Define an action bar template.
action bar AB_NAME is
[PULLDOWN_DEF_OR_REF] ...
[BUTTON_DEF_OR_REF]...
end action bar
AB_NAME
The identifier for an action bar template.
PULLDOWN_DEF_OR_REF
The definition for, or reference to, a pulldown.
BUTTON_DEF_OR_REF
The definition for, or reference to, a button.
Description
The action bar template defines the structure and visual attributes of an action bar and its pulldowns. The template definition itself is not an on-screen object; the action bar only appears when it is specified as the action bar of a region.
The action bars in different regions can be created from the same template.
Use the item statement to reference pulldowns and buttons previously defined outside of an action bar template.
In ESL for Windows, buttons may be interspersed with pulldowns and therefore will appear in the action bar in the order in which they are defined. Conventionally, buttons should appear after pulldowns in the action bar.
Example
action bar Part_Window_AB is
pulldown View_Choices text "~View"
choice View_Part text "~Part \t F4"
accelerator is KEY_F4
choice View_Description text "~Description"
choice View_Inventory text "~Inventory \t Alt+F5"
accelerator is alt KEY_F5
end pulldown
end action bar
color 26 graphical region Part_Window_GR
size 263 160
at position 60 80
in desktop
color 27 foreground
size border
title bar "Part"
system menu
horizontal scroll bar scroll by 6
vertical scroll bar scroll by 16
no scale
action bar Part_Window_AB
See Also
button Definition
item Reference
pulldown Definition
