• main window menus.
  A main menu is always associated with a window. This menu can be displayed under the window's title bar. For more details, see Managing main window menus.
  In a mobile application, the menu is displayed via the Action Bar control. For more details, see Action Bar of a window.
• custom context menus.
  The user can open a context menu by pressing the right mouse button.
  For more details, see Custom context menu.

• The main menu of a window:
  • open the relevant window in the window editor.
  • select one of the menu options. The options and the sub-options are automatically displayed.
• A customized context menu: under the "Ventana" pane, in the "Barras y menús" group, pull down "Menús contextuales" and select one of the existing context menus.

• Programming menu options.
• Handling menu options in the editor.

Overview

Type of option ("General" tab of the description window)

• Standard: Menu option corresponding to text, with or without tick or image.
• Separator: Menu option corresponding to a separator, i.e. a line separating different options.
• Break: Menu option consisting of a label and a separator on the same line.. Generally, this type of option groups options together under a given name.

Caption of a menu option

• from the "General" tab of the option description window.
• directly in the window being edited:
  1. Select a menu option.
  2. Press the Space key.
  3. Edit the text in the input area.
     
  4. Press Enter to validate.
  Note: It is also possible to use the "Edit label" option in the context menu of menu item.

OPT_Nouveau.Libellé = "Renommer <B>Feuille 1</B>"

Translating the text of menu options

• from the "General" tab of the option description window.
• in the editor directly:
  1. Display the window in the translation language: under the "Vista" pane, in the "Opciones" group, scroll down to "Idioma mostrado" and select the desired language..
  2. The captions of controls and menu options are displayed in the selected language.
  3. Type the text of options in the selected language (Space key on the menu options).

Marking/Unmarking a menu option

• by a check mark ().
• by a bullet. For example, this checkmark identifies active features.

1. Select the menu option to mark.
2. Open the "UI" tab in the description window of the menu option ("Option description" in the context menu).
3. Select the checkmark style to use:
   • Default ()
   • Bullet (Radio Button).
4. Specify whether the option should be checked by default.
5. Validate.

• WLanguage functions:
  

  MenuIsMarked	Permite saber si aparece una marca de verificación delante de una opción de menú (menú contextual o desplegable).
  MenuMark	Sitúa la marca de verificación delante de la opción de menú (menú contextual o desplegable).
  MenuUnMark	Elimina la marca de verificación que aparece delante de la opción de menú (menú contextual o desplegable).
• WLanguage properties:

  Checked	La propiedad Checked obtiene y establece el estado de la marca de verificación de un elemento.

• The MenuMark and MenuUnmark functions are equivalent to the Checked property.
  Only the Checked property is available.
• In most cases, a menu option cannot be preceded by both a checkmark and an image.
• Options cannot be checked or unchecked.

Image associated with a menu option

1. Select the menu option in front of which the image must be displayed.
2. Open the "UI" tab in the description window of the menu option ("Option description" in the context menu).
3. Select the image to display. This image can be chosen in the image catalog (click the button and select the "Catalog" option).
4. Validate.

• To get or set the image associated with a menu option, use the Image property.
• In most cases, a menu option cannot be preceded by both a checkmark and an image.

Available image formats:

The following image formats are supported in Windows:

• Bitmap (*.BMP)
• Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
• Joint Picture Experts Group (*.jpg ; *.jpeg)
• Kodak Photo CD (*.pcd)
• PaintBrush (*.pcx)
• Adobe Photoshop Format (*.psd)
• TrueVision TARGA (*.tga)
• Tagged Image File Format (*.tif ; *.tiff)
  Note: the "Tiled TIFF" option in TIFF 6.0 is not supported. In this case, we advise you to save the image in tiff 5.0 standard.
• Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
• Windows MetaFiles (*.emf ; *.wmf)
• Icons (*.ico ; *.icw)
  Remarks:
  • HQ display (High Quality) available.
  • Management of sheets in transparent BMP format (32 bits).
• Cursors (*.cur)
• Portable Document Format (*.pdf)
• Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg)
• WINDEV images (generated by the image editor, *.WDPIC).
• Novedad versión 2025
  Images in WebP format (*.webp).

The supported image formats are:

• Bitmap (*.BMP)
• Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
• Joint Picture Experts Group (*.jpeg)
• Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
• WINDEV images (generated by the image editor, *.WDPIC).

The supported image formats are:

• Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
• Joint Picture Experts Group (*.jpeg)
• Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
• WINDEV images (generated by the image editor, *.WDPIC).

Displaying the code of a menu option

1. Select the desired menu option.
2. Right-click to open the context menu of the option.
3. Select "Code". The code window of the current menu option is displayed.

• The code of a menu option can also be displayed from its description window. To do so, click . This code corresponds to the code run when the menu option is selected by the user. You can add optional events via the "Add other events to xxx" link at the bottom of the code window.
• Only menu options that do not have a submenu can launch a WLanguage event.
• "Standard" menu options can also be associated with a preset action. For more details, see Preset_action.