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extendoptionmenu.extend - Function

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	extendoptionmenu

Extend the menu with more items

Synopsis
extend(labels, width)

Arguments

labels		The menu item labels
		Allowed:	Vector of strings
		Default:	Empty menu
width		Width in character units
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	Auto-scale

Returns
Bool

Description

This tool function extends the menu with the supplied items.

Example

- labels := "m cm mm";
- f := frame();
- m := extendoptionmenu(f, labels);
- m.extend(labels="dm Dm");
- m.getlabels();
m cm mm dm Dm
-

Note that unlike when you interactively extend the menu, no checking for the validity of the new items is done. That is your responsibility.