CreatePopupMenu()

Syntax

Result = CreatePopupMenu(#Menu)

Creates a new empty popup menu. If #PB_Any is used as '#Menu' parameter, the new menu number will be returned as 'Result'. If the menu can't be created, 'Result' will be 0. It becomes the currently menu for building. It's now possible to use the commands like MenuItem(), MenuBar(), OpenSubMenu() etc...

DisplayPopupMenu() can be used to display this popup menu at any position on the screen.

To handle all menu events properly, see the description of following commands:
WaitWindowEvent() (alternatively WindowEvent())
EventWindow()
EventMenu()

Example:

  If OpenWindow(0, 200, 200, 200, 120, "Popup-Menu Example")
    If CreatePopupMenu(0)      ; here the creating of the pop-up menu begins...
      MenuTitle("Project")     ; you can use any of the menu creating commands,
        MenuItem(1, "Open")    ; just like in a normal menu...
        MenuItem(2, "Save")
        MenuItem(3, "Save as")
        MenuItem(4, "Quit")
        MenuBar()
        OpenSubMenu("Recent files")
          MenuItem(5, "PureBasic.exe")
          MenuItem(6, "Test.txt")
        CloseSubMenu()
      MenuTitle("Edit")
      MenuTitle("Options")
    EndIf
    Repeat
      Select WaitWindowEvent()     ; check for window events
        Case #WM_RButtonDown       ; right mouse button was clicked =>
          DisplayPopupMenu(0, Window(0))  ; now display the popup-menu
        Case #PB_Event_Menu        ; an item of the popup-menu was clicked
          Select EventMenu()     ; get the clicked menu item...
            Case 1 : Debug "Menu: Open"
            Case 2 : Debug "Menu: Save"
            Case 3 : Debug "Menu: Save as"
            Case 4 : Quit = 1
            Case 5 : Debug "Menu: PureBasic.exe"
            Case 6 : Debug "Menu: Text.txt"
          EndSelect
        Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
          Quit = 1
      EndSelect
    Until Quit = 1
  EndIf

Supported OS

All