MenuActionItem 

This UI element makes a specific menu item available for the abstract MenuItem of a Menu. An action is executed for a MenuActionItem when the user clicks on the item.

Example of the Visual Display

TextView with a menu with two MenuActionItems

 

Runtime Class

CL_WD_MENU_ACTION_ITEM

 

Properties in View Designer

Name	Type	Initial Value	Bindable
ID	STRING	(automatic)	No
enabled	WDY_BOOLEAN	true	Yes
imageSource	STRING		Yes
needsMoreInfo	WDY_BOOLEAN	false	Yes
text	Translatable text		Yes
textDirection	WDUI_TEXT_DIRECTION	inherit	Yes

 

Events in View Designer

Name

onAction

Other properties that can be inherited are defined in the associated higher-level classes. The associated UI elements are:

●        MenuItems

●        ViewElements

Dynamic Programming

For dynamic programming, the same properties, events and aggregations are available as in the View Designer. Bear in mind the different spellings.

Dynamic Programming of Properties

View Designer Name	Runtime Name	Type
enabled	ENABLED	WDY_BOOLEAN
imageSource	IMAGE_SOURCE	STRING
needsMoreInfo	NEEDS_MORE_INFO	WDY_BOOLEAN
text	TEXT	WDY_MD_TRANSLATABLE_TEXT
textDirection	TEXT_DIRECTION	WDUI_TEXT_DIRECTION
textDirection: inherit	CL_WD_MENU_ACTION_ITEM=>E_TEXT_DIRECTION-INHERIT
textDirection: ltr	CL_WD_MENU_ACTION_ITEM=>E_TEXT_DIRECTION-LTR
textDirection: rtl	CL_WD_MENU_ACTION_ITEM=>E_TEXT_DIRECTION-RTL

 

Dynamic Programming of Events

View Designer Name	Runtime Name
onAction	ON_ACTION

Example

There is a system example for this UI element in the DEMO_UIEL_MENU component in the DEMO_UIEL_MENUBAR application.