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.TH "ALLEGRO_MENU_INFO" "3alleg5" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
ALLEGRO_MENU_INFO - Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include <allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h>

typedef struct ALLEGRO_MENU_INFO {
\f[R]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
A structure that defines how to create a complete menu system.
For standard menu items, the following format is used:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
   { caption, id, flags, icon }
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
For special items, these macros are helpful:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
ALLEGRO_START_OF_MENU(caption, id)
ALLEGRO_MENU_SEPARATOR
ALLEGRO_END_OF_MENU
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
A well-defined menu will begin with \f[C]ALLEGRO_START_OF_MENU\f[R],
contain one or more menu items, and end with
\f[C]ALLEGRO_END_OF_MENU\f[R].
A menu may contain sub-menus.
An example:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
ALLEGRO_MENU_INFO menu_info[] = {
   ALLEGRO_START_OF_MENU(\[dq]&File\[dq], 1),
      { \[dq]&Open\[dq], 2, 0, NULL },
      ALLEGRO_START_OF_MENU(\[dq]Open &Recent...\[dq], 3),
         { \[dq]Recent 1\[dq], 4, 0, NULL },
         { \[dq]Recent 2\[dq], 5, 0, NULL },
         ALLEGRO_END_OF_MENU,
      ALLEGRO_MENU_SEPARATOR,
      { \[dq]E&xit\[dq], 6, 0, NULL },
      ALLEGRO_END_OF_MENU,
   ALLEGRO_START_OF_MENU(\[dq]&Help\[dq], 7),
      {\[dq]&About\[dq], 8, 0, NULL },
      ALLEGRO_END_OF_MENU,
   ALLEGRO_END_OF_MENU
};

ALLEGRO_MENU *menu = al_build_menu(menu_info);
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
If you prefer, you can build the menu without the structure by using
al_create_menu(3alleg5) and al_insert_menu_item(3alleg5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_build_menu(3alleg5)