nsIStandaloneNativeMenu.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

webidl Element;

/**
 * Platform-independent interface to platform native menu objects.
 */

[scriptable, uuid(7F7201EB-510C-4CEF-BDF0-04A15A7A4A8C)]
interface nsIStandaloneNativeMenu : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Initialize the native menu using given XUL DOM element.
   *
   * @param aDOMElement A XUL DOM element of tag type |menu| or |menupopup|.
   */
  void init(in Element aElement);

  /**
   * This method must be called before the menu is opened and displayed to the
   * user. It allows the platform code to update the menu and also determine
   * whether the menu should even be shown.
   *
   * @return true if the menu can be shown, false if it should not be shown
   */
  boolean menuWillOpen();

  /**
   * Activate the native menu item specified by |anIndexString|. This method
   * is intended to be used by the test suite.
   *
   * @param anIndexString string containing a list of indices separated by
   *        pipe ('|') characters
   */
  void activateNativeMenuItemAt(in AString anIndexString);

  /**
   * Force an update of the native menu item specified by |anIndexString|. This
   * method is intended to be used by the test suite.
   *
   * @param anIndexString string containing a list of indices separated by
   *        pipe ('|') characters
   */
  void forceUpdateNativeMenuAt(in AString anIndexString);

  /**
   * Print information about the menu structure to stdout. Only used for
   * debugging.
   */
  void dump();
};