Generated when the user selects a user-defined item from the shortcut menu. Use the Shortcut Menu Selection (App) event to generate an event when the user selects an application item from the shortcut menu.

Event Data Fields

Name Description
Source

Source of the event. LabVIEW UI refers to any built-in user interface event.

0LabVIEW UI
Type

Type of event that occurred, such as Mouse Down, Value Change, Timeout, and so on.
Time

Value of the millisecond timer when the event occurred.
CtlRef

Reference to the control on which the event occurred.
MenuRef

Reference to the control shortcut menu that you can modify during this event. MenuRef is valid only during this event case.
ItemTag

Name of the user-defined shortcut menu item the user selected, such as USER_MY_HELP.
ItemPath

Path of the user-defined shortcut menu item that the user selected, such as APP_HELP:USER_MY_HELP.
Coords
SubObj

Reference to the object on which the event occurred. For example, if the user right-clicks a cluster that contains several controls, the SubObj might be a control within the cluster, even if the cluster added the shortcut menu item.

Examples

Refer to the following example files included with LabVIEW.

  • labview\examples\Dialog and User Interface\Menu\Customizing Shortcut Menus\Customizing Shortcut Menus.vi