MenuBar

MenuBar:

A MenuBar control displays the top level of a menu as a horizontal bar of menu items, where each item on the bar can pop up a submenu. The MenuBar control interprets the data provider in the same way as the Menu control, and supports the same events as the Menu control. Unlike the Menu control, a MenuBar control is static; that is, it does not function as a pop-up menu, but is always visible in your application. Because the MenuBar is static, you can define it directly in MXML.

CODE:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="initCollections();" >

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[

            import mx.events.MenuEvent;
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import mx.collections.*;

            [Bindable]
            public var menuBarCollection:XMLListCollection;

            private var menubarXML:XMLList =
                <>
                    <menuitem label="Menu1" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-A" data="1A"/>
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 1-B" data="1B"/>
                    </menuitem>
                    <menuitem label="Menu2" data="top">
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-A" type="check"  data="2A"/>
                        <menuitem type="separator"/>
                        <menuitem label="MenuItem 2-B" >
                            <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-A" type="radio"
                                groupName="one" data="3A"/>
                            <menuitem label="SubMenuItem 3-B" type="radio"
                                groupName="one" data="3B"/>
                        </menuitem>
                    </menuitem>
                </>;

            // Event handler to initialize the MenuBar control.
            private function initCollections():void {
                menuBarCollection = new XMLListCollection(menubarXML);
            }

            // Event handler for the MenuBar control's itemClick event.
            private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void  {
                // Don't open the Alert for a menu bar item that
                // opens a popup submenu.
                if (event.item.@data != "top") {
                    Alert.show("Label: " + event.item.@label + "\n" +
                        "Data: " + event.item.@data, "Clicked menu item");
                }
            }
         ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Panel title="MenuBar Control Example" height="75%" width="75%"
        paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10">

        <mx:Label width="100%" color="blue"
           text="Select a menu item."/>

        <mx:MenuBar labelField="@label" itemClick="menuHandler(event);"
            dataProvider="{menuBarCollection}" />

    </mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>