Menu Item 

Inherits from: 
System 

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            name *210*

Type:   string 

Description:   Appears as the text for the «Menu Item», and used by the primitive find-item to find a «Menu Item» by name.

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             owner *210*

Type:   Menu 

Constraints:
Not settable.

Description:   If «Menu Item» is a member of item list of an active «Window», then the value of this attribute is that «Window»; otherwise it is NULL.

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             active? *210*

Type:   boolean

Constraints:
Not settable on default.

Description:  
«Menu Item» is drawn black and generates menu events when selected from the owning «Menu» if and only if the value of active? is TRUE, and the value of the enabled? attribute of the owning «Menu» is TRUE.

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key *210*

Type:   string 

Constraints:
Not settable when the owning «Menu» is active.

Description: The character for the keyboard equivalent of the «Menu Item».

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check? *211*

Type:   boolean 

Description:
A check mark appears beside the «Menu Item» if the value of this attribute is TRUE.  

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style  *211*

Type:   integer 

Description: 
A number indicating either the style of text used in displaying the «Menu Item», or the modifier keys specified as keyboard equivalent. See attribute keys of class Menu.

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method  *211*

Type:   string 

Description: The name of the method called when «Menu Item» is selected.

Method inputs: <owning «Menu»>, «Menu Item», <EventRecord>

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            balloon  *211*

Type: 
list 

Description:
Balloon Help information; format varies with the type (Prograph string or 'STR ', 'STR#', 'TEXT' or 'PICT' resource) of Balloon Help.