Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

Menu Item Type property
Description
Specifies the type of menu item: Plain, Check, Magic, Radio, or Separator. The type determines how the
item is displayed and whether the item can have an associated command.
Applies to:
menu items
Set Form Builder
Default
Plain
Usage Notes
The following menu item types are available:
• PlaiDefault. Standard text menu item.
Check Indicates a Boolean menu item that is either Yes or No, checked or
unchecked.
Whenever the end user selects a Check menu item Form Builder toggles the
state of that item and executes the command associated with that menu item,
if there is one.
Magic Indicates one of the the following predefined menu items: Cut, Copy,
Paste, Clear, Undo, About, Help, Quit, and Window. Magic menu items
are automatically displayed in the native style of the platform on which the
form is executed, in the position determined by the platform’s conventions,
with the appropriate accelerator key assigned. Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear,
Windows, and Quit have built-in functionality supplied by Form Builder,
while the other magic menu items require that commands be associated
with them.
Radio Indicates a BOOLEAN menu item that is part of a radio group. Enter a
radio group name in the Radio Group property field. One and only one
Radio menu item in a group is selected at any given time.
When the end user selects a Radio menu item, Form Builder toggles the
selection state of the item and executes its command, if there is one.
Separator A line or other cosmetic item. You specify a Separator menu item for the
purpose of separating other menu items on the menu. A Separator menu
item cannot be selected and therefore it cannot have a command associated
with it.
• You can use GET_MENU_ITEM_PROPERTY and SET_MENU_ITEM_PROPERTY to get and
set the state of check and radio menu items.
• Magic menu items Cut, Copy, Clear, and Paste are automatically enabled and disabled by Form
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