sa setText(), WMenu::setInternalPathEnabled()
   *
   * \if cpp
   * \note the \p path should be UTF8 encoded (we may fix the API
   *       to use WString in the future).
   * \endif
   */
  void setPathComponent(const std::string& path);

  /*! \brief Returns the path component for this item.
   *
   * You may want to reimplement this to customize the path component
   * set by the item in the application internal path.
   *
   * \sa setPathComponent()
   *
   * \if cpp
   * \note the \p path component is UTF8 encoded (we may fix the API
   *       to use WString in the future).
   * \endif
   */
  virtual std::string pathComponent() const;

  /*! \brief Sets the associated link.
   *
   * \sa Link()
   */
  void setLink(const WLink& link);

  /*! \brief Returns the associated link.
   *
   * \sa setLink()
   */
  WLink link() const;

  /*! \brief Sets the link target.
   *
   * \sa setLink()
   */
  void setLinkTarget(AnchorTarget target);

  /*! \brief Returns the link target.
   *
   * \sa setLinkTarget()
   */
  AnchorTarget linkTarget() const;

  /*! \brief Sets a sub menu.
   *
   * Ownership of the \p subMenu is transferred to the item. In
   * most cases, the sub menu would use the same contents stack as the
   * parent menu.
   */
  void setMenu(WMenu *menu);

  /*! \brief Sets a sub menu (<b>deprecated</b>)
   *
   * \deprecated use setMenu() instead
   */
  void setSubMenu(WMenu *menu);

  /*! \brief Returns the submenu.
   *
   * \sa setMenu()
   */
  WMenu *menu() const { return subMenu_; }

  /*! \brief Sets the checked state.
   *
   * This is only used when isCheckable() == \c true.
   *
   * \sa setCheckable(bool), isCheckable()
   */
  void setChecked(bool checked);

  /*! \brief Returns the checked state.
   *
   * This is only used when isCheckable() == \c true.
   *
   * \sa setChecked(bool), isCheckable()
   */
  bool isChecked() const;

  /*! \brief Sets whether the menu item can be selected.
   *
   * Only a menu item that can be selected can be the result of a
   * popup menu selection.
   *
   * The default value is \c true for a normal menu item, and \c false
   * for a menu item that has a submenu.
   *
   * An item that is selectable but is disabled can still not be
   * selected.
   */
  void setSelectable(bool selectable);

  /*! \brief Returns whether the menu item can be selected.
   *
   * \sa setSelectable()
   */
  bool isSelectable() const { return selectable_; }

  /*! \brief Sets associated additional data with the item.
   *
   * You can use this to associate model information with a menu item.
   */
  void setData(void *data) { data_ = data; }

  /*! \brief Returns additional data of the item.
   *
   * \sa setData()
   */
  void *data() const { return data_; }

  WCheckBox *checkBox() const { return checkBox_; }

  /*! \brief Make it possible to close this item interactively or by close().
   *
   * \sa close(), isCloseable()
   */
  void setCloseable(bool closeable);

  /*! \brief Returns whether the item is closeable.
   *
   * \sa setCloseable()
   */
  bool isCloseable() const { return closeable_; }

  /*! \brief Closes this item.
   *
   * Hides the item widget and emits WMenu::itemClosed() signal. Only closeable
   * items can be closed.
   *
   * \sa setCloseable(), hide()
   */
  void close();

  WMenu *parentMenu() const { return menu_; }

  /*! \brief Returns the contents widget for this item.
   *
   * The contents widget is the widget in the WStackedWidget associated with
   * this item.
   */
  WWidget *contents() const;
  WWidget *takeContents();

  /*! \brief Returns the widget that represents the item (<b>deprecated</b>).
   *
   * This returns this.
   *
   * \deprecated This is a pre-Wt 3.3.0 artifact which has lost its value
   *             since WMenuItem is now a widget.
   */
  WWidget *itemWidget();

  /*! \brief Selects this item.
   *
   * If the item was previously closed it will be shown.
   *
   * \sa close()
   */
  void select();

  /*! \brief %Signal emitted when an item is activated.
   *
   * Returns this item as argument.
   *
   * \sa WMenu::triggered()
   */
  Signal<WMenuItem *>& triggered() { return triggered_; }

  /*! \brief Returns whether this item is a separator.
   *
   * \sa WMenu::addSeparator()
   */
  bool isSeparator() const { return separator_; }

  /*! \brief Returns whether this item is a section header.
   *
   * \sa WMenu::addSectionHeader()
   */
  bool isSectionHeader() const;

  /*! \brief Renders the item as selected or unselected.
   *
   * The default implementation sets the styleclass for itemWidget()
   * to 'item' for an unselected not closeable, 'itemselected' for
   * selected not closeable, 'citem' for an unselected closeable and
   * 'citemselected' for selected closeable item.
   *
   * Note that this method is called from within a stateless slot
   * implementation, and thus should be stateless as well.
   */
  virtual void renderSelected(bool selected);

  virtual void setFromInternalPath(const std::string& path);

  virtual void enableAjax();

protected:
  virtual void render(WFlags<RenderFlag> flags);

private:
  // Constructs a separator or header
  WMenuItem(bool separator, const WString& text);

  WContainerWidget *contentsContainer_;
  WWidget *contents_;
  WMenu *menu_, *subMenu_;
  WText *icon_;
  WLabel *text_;
  WCheckBox *checkBox_;
  void *data_;
  bool separator_, selectable_, signalsConnected_;

  Signal<WMenuItem *> triggered_;

  std::string pathComponent_;
  bool customPathComponent_;
  bool closeable_;

  void create(const std::string& iconPath, const WString& text,
	      WWidget *contents, LoadPolicy policy);
  WAnchor *anchor() const;
  void purgeContents();
  void updateInternalPath();
  bool contentsLoaded() const;
  void loadContents();
  void setParentMenu(WMenu *menu);
  void selectNotLoaded();
  void selectVisual();
  void undoSelectVisual();
  void connectClose();
  void connectSignals();
  void setItemPadding(bool padding);

  friend class WMenu;
  friend class WPopupMenu;
};

}

#endif // WMENU_ITEM_H_