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Per Amundsen, 09/28/2018 10:34 AM

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h1. Scripting Menus
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You can edit most AdiIRC menus in the Menu Editor located at Menubar -> Tools -> Edit Menus.
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Status - Edit the status menus.
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Channel - Edit the channel menus.
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Query - Edit the query menus.
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Nicklist - Edit the nicklist menus.
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Menubar - Edit the menubar menus.
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ChannelLink - Edit the channel link menus. (AdiIRC only)
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Link - Edit the regular link menus. (AdiIRC only)
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A menu syntax consists of <Menu text><colon><Menu command>.
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For this reason, only one colon is allowed in a menu, neither the text nor the command can contain any other colons for the menu to work properly.
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_[[$chr|$chr(58)]] can be used to add a colon in most cases._
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*Example*
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; Add a new menu item with the text "Query", when clicked, execute "/query $1" where $1 means the first word given to this menu, usually a nick.
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Query:/query $1
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Menu commands can also contain multiple lines, if so they must be enclosed with curly brackets.
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*Example*
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; Add a new menu item with the text "Query", when clicked, execute both "/query $1" and "/whois $1".
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  /query $1
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  /whois $1
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}
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h2. Menu prefix
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The "menu" prefix can also be used in a custom script to add more items to a menu, the syntax is the same.
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*Example*
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;Add a new menu item with the text "Whois", when clicked execute "/whois $1".
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menu nicklist {
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  Whois:/whois $1
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}
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h2. Target multiple menus
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Multiple menus can be targeted with the same menu item by separating them with comma.
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*Example*
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;Add a new menu item for nicklist and channels with the text "Hello World", when clicked execute "/echo -ag Hello World".
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menu nicklist,channel {
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  Hello World:/echo -ag Hello World
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}
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[[Scripting_Wildcards|Wildcards]] can also be used.
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*Example*
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; Add a new menu item for all menus with the text "Hello World", when clicked execute "/echo -ag Hello World".
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menu * {
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  Hello World:/echo -ag Hello World
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}
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; Add a new menu item for all custom window menus with the text "Hello World", when clicked execute "/echo -ag Hello World".
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menu @* {
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  Hello World:/echo -ag Hello World
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}
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h2. Menu hierarchy
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The menu hierarchy is determined by punctuation marks.
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This works in both the Menu Editor and in a custom script using the Menu prefix.
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*Example*
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menu nicklist {
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  ;Create a upper menu item called "Tools", notice you don't need a colon for the upper menu.
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  Tools
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  ;Use a punctuation mark to put a sub menu item inside "Tools"
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  .Whois:/whois $1
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  ;Use a punctuation mark to put another sub menu item inside "Tools"
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  .Who:/who $1
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  ;Create another upper menu item called "Operate"
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  Operate
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  ;Use a punctuation mark to put a sub menu item inside "Operate"
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  .Kill:kill $1
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  ;Create a sub menu item called "Operate More" inside "Operate"
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  .Operate More
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  ;Use two punctuation marks to put a sub menu item inside "Operate More"
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  ..Kill again:kill $1
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h2. Separator
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Hyphen (-) can be used to add a menu separator.
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*Example*
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menu nicklist {
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  ;Create a upper menu item called "Tools"
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  Tools
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  -
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  ;Create another upper menu item called "More Tools"
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  More Tools
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h2. Merging menu items
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It's possible to merge menu items with other menu items using the same text.
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; Both "Apple" and "Banana" will be shown in the "Fruit" menu.
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menu * {
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  Fruit
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  Fruit
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  .Apple
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h2. $1- lines inside menus
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$1- will be filled with different words depending on the menu type.
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Status - The currently connected [[$network]] name.
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Channel - The current [[$chan]] name.
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Query - The [[$nick]] associated with the query window.
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Nicklist - A list of selected nicks in the nicklist.
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Menubar - Your nick ([[$me]]) on currently connected server.
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h2. Adding top menus
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As of AdiIRC 1.9.7 new top menus can be inserted in the Menubar after the "Help" item using the [[/menubar]] command.
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Regular scripted menus can be used by referencing the @popup name, e.g "menu @mymenu { }"
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h2. Mouse events
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For [[/window|custom windows]] there are some special menu items which is triggered on various mouse events.
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These menus must be at the start of the menu block.
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Syntax is the same as regular menus, but the menu name must be of the following:
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*Picture Windows*
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mouse - Triggers when the mouse moves.
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sclick - Triggers when the left mouse button is pressed down.
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mclick - Triggers when the middle mouse button is pressed down. (AdiIRC only)
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dclick - Triggers when the left mouse button is pressed down twice.
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dmclick - Triggers when the middle mouse button is pressed down twice. (AdiIRC only)
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drclick - Triggers when the right mouse button is pressed down twice. (AdiIRC only)
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uclick - Triggers when any mouse button is released.
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rclick - Triggers when the right mouse button is pressed down.
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leave - Triggers when the mouse leaves the window.
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drop - Triggers when the window receives a drag/drop event.
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*Custom Windows text area*
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rclick - Triggers when the right mouse button is pressed down.
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dclick - Triggers when the left mouse button is pressed down twice.
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dmclick - Triggers when the middle mouse button is pressed down twice. (AdiIRC only)
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drclick - Triggers when the right mouse button is pressed down twice. (AdiIRC only)
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lbclick - Triggers when the left mouse button is pressed down in the listbox.
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rclick - Triggers when the right mouse button is pressed down.
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dclick - Triggers when the left mouse button is pressed down twice.
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dmclick - Triggers when the middle mouse button is pressed down twice. (AdiIRC only)
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drclick - Triggers when the right mouse button is pressed down twice. (AdiIRC only)
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rclick and drclick only triggers when there is no right click menu or the right click menu has no items.
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*Example*
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; Create a custom window.
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/window @test
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menu @test {
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  slick:echo -ag Left mouse button was clicked.
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  rlick:echo -ag Right mouse button was clicked.
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  Menu:echo -ag Just a regular menu item.
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h2. Menu styles
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You can style menus with check mark and disable them using the [[$style]] identifier.
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*Checked*
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!checked.png!
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menu * {
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  Checked $style(1):noop
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*Disabled*
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!disabled.png!
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*Checked and disabled*
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!checked_and_disabled.png!
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h2. Menu icons
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In AdiIRC it's also possible to add a icon to any menu item using the [[$menuicon]] identifier.
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!icon.png!
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