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=== TMenuButton ===
 
=== TMenuButton ===
  
TMenuButton is a TCustomSpeedButton descendant that combines with a TPopupMenu to give an integrated feeling. Its similar to controls found in other toolkits like Eclipse or XUL.
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TMenuButton is a TCustomSpeedButton descendant that combines with a TPopupMenu to give an integrated look and feel. Its similar to controls found in other toolkits like Eclipse or XUL.
  
 
The main properties are:
 
The main properties are:
 
    
 
    
   - ShowArrow:
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   - ShowArrow  
 
   If True an arrow button is show in the side of the button. When it's pressed the menu pops. Clicking in the main button fires OnClick.   
 
   If True an arrow button is show in the side of the button. When it's pressed the menu pops. Clicking in the main button fires OnClick.   
 
   If False only the main button is show. Click in the main button to pop the menu. No OnClick is fired
 
   If False only the main button is show. Click in the main button to pop the menu. No OnClick is fired
  
* Know issue: setting the same popupmenu to more than one TMenuButton causes some errors
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* Know issues:  
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** Does not work properly in gtk due to LCL bug [http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=9435 9435]
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** Setting the same PopupMenu to more than one TMenuButton leads to the pressed state not be updated
  
 
=== Screencast ===
 
=== Screencast ===

Revision as of 22:47, 13 August 2007

About

Lui Controls is a collection of simple visual controls. Currently it has two components: TToggleLabel and TMenuButton

TToggleLabel

TToggleLabel is a TCustomLabel descendant that can be toggled between two states. It provides properties to define the caption showed in each state and an event to notify the state change. It also has a visual indication (a triangle) of the state.

The main properties are:

 - Expanded (Boolean): Returns or set the label Expanded state
 - Caption (String): The text show when Expanded is False
 - ExpandedCaption (String): The text show when Expanded is True
 - OnChange (TNotifyEvent): Notifies when the Label changes it states 

TMenuButton

TMenuButton is a TCustomSpeedButton descendant that combines with a TPopupMenu to give an integrated look and feel. Its similar to controls found in other toolkits like Eclipse or XUL.

The main properties are:

 - ShowArrow 
 If True an arrow button is show in the side of the button. When it's pressed the menu pops. Clicking in the main button fires OnClick.  
 If False only the main button is show. Click in the main button to pop the menu. No OnClick is fired
  • Know issues:
    • Does not work properly in gtk due to LCL bug 9435
    • Setting the same PopupMenu to more than one TMenuButton leads to the pressed state not be updated

Screencast

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License

Modified LGPL

Author

Luiz Américo Pereira Câmara

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