gecko-dev/dom/html/nsIHTMLMenu.idl

/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIMenuBuilder;

/**
 * A private interface.
 * All methods throw NS_ERROR_DOM_SECURITY_ERR if the caller is not chrome.
 */

[scriptable, uuid(d3d068d8-e223-4228-ba39-4d6df21ba616)]
interface nsIHTMLMenu : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Creates and dispatches a trusted event named "show".
   * The event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
   * See http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/interactive-elements.html#context-menus
   */
  void sendShowEvent();

  /**
   * Creates a native menu builder. The builder type is dependent on menu type.
   * Currently, it returns nsXULContextMenuBuilder for context menus.
   * Toolbar menus are not yet supported (the method returns null).
   */
  nsIMenuBuilder createBuilder();

  /*
   * Builds a menu by iterating over menu children.
   * See http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/interactive-elements.html#building-menus-and-toolbars
   * The caller can use a native builder by calling createBuilder() or provide
   * a custom builder that implements the nsIMenuBuilder interface.
   * A custom builder can be used for example to build native context menus
   * that are not defined using <menupopup>.
   */
  void build(in nsIMenuBuilder aBuilder);

};