PyGObject-Tutorial Menus, Actions

It looks like that the currently suggested way to create MenuBars and ToolBars is deprecated?

python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/menus.html

https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/#Gtk-3.0/classes/Action.html#Gtk.Action

How can a new user know how to solve this now? I can not find any example code using the new solution.

Apr 21 '18 21:04 buhtz

It links to the page for the replacements: https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/application.html

Gio.Action and Gio.Menu. Toolbars aren't deprecated and you can assign Gio.Action's to any button in them.

Apr 21 '18 21:04 TingPing

I don't see this link https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/application.html on that page https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/#Gtk-3.0/classes/Action.html#Gtk.Action

Anyway. Menus and Toolbars are not explained. There is only a fancy example about application menus. I have never seen an "application menu" before - kind of exotic? Is this plattform independent?

Where can I find infos (syntax, definitions, ...) about the XML file? I need some more usual stuff like a menubar and a toolbar. ;)

Apr 21 '18 22:04 buhtz

I have never seen an "application menu" before - kind of exotic? Is this plattform independent?

An application menu is just a menu associated with the application. How it appears depends upon your platform.

Where can I find infos (syntax, definitions, ...) about the XML file?

It is poorly documented but:

https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GMenuModel.html
https://developer.gnome.org/GMenu/

I need some more usual stuff like a menubar and a toolbar. ;)

I think there is a bit of confusion here. GtkMenuBar and GtkToolBar are not deprecated. GtkAction and GtkUIManager are. GMenu can make menu bars and GAction is just used everywhere.

Apr 21 '18 22:04 TingPing

Of course, there is a lot of confusion. ;)

You wrote yourself that the documentaion is "poor". It is. API Reference is not documentaiton in they way I mean it.

The point is that the concept behind UIManager/GtkBuilder, the XML-string/file and all the possible menus is kind of exotic. So you need to bring this to a new user. The tutorial doesn't - no matter the the UIManager used there is deprecated.

I can add this to my todo list but first I have to understand the concept behind all that myself. ;)

I think this StackOverflow-Question explain my confusion.

Please also see the question How to create PyGObject application with a menubar using Gtk.Builder?.

Apr 22 '18 10:04 buhtz

You can create this with Glade.

See method I mentioned: