TheWorldMenu - a simpler version
Last updated at 12:08 pm UTC on 31 October 2017
A simpler version for TheWorldMenu proposed by Edgar J De Cleene.
It may be used in a image meant for distribution as an 'application'.
See How to lockdown an image for release
!TheWorldMenu methodsFor: 'construction' stamp: 'edc 1/29/2006 07:18'!
buildWorldMenu
"Build the menu that is put up when the screen-desktop is clicked on"
| menu |
menu := MenuMorph new defaultTarget: self.
menu commandKeyHandler: self.
self colorForDebugging: menu.
menu addStayUpItem.
self fillIn: menu from: {
{'restore display (r)'. {World. #restoreMorphicDisplay}.
'repaint the screen -- useful for removing unwanted display artifacts, lingering cursors, etc.'}. nil}.
Preferences simpleMenus
ifFalse: [self fillIn: menu from:
{{'open...'. {self. #openWindow}}.
{'windows...'. {self. #windowsDo}}.
{'changes...'. {self. #changesDo}}}
].
self fillIn: menu from:
{{'help...'. {self. #helpDo}. 'puts up a menu of useful items for updating the system, determining what version you are running, and much else'}.
{'appearance...'. {self. #appearanceDo}. 'put up a menu offering many controls over appearance.'}}.
Preferences simpleMenus
ifFalse: [self fillIn: menu from:
{{'do...'. {Utilities. #offerCommonRequests}. 'put up an editible list of convenient expressions, and evaluate the one selected.'}}
].
self fillIn: menu from: {
nil.
{'new morph...' . { self . #newMorph }. 'Offers a variety of ways to create new objects'}.
nil.}.
Preferences simpleMenus
ifFalse: [self fillIn: menu from:
{{'debug...'. {self. #debugDo}. 'a menu of debugging items'}}
].
self fillIn: menu from:
{nil.
{'save'. {SmalltalkImage current. #saveSession}. 'save the current version of the image on disk'}.
{'save as...'. {SmalltalkImage current. #saveAs}. 'save the current version of the image on disk under a new name.'}.
{'save as new version'. {SmalltalkImage current. #saveAsNewVersion}. 'give the current image a new version-stamped name and save it under that name on disk.'}.
{'save and quit'. {self. #saveAndQuit}. 'save the current image on disk, and quit out of Squeak.'}.
{'quit'. {self. #quitSession}. 'quit out of Squeak.'}
}.
^ menu! !
Based on what you have in your image adapt it to your needs. This is just a proposal.
See also
buildWorldMenu
