DesktopApplicationMenuItem

Class (inherits from DesktopMenuItem)

New in 2021r3

Used to place menu items in the Application menu on macOS. A menu item subclassed from DesktopApplicationMenuItem is automatically moved to the Application menu for macOS builds. On all other target platforms, the menu item appears where you put it in the Menu Editor. You cannot place menu items directly in the Apple or application menus in the Menu Editor.

Events

MenuBarSelected MenuItemSelected

Properties

AutoEnabled HasSecondaryModifierKey Shortcut Enabled HasStandardModifierKey ShortcutKey HasAltKey Icon Tag HasCheckmark Index Value HasMacControlKey LastRowIndex Visible HasMacOptionKey Name

Methods

AddMenu Close Popup AddMenuAt Count RemoveMenuAt Child Handle Clone MenuAt

Notes

To use DesktopApplicationMenuItem, create the menu item under the menu that you want to use for the Windows and Linux builds of the application and then use the Inspector to change its super class to DesktopApplicationMenuItem. Otherwise, set up the menu item normally.

See Also

DesktopMenuItem, DesktopPreferencesMenuItem, DesktopQuitMenuItem classes.