<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->GtkMenuItem<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->The widget used for item in menus<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### --><para>The #GtkMenuItem widget and the derived widgets are the only validchilds for menus. Their function is to correctly handle highlighting,alignment, events and submenus.</para><para>As it derives from #GtkBin it can hold any valid child widget, altoughonly a few are really useful.</para><!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### --><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>#GtkBin</term><listitem><para>for how to handle the child.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>#GtkItem</term><listitem><para>is the abstract class for all sorts of items.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>#GtkMenuShell</term><listitem><para>is always the parent of #GtkMenuItem.</para></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist></para><!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### --><!-- ##### STRUCT GtkMenuItem ##### --><para></para><!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkMenuItem::activate ##### --><para>Emitted when the item is activated.</para>@menuitem: the object which received the signal.<!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkMenuItem::activate-item ##### --><para>Emitted when the item is activated, but also if the menu item has asubmenu. For normal applications, the relevant signal is "activate".</para>@menuitem: the object which received the signal.<!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkMenuItem::toggle-size-allocate ##### --><para></para>@menuitem: the object which received the signal.@arg1: <!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkMenuItem::toggle-size-request ##### --><para></para>@menuitem: the object which received the signal.@arg1: <!-- ##### ARG GtkMenuItem:arrow-spacing ##### --><para></para><!-- ##### ARG GtkMenuItem:horizontal-padding ##### --><para></para><!-- ##### ARG GtkMenuItem:selected-shadow-type ##### --><para></para><!-- ##### ARG GtkMenuItem:toggle-spacing ##### --><para></para><!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_new ##### --><para>Creates a new #GtkMenuItem.</para>@Returns: the newly created #GtkMenuItem<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_new_with_label ##### --><para>Creates a new #GtkMenuItem whose child is a #GtkLabel.</para>@label: the text for the label@Returns: the newly created #GtkMenuItem<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic ##### --><para></para>@label: @Returns: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_set_right_justified ##### --><para></para>@menu_item: @right_justified: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_set_submenu ##### --><para>Sets the widget submenu, or changes it.</para>@menu_item: the menu item widget@submenu: the submenu<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path ##### --><para></para>@menu_item: @accel_path: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_remove_submenu ##### --><para>Removes the widget's submenu.</para>@menu_item: the menu item widget<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_select ##### --><para>Emits the "select" signal on the given item. Behaves exactly like#gtk_item_select.</para>@menu_item: the menu item<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_deselect ##### --><para>Emits the "deselect" signal on the given item. Behaves exactly like#gtk_item_deselect.</para>@menu_item: the menu item<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_activate ##### --><para>Emits the "activate" signal on the given item</para>@menu_item: the menu item<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_toggle_size_request ##### --><para>Emits the "toggle_size_request" signal on the given item.</para>@menu_item: the menu item@requisition: the requisition to use as signal data.<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_toggle_size_allocate ##### --><para>Emits the "toggle_size_allocate" signal on the given item.</para>@menu_item: the menu item.@allocation: the allocation to use as signal data.<!-- ##### MACRO gtk_menu_item_right_justify ##### --><para>Sets the menu item to be right-justified. Only useful for menu bars.</para>@menu_item: the menu item<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_get_right_justified ##### --><para></para>@menu_item: @Returns: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_menu_item_get_submenu ##### --><para></para>@menu_item: @Returns: