Description
The widget used for item in menusHierarchy
\link{GObject}
+----\link{GtkObject}
+----\link{GtkWidget}
+----\link{GtkContainer}
+----\link{GtkBin}
+----\link{GtkItem}
+----GtkMenuItem
+----\link{GtkCheckMenuItem}
+----\link{GtkImageMenuItem}
+----\link{GtkSeparatorMenuItem}
+----\link{GtkTearoffMenuItem}Interfaces
GtkMenuItem implements
AtkImplementorIface.Detailed Description
The GtkMenuItem
widget and the derived widgets are the only valid
childs for menus. Their function is to correctly handle highlighting,
alignment, events and submenus.
As it derives from GtkBin
it can hold any valid child widget, altough
only a few are really useful.References
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkMenuItem.html