Moved the menu helper methods into their own module

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util/menubuilder.py b/util/menubuilder.py
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+++ b/util/menubuilder.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import gtk
+
+class MenuBuilder():
+    @classmethod
+    def make_sub_menu(cls, menu, name):
+        """ add a new submenu to the toolbar """
+        sub_menu = gtk.MenuItem(name)
+        sub_menu.show()
+        sub_menu.set_submenu(menu)
+        return sub_menu
+
+    @classmethod
+    def make_menu_item(cls, menu, tooltip, callback, arg=None):
+        """ add a new item to the submenu """
+        menu_items = gtk.MenuItem(tooltip)
+        menu.append(menu_items)
+        if arg is None:
+            menu_items.connect('activate', callback)
+        else:
+            menu_items.connect('activate', callback, arg)
+        menu_items.show()