1 CAPI Reference Entries

callbacks

Class

Summary

The classcallbacks is used as a mixin by classes that provide callbacks.

Superclasses

capi-object

Subclasses

collection item menu-object

Slots

callback-type

The type of arguments for the callbacks.

selection-callback

The callback for selecting an item.

extend-callback

The callback for extending the selection.

retract-callback

The callback for deselecting an item.

action-callback

The callback for an action.

Accessors

callbacks-callback-type callbacks-selection-callback callbacks-extend-callback callbacks-retract-callback callbacks-action-callback

Description

Each callback function can be one of the following:

function

Call the function.

list

Apply the head of the list to the tail.

:redisplay-interface

Callredisplay-interface on the top-level interface.

:redisplay-menu-bar

Callredisplay-menu-bar on the top-level interface.

Thecallback-type specifies which arguments get passed to each of the callbacks. It can take any of the following values, and passes the corresponding data to the callback function:

:data

(item-data)

:data-interface

(item-datainterface)

:interface-data

(interfaceitem-data)

:item

(item)

:item-interface

(iteminterface)

:interface-item

(interfaceitem)

:interface

(interface)

:full

(item-dataiteminterface)

:none

()

nil

()

The item-data variable is the item's data if the item is of typeitem, otherwise it is the item itself, as for item. The item variable means the item itself. The interface is the interface of the element.