eva/3 Application BuilderDeveloping eva/3 ApplicationsWorking with FormsMenu Editor 

Menu Editor Commands

The menu editor provides a menubar, a context menu and a toolbar.

Fig. 129: Edit Menu
Fig. 129: Edit Menu

By selecting an entry and right click in the menu editor the context menu is shown.

Fig. 130: Contextmenu
Fig. 130: Contextmenu

The menus and the toolbar provide the following commands:

Insert item Submenu for creating new items
Ausschneiden Cut Removes the selected item to paste it
Kopieren Copy Copys the selected item to paste it
Einfügen Einfügen Pastes the previusly cutted or copied item
Elemente entfernen Deletes the selected irtem
Rückgängig Rückgängig Undos the last action
Wiederherstellen Wiederherstellen Redos the last undone action
Focus order Submenu to define the focus order
Nach Oben Up Moves the selected menu item to the top
Höher Previous Moves the selected menu item up
Tiefer Next Moves the selected menu item down
Nach Unten Down Moves the selected menu item to the bottom
Eigenschaften Properties Opens the Properties dialog for the selected menu item

The submenu Focus order allows to change the focus position of the selected component

Fig. 131: Focus Order Submenu
Fig. 131: Focus Order Submenu

The submenu Insert item allows to select the kind of the new item:

Fig. 132: Insert Item Submenu
Fig. 132: Insert Item Submenu

The following menu items are available

Standard menu items
SMenu A submenu
SMenuItem A menu item to execute a Macro
Separator A separator to group the menu items
CheckboxMenuItem A menu item to execute a macro and that displayes a check mark when it is activated
Predefined menu items to affect a STableElement and that provide functionality also available in the component SNavigator
SDataBeanCommitMenuItem Saves the current data record
SDataBeanDeleteItem Deletes the current data record
SDataBeanFirstMenuItem Sets the cursor to the first data record
SDataBeanInsertMenuItem Inserts a new data record
SDataBeanLastMenuItem Sets the cursor to the last data record
SDataBeanNextMenuItem Sets the cursor to the next data record
SDataBeanPreviousItem Sets the cursor to the previous data record
SDataBeanRefreshMenuItem Refreshs the table
SDataBeanRollbackMenuItem Refreshes data record and undos the not saved changes
Predefined menus with standard functions for text editing
TextComponentCutMenuItem Cuts the selected text from the current component and stores it in the clip board
TextComponentCopyMenuItem Copies the selected text from the current component and stores it in the clip board
TextComponentPasteMenuItem Pastes the text from the clip board in the current component
TextComponentSelectAllMenuItem Selects the complete text in the current component