annotate widgets/SubdividingMenu.h @ 151:8f51db2434dc

* Pull alphabetical categorisation code out into a SubdividingMenu class

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#ifndef _SUBDIVIDING_MENU_H_
#define _SUBDIVIDING_MENU_H_

#include <QMenu>

#include <QString>
#include <set>
#include <map>

/**
 * A menu that divides its entries into submenus, alphabetically.  For
 * menus that may contain a very large or small number of named items
 * (e.g. plugins).
 *
 * The menu needs to be told, before any of the actions are added,
 * what the set of entry strings will be, so it can determine a
 * reasonable categorisation.  Do this by calling the setEntries()
 * method.
 */

class SubdividingMenu : public QMenu
{
public:
    SubdividingMenu(QWidget *parent = 0);
    SubdividingMenu(const QString &title, QWidget *parent = 0);
    virtual ~SubdividingMenu();

    void setEntries(const std::set<QString> &entries);

    // Action names and strings passed to addAction and addMenu must
    // appear in the set previously given to setEntries.  If you want
    // to use a different string, use the two-argument method and pass
    // the entry string (used to determine which submenu the action
    // ends up on) as the first argument.

    virtual void addAction(QAction *);
    virtual QAction *addAction(const QString &);
    virtual void addAction(const QString &entry, QAction *);
    
    virtual void addMenu(QMenu *);
    virtual QMenu *addMenu(const QString &);
    virtual void addMenu(const QString &entry, QMenu *);

protected:
    std::map<QString, QMenu *> m_nameToChunkMenuMap;
};

#endif