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MenuBar

Inherits: Control < CanvasItem < Node < Object

A horizontal menu bar that creates a MenuButton for each PopupMenu child.

Description

A horizontal menu bar that creates a MenuButton for each PopupMenu child. New items are created by adding PopupMenus to this node.

Properties

bool	flat	false
String	language	""
bool	prefer_global_menu	true
int	start_index	-1
bool	switch_on_hover	true
TextDirection	text_direction	0

Methods

int	get_menu_count() const
PopupMenu	get_menu_popup(menu: int) const
String	get_menu_title(menu: int) const
String	get_menu_tooltip(menu: int) const
bool	is_menu_disabled(menu: int) const
bool	is_menu_hidden(menu: int) const
bool	is_native_menu() const
void	set_disable_shortcuts(disabled: bool)
void	set_menu_disabled(menu: int, disabled: bool)
void	set_menu_hidden(menu: int, hidden: bool)
void	set_menu_title(menu: int, title: String)
void	set_menu_tooltip(menu: int, tooltip: String)

Theme Properties

Color	font_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1)
Color	font_disabled_color	Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 0.5)
Color	font_focus_color	Color(0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 1)
Color	font_hover_color	Color(0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 1)
Color	font_hover_pressed_color	Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
Color	font_outline_color	Color(0, 0, 0, 1)
Color	font_pressed_color	Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
int	h_separation	4
int	outline_size	0
Font	font
int	font_size
StyleBox	disabled
StyleBox	disabled_mirrored
StyleBox	hover
StyleBox	hover_mirrored
StyleBox	hover_pressed
StyleBox	hover_pressed_mirrored
StyleBox	normal
StyleBox	normal_mirrored
StyleBox	pressed
StyleBox	pressed_mirrored

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Property Descriptions

bool flat = false 🔗

• void set_flat(value: bool)

• bool is_flat()

Flat MenuBar don't display item decoration.

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String language = "" 🔗

• void set_language(value: String)

• String get_language()

Language code used for line-breaking and text shaping algorithms, if left empty current locale is used instead.

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bool prefer_global_menu = true 🔗

• void set_prefer_global_menu(value: bool)

• bool is_prefer_global_menu()

If true, MenuBar will use system global menu when supported.

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int start_index = -1 🔗

• void set_start_index(value: int)

• int get_start_index()

Position in the global menu to insert first MenuBar item at.

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bool switch_on_hover = true 🔗

• void set_switch_on_hover(value: bool)

• bool is_switch_on_hover()

If true, when the cursor hovers above menu item, it will close the current PopupMenu and open the other one.

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TextDirection text_direction = 0 🔗

• void set_text_direction(value: TextDirection)

• TextDirection get_text_direction()

Base text writing direction.

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Method Descriptions

int get_menu_count() const 🔗

Returns number of menu items.

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PopupMenu get_menu_popup(menu: int) const 🔗

Returns PopupMenu associated with menu item.

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String get_menu_title(menu: int) const 🔗

Returns menu item title.

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String get_menu_tooltip(menu: int) const 🔗

Returns menu item tooltip.

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bool is_menu_disabled(menu: int) const 🔗

Returns true, if menu item is disabled.

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bool is_menu_hidden(menu: int) const 🔗

Returns true, if menu item is hidden.

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bool is_native_menu() const 🔗

Returns true, if system global menu is supported and used by this MenuBar.

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void set_disable_shortcuts(disabled: bool) 🔗

If true, shortcuts are disabled and cannot be used to trigger the button.

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void set_menu_disabled(menu: int, disabled: bool) 🔗

If true, menu item is disabled.

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void set_menu_hidden(menu: int, hidden: bool) 🔗

If true, menu item is hidden.

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void set_menu_title(menu: int, title: String) 🔗

Sets menu item title.

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void set_menu_tooltip(menu: int, tooltip: String) 🔗

Sets menu item tooltip.

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Theme Property Descriptions

Color font_color = Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 1) 🔗

Default text Color of the menu item.

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Color font_disabled_color = Color(0.875, 0.875, 0.875, 0.5) 🔗

Text Color used when the menu item is disabled.

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Color font_focus_color = Color(0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 1) 🔗

Text Color used when the menu item is focused. Only replaces the normal text color of the menu item. Disabled, hovered, and pressed states take precedence over this color.

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Color font_hover_color = Color(0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 1) 🔗

Text Color used when the menu item is being hovered.

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Color font_hover_pressed_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1) 🔗

Text Color used when the menu item is being hovered and pressed.

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Color font_outline_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 1) 🔗

The tint of text outline of the menu item.

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Color font_pressed_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1) 🔗

Text Color used when the menu item is being pressed.

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int h_separation = 4 🔗

The horizontal space between menu items.

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int outline_size = 0 🔗

The size of the text outline.

Note: If using a font with FontFile.multichannel_signed_distance_field enabled, its FontFile.msdf_pixel_range must be set to at least twice the value of outline_size for outline rendering to look correct. Otherwise, the outline may appear to be cut off earlier than intended.

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Font font 🔗

Font of the menu item's text.

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int font_size 🔗

Font size of the menu item's text.

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StyleBox disabled 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is disabled.

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StyleBox disabled_mirrored 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is disabled (for right-to-left layouts).

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StyleBox hover 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is being hovered.

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StyleBox hover_mirrored 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is being hovered (for right-to-left layouts).

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StyleBox hover_pressed 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is being pressed and hovered at the same time.

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StyleBox hover_pressed_mirrored 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is being pressed and hovered at the same time (for right-to-left layouts).

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StyleBox normal 🔗

Default StyleBox for the menu item.

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StyleBox normal_mirrored 🔗

Default StyleBox for the menu item (for right-to-left layouts).

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StyleBox pressed 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is being pressed.

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StyleBox pressed_mirrored 🔗

StyleBox used when the menu item is being pressed (for right-to-left layouts).