Popup Menus
| Chapter 12. Menus and Toolbars |

## Popup Menus

`Menus` are normally just added to a window, but they can also be displayed temporarily as the result of a mouse button click. For instance, a context menu might be displayed when the user clicks their right mouse button.

For instance:

    Glib::ustring ui_info =
      "<interface>"
      "  <menu id='menu-examplepopup'>"
      "    <section>"
      "      <item>"
      "        <attribute name='label' translatable='yes'>Edit</attribute>"
      "        <attribute name='action'>examplepopup.edit</attribute>"
      "      </item>"
      "      <item>"
      "        <attribute name='label' translatable='yes'>Process</attribute>"
      "        <attribute name='action'>examplepopup.process</attribute>"
      "      </item>"
      "      <item>"
      "        <attribute name='label' translatable='yes'>Remove</attribute>"
      "        <attribute name='action'>examplepopup.remove</attribute>"
      "      </item>"
      "    </section>"
      "  </menu>"
      "</interface>";

    m_refBuilder->add_from_string(ui_info);

    Glib::RefPtr<Glib::Object> object = m_refBuilder->get_object("menu-examplepopup");
    Glib::RefPtr<Gio::Menu> gmenu = Glib::RefPtr<Gio::Menu>::cast_dynamic(object);
    m_pMenuPopup = new Gtk::Menu(gmenu);

To show the popup menu, use `Gtk::Menu`'s `popup()` method, providing the button identifier and the time of activation, as provided by the `button_press_event` signal, which you will need to handle anyway. For instance:

    bool ExampleWindow::on_button_press_event(GdkEventButton* event)
    {
      if( (event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS) && (event->button == 3) )
      {
        if(!m_pMenuPopup->get_attach_widget())
          m_pMenuPopup->attach_to_widget(*this);

        m_pMenuPopup->popup(event->button, event->time);
        return true; //It has been handled.
      }
      else
        return false;
    }

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