commotion_client.GUI.menu_bar.MenuBar Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for commotion_client.GUI.menu_bar.MenuBar:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	request_viewport
def	clear_layout
def	populate_menu
def	get_parents
def	add_menu_item

Public Attributes
	layout
	log
	translate
	ext_mgr

Static Public Attributes
tuple	viewport_requested = QtCore.pyqtSignal(str)

Member Function Documentation

def commotion_client.GUI.menu_bar.MenuBar.add_menu_item	(		self,
			parent
	)

Creates and returns a single top level menu item with cascading sub-menu items.

Args:
parent (string): The "parent" the top level menu item that is being requested.

Returns:
A tuple containing a top level button and its hidden sub-menu items.        

References commotion_client.GUI.menu_bar.MenuBar.request_viewport(), commotion_client.GUI.menu_bar.MenuBar.translate, commotion_client.extensions.config_editor.main.ViewPort.translate, commotion_client.GUI.main_window.MainWindow.translate, commotion_client.GUI.extension_toolbar.ExtensionToolBar.translate, commotion_client.GUI.extension_toolbar.MenuItem.translate, and commotion_client.commotion_client.CommotionClientApplication.translate.

Referenced by commotion_client.GUI.menu_bar.MenuBar.populate_menu().

    def add_menu_item(self, parent):
        """Creates and returns a single top level menu item with cascading sub-menu items.
                
        Args:
        parent (string): The "parent" the top level menu item that is being requested.
        
        Returns:
        A tuple containing a top level button and its hidden sub-menu items.        
        """
        extensions = self.ext_mgr.get_extension_from_property('parent', parent)
        if not extensions:
            raise NameError(self.translate("logs", "No extensions found under the parent item {0}.".format(parent)))
        #Create Top level item button
        title_button = QtGui.QPushButton(QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate("Menu Item", parent))
        title_button.setCheckable(True)
        #Create sub-menu
        sub_menu = QtGui.QFrame()
        sub_menu_layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
        #populate the sub-menu item table.
        for ext in extensions:
            sub_menu_item = subMenuWidget(self)
            try:
                menu_item_title = self.ext_mgr.get_property(ext, 'menu_item')
            except KeyError:
                menu_item_title = ext
            sub_menu_item.setText(QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate("Sub-Menu Item", menu_item_title))
            #We use partial here to pass a variable along when we attach the "clicked()" signal to the MenuBars requestViewport function
            sub_menu_item.clicked.connect(partial(self.request_viewport, ext))
            sub_menu_layout.addWidget(sub_menu_item)
        sub_menu.setLayout(sub_menu_layout)
        sub_menu.hide()
        #Connect toggle on out checkable title button to the visability of our subMenu
        title_button.toggled.connect(sub_menu.setVisible)
        #package and return top level item and its corresponding subMenu
        section = (title_button, sub_menu)
        return section