## GtkMenuToolButton

GtkMenuToolButton — A GtkToolItem containing a button with an additional dropdown menu

## Functions

GtkToolItem * | gtk_menu_tool_button_new ()
GtkToolItem * | gtk_menu_tool_button_new_from_stock ()
void | gtk_menu_tool_button_set_menu ()
GtkWidget * | gtk_menu_tool_button_get_menu ()
void | gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip ()
void | gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_text ()
void | gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_markup ()

## Properties

GtkMenu * | menu | Read / Write

## Signals

void | show-menu | Run First

## Types and Values

struct | GtkMenuToolButton

## Object Hierarchy

        GObject
        ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
            ╰── GtkObject
                ╰── GtkWidget
                    ╰── GtkContainer
                        ╰── GtkBin
                            ╰── GtkToolItem
                                ╰── GtkToolButton
                                    ╰── GtkMenuToolButton

## Implemented Interfaces

GtkMenuToolButton implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable and GtkActivatable.

## Includes

    #include <gtk/gtk.h>

## Description

A GtkMenuToolButton is a GtkToolItem that contains a button and a small additional button with an arrow. When clicked, the arrow button pops up a dropdown menu.

Use `gtk_menu_tool_button_new()` to create a new GtkMenuToolButton. Use `gtk_menu_tool_button_new_from_stock()` to create a new GtkMenuToolButton containing a stock item.

### GtkMenuToolButton as GtkBuildable

The GtkMenuToolButton implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports adding a menu by specifying "menu" as the "type" attribute of a <child> element.

Example 35. A UI definition fragment with menus

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    <object class="GtkMenuToolButton">
      <child type="menu">
        <object class="GtkMenu"/>
      </child>
    </object>

## Functions

### gtk_menu_tool_button_new ()

    GtkToolItem *
    gtk_menu_tool_button_new (GtkWidget *icon_widget,
                              const gchar *label);

Creates a new GtkMenuToolButton using `icon_widget` as icon and `label` as label.

#### Parameters

icon_widget | a widget that will be used as icon widget, or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
label | a string that will be used as label, or `NULL`. | [allow-none]

#### Returns

the new GtkMenuToolButton

Since 2.6

### gtk_menu_tool_button_new_from_stock ()

    GtkToolItem *
    gtk_menu_tool_button_new_from_stock (const gchar *stock_id);

Creates a new GtkMenuToolButton. The new GtkMenuToolButton will contain an icon and label from the stock item indicated by `stock_id` .

#### Parameters

stock_id | the name of a stock item |

#### Returns

the new GtkMenuToolButton

Since 2.6

### gtk_menu_tool_button_set_menu ()

    void
    gtk_menu_tool_button_set_menu (GtkMenuToolButton *button,
                                   GtkWidget *menu);

Sets the GtkMenu that is popped up when the user clicks on the arrow. If `menu` is NULL, the arrow button becomes insensitive.

#### Parameters

button | a GtkMenuToolButton |
menu | the GtkMenu associated with GtkMenuToolButton |

Since 2.6

### gtk_menu_tool_button_get_menu ()

    GtkWidget *
    gtk_menu_tool_button_get_menu (GtkMenuToolButton *button);

Gets the GtkMenu associated with GtkMenuToolButton.

#### Parameters

button | a GtkMenuToolButton |

#### Returns

the GtkMenu associated with GtkMenuToolButton.

[transfer none]

Since 2.6

### gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip ()

    void
    gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip
                                   (GtkMenuToolButton *button,
                                    GtkTooltips *tooltips,
                                    const gchar *tip_text,
                                    const gchar *tip_private);

`gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip` has been deprecated since version 2.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use `gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_text()` instead.

Sets the GtkTooltips object to be used for arrow button which pops up the menu. See `gtk_tool_item_set_tooltip()` for setting a tooltip on the whole GtkMenuToolButton.

#### Parameters

button | a GtkMenuToolButton |
tooltips | the GtkTooltips object to be used |
tip_text | text to be used as tooltip text for tool_item. | [allow-none]
tip_private | text to be used as private tooltip text. | [allow-none]

Since 2.6

### gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_text ()

    void
    gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_text
                                   (GtkMenuToolButton *button,
                                    const gchar *text);

`gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_text` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Sets the tooltip text to be used as tooltip for the arrow button which pops up the menu. See `gtk_tool_item_set_tooltip()` for setting a tooltip on the whole GtkMenuToolButton.

#### Parameters

button | a GtkMenuToolButton |
text | text to be used as tooltip text for button's arrow button |

Since 2.12

### gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_markup ()

    void
    gtk_menu_tool_button_set_arrow_tooltip_markup
                                   (GtkMenuToolButton *button,
                                    const gchar *markup);

Sets the tooltip markup text to be used as tooltip for the arrow button which pops up the menu. See `gtk_tool_item_set_tooltip()` for setting a tooltip on the whole GtkMenuToolButton.

#### Parameters

button | a GtkMenuToolButton |
markup | markup text to be used as tooltip text for button's arrow button |

Since 2.12

## Types and Values

### struct GtkMenuToolButton

    struct GtkMenuToolButton;

The GtkMenuToolButton struct contains only private data and should only be accessed through the functions described below.

## Property Details

### The `“menu”` property

      “menu”                     GtkMenu *

The dropdown menu.

Flags: Read / Write

## Signal Details

### The `“show-menu”` signal

    void
    user_function (GtkMenuToolButton *button,
                   gpointer           user_data)

The ::show-menu signal is emitted before the menu is shown.

It can be used to populate the menu on demand, using `gtk_menu_tool_button_get_menu()`.

Note that even if you populate the menu dynamically in this way, you must set an empty menu on the GtkMenuToolButton beforehand, since the arrow is made insensitive if the menu is not set.

#### Parameters

button | the object on which the signal is emitted |
user_data | user data set when the signal handler was connected. |

Flags: Run First

## See Also

GtkToolbar, GtkToolButton | The toolbar widget The parent class of GtkMenuToolButton. The properties "label_widget", "label", "icon_widget", and "stock_id" on GtkToolButton determine the label and icon used on GtkMenuToolButtons.