NAME
Tk::MenuDialog - A Moo based object oriented interface for creating and display a dialog of buttons to be used as a menu using Tk
VERSION
Version 0.01
SYNOPSIS
use Tk::MenuDialog;
use File::Basename qw(dirname);
my $menu = Tk::MenuDialog->new;
## Add the script's directory to the icon path
## when searching for icon files
$menu->add_icon_path(dirname(__FILE__));
## Add menu items to the menu
$menu->add_item(
label => qq{&Configure},
icon => qq{settings.png},
);
$menu->add_item(
label => qq{&Run Tests},
icon => qq{run.png},
);
## Allow operator to cancel the menu
$menu->can_cancel(1);
## Display the menu and return hash reference of the selected item,
## or UNDEF if canceled
my $selection = $menu->show;ATTRIBUTES
title
Title of the menu
DEFAULT: ''
can_cancel
Indicates if the operator can close the dialog without a selection
DEFAULT: 1
cancel_on_escape
Boolean value indicating if pressing the Escape key should simulate closing the window and canceling the dialog.
DEFAULT: 1
items
The items contained in this menu.
icon_path
An array containing various paths to use when locating icon image files.
button_font
Font to use for the buttons.
DEFAULT: 'times 10'
min_width
Minimum width of the dialog.
DEFAULT: 300
min_height
Minimum height of the dialog.
DEFAULT: 80
METHODS
add_item($hash)
- Description
-
Add a field to the form.
- Parameters
-
A hash reference with the following key / value pairs: label - Required paramater with icon - Optional filename of the icon to display icon_location - Optional location relative to button text for the icon DEFAULT: "left"
- Return
-
UNDEF on error, or the hash reference of the item created
show($parent)
- Description
-
Show the dialog as a child of the given parent, or as a new MainWindow if a parent is not specified.
The function will return if the users cancels the dialog or clicks a button
- Parameters
-
$parent - Parent window, if none is specified, a new MainWindow will be created
- Return
-
UNDEF when canceled, or the hash reference associated with the button clicked.
add_icon_path()
- Description
-
Description goes here
- Parameters
-
NONE
- Return
-
NONE
AUTHOR
Paul Durden <alabamapaul AT gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2015 by Paul Durden.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.