examples/royale/MenuExample/src/main/royale/MyInitialView.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<js:View xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
		 xmlns:js="library://ns.apache.org/royale/basic"
		 xmlns:local="*"
		 className="MyView">
	
	<fx:Style>
		@namespace js "library://ns.apache.org/royale/basic";
		
		/**
		 * the View needs a background-color so that mouse events will
		 * be picked up in order to close the menu without making a selection.
		 */
		.MyView {
			background-color: #FFFFFF;
		}
		
		.Output {
			color: blue;
		}
		
	</fx:Style>
	
	<fx:Script>
		<![CDATA[
			import org.apache.royale.collections.ArrayList;
			import org.apache.royale.core.UIBase;
			import org.apache.royale.events.Event;
			import org.apache.royale.events.MouseEvent;
			import org.apache.royale.html.Menu;
			
			/*
			 * Show a simple menu made of an Array of Strings.
			 */
			
			private var simpleData:Object = ["Open", "Edit", "Save", "Save As", "Print", "Close"];
			
			
			private function showSimpleMenu(component:UIBase):void
			{
				var menu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(simpleData);
				menu.addEventListener("change", handleSimpleSelection);
				menu.show(component, 0, 20);
			}
			
			private function handleSimpleSelection(event:Event):void
			{
				var menu:Menu = event.currentTarget as Menu;
				output.text = "You selected: "+menu.selectedItem;
				menu.hide();
			}
			
			/*
			 * Show a menu made of Objects
			 */
			
			private var complexData:Object = [
				{title:"Open", value:1},
				{title:"Edit", value:2},
				{title:"Save", value:3},
				{title:"Save As", value:4},
				{title:"Print", value:5},
				{title:"Close", value:6}];
			
			private function showComplexMenu(component:UIBase):void
			{
				var menu:Menu = Menu.createMenu(complexData);
				menu.labelField = "title";
				menu.addEventListener("change", handleComplexSelection);
				menu.show(component, 0, 20);
			}
			
			private function handleComplexSelection(event:Event):void
			{
				var menu:Menu = event.currentTarget as Menu;
				output.text = "You selected: "+menu.selectedItem["title"]+" with value "+menu.selectedItem["value"];
				menu.hide();
			}
			
			/*
			 * MenuBar
			 *
			 * Use type:"separator" to indicate a separator line in the menus.
			 */
			
			[Bindable]
			private var menubarData:Array = [
				{title: "File", value:"fileMenu", menu:[
					{title:"Open", value:"open"},
					{title:"Save", value:"save"},
					{title:"Print", value:"print"},
					{type:"separator"},
					{title:"Close", value:"close"}]},
				{title: "Edit", value:"editMenu", menu:[
					{title:"Copy", value:"copy"},
					{title:"Cut", value:"cut"},
					{title:"Paste", value:"paste"}]},
				{title: "View", value:"viewMenu", menu:[
					{title:"Main", value:"main"},
					{title:"Editor", value:"editor", menu:[
						{title:"Text Editor", value:"textEditor"},
						{title:"UI Editor", value:"uiEditor"},
						{type:"separator"},
						{title:"Settings Editor", value:"settingsEditor", menu:[
							{title:"Reset",value:"settingsReset"},
							{title:"Change", value:"settingsChange"}]}]},
					{title:"Tools", value:"tools"}]},
				{title: "Help", value:"helpMenu", menu:[
					{title:"About", value:"about"},
					{type:"separator"},
					{title:"Website", value:"website"}]}];
			
			private function handleMenubarSelection(event:Event):void
			{
				var mbar:MenuBar = event.target as MenuBar;
				output.text = "You selected: "+mbar.selectedItem["title"]+" with value: "+mbar.selectedItem["value"];
			}
		]]>
	</fx:Script>
	
	<js:beads>
		<js:ViewDataBinding />
	</js:beads>
	
	<js:Panel title="Menu Demo" x="100" y="50" width="300" height="400">
		<js:beads>
			<js:BasicLayout />
		</js:beads>
		
		<!-- The MenuBar. This displays CascadingMenu menus, but you can change that to use the simpler
		     Menu for a lighter app by removing the CascadingMenuFactory bead. -->
		
		<js:MenuBar dataProvider="{menubarData}" x="0" y="0" width="100%"
					labelField="title" change="handleMenubarSelection(event)">
			<js:beads>
				<js:CascadingMenuFactory />
			</js:beads>
		</js:MenuBar>
		
		<js:Label id="output" x="50" y="80" className="Output" />
		
		<js:TextButton text="Simple Menu" click="showSimpleMenu(fromLabel)" x="10" y="150" />
		<js:TextButton text="Complex Menu" click="showComplexMenu(fromLabel)" x="200" y="150" />
		
		<js:Label text="Menu appears below here" id="fromLabel" x="50" y="190" className="Output" />
	</js:Panel>
	
		

</js:View>