IDLE's menus dynamically change based on which window is currently selected.
Each menu documented below indicates which window type it is associated with.
-Click on the dotted line at the top of a menu to "tear it off": a separate
-window containing the menu is created (for Unix and Windows only).
File menu (Shell and Editor)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
io.set_filename_change_hook(self.filename_change_hook)
# Create the recent files submenu
- self.recent_files_menu = Menu(self.menubar)
+ self.recent_files_menu = Menu(self.menubar, tearoff=0)
self.menudict['file'].insert_cascade(3, label='Recent Files',
underline=0,
menu=self.recent_files_menu)
self.menudict = menudict = {}
for name, label in self.menu_specs:
underline, label = prepstr(label)
- menudict[name] = menu = Menu(mbar, name=name)
+ menudict[name] = menu = Menu(mbar, name=name, tearoff=0)
mbar.add_cascade(label=label, menu=menu, underline=underline)
if macosxSupport.isCarbonTk():
# Insert the application menu
- menudict['application'] = menu = Menu(mbar, name='apple')
+ menudict['application'] = menu = Menu(mbar, name='apple',
+ tearoff=0)
mbar.add_cascade(label='IDLE', menu=menu)
self.fill_menus()
[See the end of this file for ** TIPS ** on using IDLE !!]
-Click on the dotted line at the top of a menu to "tear it off": a
-separate window containing the menu is created.
-
File Menu:
New File -- Create a new editing window
root.configure(menu=menubar)
menudict = {}
- menudict['windows'] = menu = Menu(menubar, name='windows')
+ menudict['windows'] = menu = Menu(menubar, name='windows', tearoff=0)
menubar.add_cascade(label='Window', menu=menu, underline=0)
def postwindowsmenu(menu=menu):
if isCarbonTk():
# for Carbon AquaTk, replace the default Tk apple menu
- menudict['application'] = menu = Menu(menubar, name='apple')
+ menudict['application'] = menu = Menu(menubar, name='apple',
+ tearoff=0)
menubar.add_cascade(label='IDLE', menu=menu)
Bindings.menudefs.insert(0,
('application', [