org.kde.koala
Class KHelpMenu

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.kde.qt.Qt
      extended by org.kde.qt.QObject
          extended by org.kde.koala.KHelpMenu
All Implemented Interfaces:
org.kde.qt.QtSupport

public class KHelpMenu
extends org.kde.qt.QObject

This class provides the standard %KDE help menu with the default "about" dialog boxes and help entry. This class is used in KMainWindow so normally you don't need to use this class yourself. However, if you need the help menu or any of its dialog boxes in your code that is not subclassed from KMainWindow you should use this class. The usage is simple:

 mHelpMenu = new KHelpMenu( this,  );
 kmenubar.insertItem(i18n("&Help"), mHelpMenu.menu() );
 
or if you just want to open a dialog box:
 mHelpMenu = new KHelpMenu( this,  );
 connect( this, SIGNAL("someSignal()"), mHelpMenu,SLOT("mHelpMenu.aboutKDE()"));
 
IMPORTANT: The first time you use KHelpMenu.menu(), a KPopupMenu object is allocated. Only one object is created by the class so if you call KHelpMenu.menu() twice or more, the same pointer is returned. The class will destroy the popupmenu in the destructor so do not delete this pointer yourself. The KHelpMenu object will be deleted when its parent is destroyed but you can delete it yourself if you want. The code below will always work.
 MyClass.~MyClass()
 {
   delete mHelpMenu;
 }
 
Using your own "about application" dialog box: The standard "about application" dialog box is quite simple. If you need a dialog box with more functionality you must design that one yourself. When you want to display the dialog you can choose one of two methods. Common for both is that you must make a help menu object with no text argument If the text is missing the default dialog box will not be displayed: Example 1 Using showAboutApplication signal (preferred)
 void MyClass.myFunc()
 {
   ..
   KHelpMenu helpMenu = new KHelpMenu( this );
   connect( helpMenu, SIGNAL("showAboutApplication()"),
          this, SLOT("myDialogSlot()"));
   ..
 }
 void MyClass.myDialogSlot()
 {
   
 }
 
Example 2 Old style - connecting directly to the menu entry.
 void MyClass.myFunc()
 {
   KHelpMenu helpMenu = new KHelpMenu( this );
   KPopupMenu help = mHelpMenu.menu();
   help.connectItem( KHelpMenu.menuAboutApp, this, SLOT("myDialogSlot()") );
 }
 void MyClass.myDialogSlot()
 {
   
 }
 
See KHelpMenuSignals for signals emitted by KHelpMenu

Author:
Espen Sand (espen@kde.org)

Field Summary
static int menuAboutApp
           
static int menuAboutKDE
           
static int menuHelpContents
           
static int menuReportBug
           
static int menuWhatsThis
           
 
Fields inherited from class org.kde.qt.Qt
AlignAuto, AlignBottom, AlignCenter, AlignHCenter, AlignHorizontal_Mask, AlignJustify, AlignLeft, AlignRight, AlignTop, AlignVCenter, AlignVertical_Mask, AlphaDither_Mask, ALT, AltButton, AnchorHref, AnchorName, AndNotROP, AndROP, ArrowCursor, Ascending, ASCII_ACCEL, AutoColor, AutoDither, AutoText, AvoidDither, BDiagPattern, BeginsWith, BevelJoin, BitmapCursor, BlankCursor, Bottom, BottomLeft, BottomRight, BreakAnywhere, BusyCursor, CaseSensitive, ClearROP, ColorMode_Mask, ColorOnly, Contains, ControlButton, CopyROP, CrossCursor, CrossPattern, CTRL, CustomPattern, DashDotDotLine, DashDotLine, DashLine, Dense1Pattern, Dense2Pattern, Dense3Pattern, Dense4Pattern, Dense5Pattern, Dense6Pattern, Dense7Pattern, Descending, DiagCrossPattern, DiffuseAlphaDither, DiffuseDither, Dither_Mask, DitherMode_Mask, DockBottom, DockLeft, DockMinimized, DockRight, DockTop, DockTornOff, DockUnmanaged, DontClip, DontPrint, DotLine, DownArrow, EndsWith, EraseROP, ExactMatch, ExpandTabs, FDiagPattern, 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Key_LaunchB, Key_LaunchC, Key_LaunchD, Key_LaunchE, Key_LaunchF, Key_LaunchMail, Key_LaunchMedia, Key_Left, Key_Less, Key_M, Key_macron, Key_masculine, Key_MediaLast, Key_MediaNext, Key_MediaPlay, Key_MediaPrev, Key_MediaRecord, Key_MediaStop, Key_Menu, Key_Meta, Key_Minus, Key_mu, Key_multiply, Key_N, Key_Next, Key_nobreakspace, Key_notsign, Key_ntilde, Key_Ntilde, Key_NumberSign, Key_NumLock, Key_O, Key_oacute, Key_Oacute, Key_ocircumflex, Key_Ocircumflex, Key_odiaeresis, Key_Odiaeresis, Key_ograve, Key_Ograve, Key_onehalf, Key_onequarter, Key_onesuperior, Key_Ooblique, Key_OpenUrl, Key_ordfeminine, Key_oslash, Key_otilde, Key_Otilde, Key_P, Key_PageDown, Key_PageUp, Key_paragraph, Key_ParenLeft, Key_ParenRight, Key_Pause, Key_Percent, Key_Period, Key_periodcentered, Key_Plus, Key_plusminus, Key_Print, Key_Prior, Key_Q, Key_Question, Key_questiondown, Key_QuoteDbl, Key_QuoteLeft, Key_R, Key_Refresh, Key_registered, Key_Return, Key_Right, Key_S, Key_ScrollLock, Key_Search, Key_section, Key_Semicolon, Key_Shift, Key_Slash, Key_Space, Key_ssharp, Key_Standby, Key_sterling, Key_Stop, Key_Super_L, Key_Super_R, Key_SysReq, Key_T, Key_Tab, Key_thorn, Key_THORN, Key_threequarters, Key_threesuperior, Key_TrebleDown, Key_TrebleUp, Key_twosuperior, Key_U, Key_uacute, Key_Uacute, Key_ucircumflex, Key_Ucircumflex, Key_udiaeresis, Key_Udiaeresis, Key_ugrave, Key_Ugrave, Key_Underscore, Key_unknown, Key_Up, Key_V, Key_VolumeDown, Key_VolumeMute, Key_VolumeUp, Key_W, Key_X, Key_Y, Key_yacute, Key_Yacute, Key_ydiaeresis, Key_yen, Key_Z, KeyButtonMask, Keypad, LastCursor, LastROP, Left, LeftArrow, LeftButton, LocalDate, LocalTime, LoEnglishUnit, LogText, LoMetricUnit, MacStyle, META, MetaButton, MidButton, Minimized, MiterJoin, MODIFIER_MASK, MonoOnly, MotifStyle, MouseButtonMask, MPenCapStyle, MPenJoinStyle, MPenStyle, MV_10_DOT_0, MV_10_DOT_1, MV_10_DOT_2, MV_10_DOT_3, MV_10_DOT_4, MV_9, MV_CHEETAH, MV_JAGUAR, MV_PANTHER, MV_PUMA, MV_TIGER, MV_Unknown, NandROP, NoAccel, NoAlpha, NoBackground, NoBrush, NoButton, NoMatch, NoPen, NopROP, NorROP, NotAndROP, NotCopyROP, NotEraseROP, NotOrROP, NotROP, NotXorROP, OpaqueMode, OrderedAlphaDither, OrderedDither, OrNotROP, OrROP, Overline, PaletteBackground, PaletteBase, PaletteBrightText, PaletteButton, PaletteButtonText, PaletteDark, PaletteForeground, PaletteHighlight, PaletteHighlightedText, PaletteLight, PaletteLink, PaletteLinkVisited, PaletteMid, PaletteMidlight, PaletteShadow, PaletteText, PartialMatch, PixelUnit, PlainText, PMStyle, PointingHandCursor, PreferDither, RichText, Right, RightArrow, RightButton, RoundCap, RoundJoin, SetROP, SHIFT, ShiftButton, ShowPrefix, SingleLine, SizeAllCursor, SizeBDiagCursor, SizeFDiagCursor, SizeHorCursor, SizeVerCursor, SolidLine, SolidPattern, SplitHCursor, SplitVCursor, SquareCap, StrikeOut, TextDate, ThresholdAlphaDither, ThresholdDither, Top, TopLeft, TopRight, TornOff, TransparentMode, TwipsUnit, UI_AnimateCombo, UI_AnimateMenu, UI_AnimateToolBox, 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Constructor Summary
  KHelpMenu()
           
protected KHelpMenu(java.lang.Class dummy)
           
  KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent)
           
  KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent, KAboutData aboutData)
           
  KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent, KAboutData aboutData, boolean showWhatsThis)
           
  KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent, KAboutData aboutData, boolean showWhatsThis, KActionCollection actions)
          Constructor.
  KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent, java.lang.String aboutAppText)
           
  KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent, java.lang.String aboutAppText, boolean showWhatsThis)
          Constructor.
 
Method Summary
 void aboutApplication()
          Opens an application specific dialog box.
 void aboutKDE()
          Opens the standard "About KDE" dialog box.
 void appHelpActivated()
          Opens the help page for the application.
 java.lang.String className()
           
 void contextHelpActivated()
          Activates What's This help for the application.
 void dispose()
          Delete the wrapped C++ instance ahead of finalize()
protected  void finalize()
          Deletes the wrapped C++ instance
 boolean isDisposed()
          Has the wrapped C++ instance been deleted?
 KPopupMenu menu()
          Returns a popup menu you can use in the menu bar or where you need it.
 org.kde.qt.QMetaObject metaObject()
           
 void reportBug()
          Opens the standard "Report Bugs" dialog box.
 
Methods inherited from class org.kde.qt.QObject
activate_filters, activate_signal_bool, activate_signal, activate_signal, activate_signal, activate_signal, blockSignals, checkConnectArgs, child, child, child, childEvent, children, connect, connect, connectInternal, connectNotify, customEvent, deleteLater, disconnect, disconnect, disconnect, disconnect, disconnect, disconnect, disconnect, disconnectInternal, disconnectNotify, dumpObjectInfo, dumpObjectTree, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, emit, event, eventFilter, highPriority, i18n, inherits, insertChild, installEventFilter, isA, isWidgetType, killTimer, killTimers, name, name, normalizeSignalSlot, objectTrees, parent, property, queryList, queryList, queryList, queryList, queryList, registerUserData, removeChild, removeEventFilter, sender, setName, setProperty, signalsBlocked, startTimer, timerEvent, tr, tr
 
Methods inherited from class org.kde.qt.Qt
arrowCursor, bin, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, bitBlt, black, blankCursor, blue, color0, color1, copyBlt, copyBlt, copyBlt, copyBlt, copyBlt, crossCursor, cyan, darkBlue, darkCyan, darkGray, darkGreen, darkMagenta, darkRed, darkYellow, dec, dynamicCast, endl, flush, forbiddenCursor, fromUtf8, gray, green, hex, ibeamCursor, lightGray, magenta, oct, op_div, op_div, op_div, op_div, op_equals, op_equals, op_equals, op_equals, op_minus, op_minus, op_minus, op_mult, op_mult, op_mult, op_mult, op_mult, op_mult, op_mult, op_mult, op_mult, op_not_equals, op_not_equals, op_not_equals, op_not_equals, op_plus, op_plus, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_read, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, op_write, pointingHandCursor, qAlpha, qApp, qAppName, qBlue, qCompress, qCompress, qDebug, qDebug, qDrawArrow, qDrawItem, qDrawItem, qDrawItem, qDrawPlainRect, qDrawPlainRect, qDrawPlainRect, qDrawPlainRect, qDrawPlainRect, qDrawPlainRect, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadeLine, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadePanel, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawShadeRect, qDrawWinButton, qDrawWinButton, qDrawWinButton, qDrawWinButton, qDrawWinButton, qDrawWinButton, qDrawWinPanel, qDrawWinPanel, qDrawWinPanel, qDrawWinPanel, qDrawWinPanel, qDrawWinPanel, qFatal, qFatal, qGLVersion, qGray, qGray, qGreen, qInitNetworkProtocols, qInstallPath, qInstallPathBins, qInstallPathData, qInstallPathDocs, qInstallPathHeaders, qInstallPathLibs, qInstallPathPlugins, qInstallPathSysconf, qInstallPathTranslations, qItemRect, qItemRect, qObsolete, qObsolete, qObsolete, qRed, qRgb, qRgba, qRound, qSharedBuild, qSuppressObsoleteWarnings, qSuppressObsoleteWarnings, qSysInfo, qSystemWarning, qSystemWarning, qUncompress, qUncompress, qVersion, qWarning, qWarning, red, reset, SIGNAL, sizeAllCursor, sizeBDiagCursor, sizeFDiagCursor, sizeHorCursor, sizeVerCursor, SLOT, splitHCursor, splitVCursor, upArrowCursor, waitCursor, whatsThisCursor, white, ws, yellow
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

menuHelpContents

public static final int menuHelpContents
See Also:
Constant Field Values

menuWhatsThis

public static final int menuWhatsThis
See Also:
Constant Field Values

menuAboutApp

public static final int menuAboutApp
See Also:
Constant Field Values

menuAboutKDE

public static final int menuAboutKDE
See Also:
Constant Field Values

menuReportBug

public static final int menuReportBug
See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

KHelpMenu

protected KHelpMenu(java.lang.Class dummy)

KHelpMenu

public KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent,
                 java.lang.String aboutAppText,
                 boolean showWhatsThis)
Constructor.

Parameters:
parent - The parent of the dialog boxes. The boxes are modeless and will be centered with respect to the parent.
aboutAppText - User definable string that is used in the application specific dialog box. Note: The help menu will not open this dialog box if you don't define a string. See showAboutApplication() for more information.
showWhatsThis - Decides whether a "Whats this" entry will be added to the dialog.

KHelpMenu

public KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent,
                 java.lang.String aboutAppText)

KHelpMenu

public KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent)

KHelpMenu

public KHelpMenu()

KHelpMenu

public KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent,
                 KAboutData aboutData,
                 boolean showWhatsThis,
                 KActionCollection actions)
Constructor. This alternative constructor is mainly useful if you want to overide the standard actions (aboutApplication(), aboutKDE(), helpContents(), reportBug, and optionally whatsThis).

Parameters:
parent - The parent of the dialog boxes. The boxes are modeless and will be centered with respect to the parent.
aboutData - User and app data used in the About app dialog
showWhatsThis - Decides whether a "Whats this" entry will be added to the dialog.
actions - KActionCollection that is used instead of the standard actions.

KHelpMenu

public KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent,
                 KAboutData aboutData,
                 boolean showWhatsThis)

KHelpMenu

public KHelpMenu(org.kde.qt.QWidget parent,
                 KAboutData aboutData)
Method Detail

metaObject

public org.kde.qt.QMetaObject metaObject()
Overrides:
metaObject in class org.kde.qt.QObject

className

public java.lang.String className()
Overrides:
className in class org.kde.qt.QObject

menu

public KPopupMenu menu()
Returns a popup menu you can use in the menu bar or where you need it. Note: This method will only create one instance of the menu. If you call this method twice or more the same pointer is returned


appHelpActivated

public void appHelpActivated()
Opens the help page for the application. The application name is used as a key to determine what to display and the system will attempt to open \/index.html.


contextHelpActivated

public void contextHelpActivated()
Activates What's This help for the application.


aboutApplication

public void aboutApplication()
Opens an application specific dialog box. The dialog box will display the string that was defined in the constructor. If that string was empty the showAboutApplication() is emitted instead.


aboutKDE

public void aboutKDE()
Opens the standard "About KDE" dialog box.


reportBug

public void reportBug()
Opens the standard "Report Bugs" dialog box.


finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws java.lang.InternalError
Deletes the wrapped C++ instance

Overrides:
finalize in class org.kde.qt.QObject
Throws:
java.lang.InternalError

dispose

public void dispose()
Delete the wrapped C++ instance ahead of finalize()

Overrides:
dispose in class org.kde.qt.QObject

isDisposed

public boolean isDisposed()
Has the wrapped C++ instance been deleted?

Overrides:
isDisposed in class org.kde.qt.QObject