The configuration section in the left part of the window is used both to enter data for a new menu item and overwrite an existing item, depending on the command selected, New or Modification.


General tab

 

Specifies the general attributes of the menu item, such as the type of element and the displayed text.


Type

Specifies the type of entry: 

Normal inserts a standard menu item; 

Separator inserts a separator (separator line between multiple entries of the same menu). 

The separator does not support any action or dynamic property and is a purely graphic.

Name

Defines the name of the menu, i.e. the displayed text. Disabled if the item is of type Separator.


Action tab

 

Allows you to program the action to take in response to the selection of the menu item. For the configuration of the action, see the instructions in the section "Configuring Actions" in the "Common editing" chapter.


 

Layout tab

 

Specifies the layout parameters of the menu item: expressions to control enabling, visibility and the icon associated with the entry.


Enable

Expression for the control of the authorization of the menu item. If omitted, the item is always enabled; if the specified item is enabled when the value of the expression is TRUE or not equal to 0.

Visibility

Expression to control the visibility of the menu item. If omitted, the item is always visible; if the specified item is visible when the value of the expression is TRUE or not equal to 0.

Checked

If fulfileld, the entry is considered as "Toggle", And is marked if the given expression has a value of TRUE or not equal to 0.

The menu items without icons show the status of marked (checked) with a check mark to the right of the item itself, while for the items provided with icons the icon is displayed with the same effect "pressed"

Icon

Allows you to select an icon for the menu item.

The icon appears only if the item is not a submenu or a separator.

The image is incorporated into the menu and therefore do not need to store it for the functioning of the system.

The recommended size for the images is 16 X 16 pixels.