uimenu - Create a menu or a submenu in a figure

Calling Sequence

h=uimenu([prop1,val1] [,prop2, val2] ...)

h=uimenu(parent,[prop1, val1] [,prop2, val2] ...)

Parameters

• parent : integer Handle of menu's parent
• prop{1, 2 ...} : string character name of a property to set up
• val{1, 2 ...} : scilab object value to affect to the corresponding property
• h : integer handle of the corresponding menu

Description

This allows to create menus in a figure. If parent is a figure, then the menu item will be added to the menu bar of the figure. If parent is a menu item , then the new item will be added to the parent item, allowing to create cascaded submenu. To create a customized menu, you can use the properties listed below:

Properties

callback string: allows to set up the scilab instruction to call when the item is selected by the user.

label string: allows to set up the text appearing for the item.

tag string: this property is generally used to identify the menu. It allows to give it a "name". Mainly used in conjontion with findobj .

Examples

f=figure('position', [10 10 300 200]);
// create a figure
m=uimenu(f,'label', 'windows');
// create an item on the menu bar
m1=uimenu(m,'label', 'operations');
m2=uimenu(m,'label', 'quit scilab', 'callback', "exit");
//create two items in the menu "windows"
m11=uimenu(m1,'label', 'new window', 'callback',"xselect()");
m12=uimenu(m1,'label', 'clear  window', 'callback',"xbasc()");
// create a submenu to the item "operations"
close(f);
// close the figure
 
  

See Also

figure ,   uicontrol ,   set ,   get ,  

Author

Bertrand Guiheneuf