Creating Graphical User Interfaces

Defining Context Menus

Context menus are displayed when users right-click on the object for which the menu is defined. The Menu Editor enables you to define context menus and associate them with objects in the layout.

Creating the Parent Menu

All items in a context menu are children of a menu that is not displayed on the figure menubar. To define the parent menu, select New Context Menu from the Menu Editor's toolbar.

Note    You must select the Menu Editor's Context Menus tab before you begin to define a context menu.

Select the menu and specify the Tag to identify the context menu (axes_context_menu in this example).

Adding Items to the Context Menu

Create the items that will appear in the context menu using New Menu Item on the Menu Editor's toolbar.

When you select the menu item, the Menu Editor displays text fields for you to enter the menu Label and Tag properties.

Associating the Context Menu with an Object

Select the object in the Layout Editor for which you are defining the context menu. Use the Property Inspector to set this object's UIContextMenu property to the desired context menu.

Add a callback routine subfunction to the GUI M-file for each item in the context menu. This callback executes when users select the particular context menu item. See The Menu Callback for information on defining the syntax.

Menu Callbacks

Setting the Tab Order - The Tab Order Editor