GtkMenuItem the widget used for item in menus The #GtkMenuItem widget and the derived widgets are the only valid childs for menus. Their function is to correctly handle highlighting, alignment, events and submenus. As it derives from #GtkBin it can hold any valid child widget, altough only a few are really useful. #GtkBin for how to handle the child. #GtkItem is the abstract class for all sorts of items. #GtkMenuShell is always the parent of #GtkMenuItem. @item: the parent class object @submenu: the submenu attached to this item; read only Creates a new #GtkMenuItem. @Returns: the newly created #GtkMenuItem Creates a new #GtkMenuItem whose child is a simple #GtlLabel. @label: the text for the label @Returns: the newly created #GtkMenuItem Sets the widget submenu, or changes it. @menu_item: the menu item widget @submenu: the submenu Removes the widget's submenu. @menu_item: the menu item widget Specifies the placement of the submenu around the menu item. The placement is usually #GTK_LEFT_RIGHT for menu items in a popup menu and #GTK_TOP_BOTTOM in menu bars. This function is useless in usual applications. @menu_item: the menu item @placement: the submenu placement Sets whether the menu item should show a submenu indicator, which is a right arrow. @menu_item: the menu item @show_toggle_indicator: unused @show_submenu_indicator: whether to show the arrow or not Emits the "select" signal on the given item. Behaves exactly like #gtk_item_select. @menu_item: the menu item Emits the "deselect" signal on the given item. Behaves exactly like #gtk_item_deselect. @menu_item: the menu item Emits the "activate" signal on the given item @menu_item: the menu item Sets the menu item to be right-justified. Only useful for menu bars. @menu_item: the menu item Emitted when the item is activated. @menuitem: the object which received the signal. Emitted when the item is activated, but also if the menu item has a submenu. For normal applications, the relevant signal is "activate". @menuitem: the object which received the signal.