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actionoptionmenu - Constructor

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	actionoptionmenu

Construct an actionoptionmenu

Synopsis
actionoptionmenu(parent, labels, names, values, hlp, hlp2, nbreak, padx, pady, width, updatelabel, height, justify, font, relief, borderwidth, foreground, background, disabled, anchor, fill, widgetset)

Arguments

parent		Parent of the menu
		Allowed:	Widget
labels		The menu item labels
		Allowed:	Vector of strings
		Default:	Empty menu
names		The menu item names
		Allowed:	Vector of strings
		Default:	Empty menu
values		The menu item values
		Allowed:	Vector of anything
		Default:	Empty menu
hlp		Short popuphelp text
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	No help
hlp2		Long popuphelp text
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	No help
nbreak		The break point for menu or listbox usage
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	20
padx		Horizontal padding around text
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	7
pady		Vertical padding around text
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	3
width		Width in character units
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	Auto-scale
updatelabel		Update menu label with selected item
		Allowed:	T or F
		Default:	T
height		Height in character units
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	1
justify		Justification of text
		Allowed:	String from `center', 'left', 'right'
		Default:	`center'
font		Font of text
		Allowed:	X font
relief		Edge relief
		Allowed:	String from `flat', `ridge', `raised', `sunken', `groove'
		Default:	`groove'
borderwidth		Border width
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	2
foreground		Color of text
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`black'
background		Background color
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`lightgrey'
disabled		Is inactivated ?
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	F
anchor		Location of text
		Allowed:	String from 'c', 'n', 's', 'e', 'w', 'ne', 'nw', 'se', 'sw'
		Default:	`c'
fill		How to expand when resized
		Allowed:	String from `x', `y', `both', `none'
		Default:	'none'
widgetset		The widget server to use
		Allowed:	widgetserver tool
		Default:	dws

Returns
Agent

Description

Example

- include 'widgetserver.g'   
- names := ['Delete all files', 'Delete images', 'Delete measurement sets'];
- labels := "DelAll DelIm DelMS";
- f := dws.frame();
- hlp := 'Delete selected files';
- m := dws.actionoptionmenu(f, labels, names, hlp=hlp);