GtkRadioMenuItem A choice from multiple check menu items A radio menu item is a check menu item that belongs to a group. At each instant exactly one of the radio menu items from a group is selected. The group list does not need to be freed, as each #GtkRadioMenuItem will remove itself and its list item when it is destroyed. The correct way to create a group of radio menu items is approximatively this: How to create a group of radio menu items. GSList *group = NULL; GtkWidget *item; gint i; for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) { item = gtk_radio_menu_item_new_with_label (group, "This is an example"); group = gtk_radio_menu_item_get_group (GTK_RADIO_MENU_ITEM (item)); if (i == 1) gtk_check_menu_item_set_active (GTK_CHECK_MENU_ITEM (item), TRUE); } #GtkMenuItem because a radio menu item is a menu item. #GtkCheckMenuItem to know how to handle the check. The structure contains only private data that must be accessed through the interface functions. @radiomenuitem: the object which received the signal. Creates a new #GtkRadioMenuItem. @group: the group to which the radio menu item is to be attached @Returns: a new #GtkRadioMenuItem Creates a new #GtkRadioMenuItem whose child is a simple #GtkLabel. @group: the group to which the radio menu item is to be attached @label: the text for the label @Returns: a new #GtkRadioMenuItem @group: @label: @Returns: @group: @Returns: @group: @label: @Returns: @group: @label: @Returns: Deprecated compatibility macro. Use gtk_radio_menu_item_get_group() instead. Sets the group of a radio menu item, or changes it. @radio_menu_item: a #GtkRadioMenuItem. @group: the new group. Returns the group to which the radio menu item belongs, as a #GList of #GtkRadioMenuItem. The list belongs to GTK+ and should not be freed. @radio_menu_item: a #GtkRadioMenuItem. @Returns: the group of @radio_menu_item.