More preliminaries for making menus table-driven

src/Menus.cpp

@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ void MenuCreator::CreateMenusAndCommands(AudacityProject &project)
    {
       auto menubar = c->AddMenuBar(wxT("appmenu"));
       wxASSERT(menubar);
-      c->SetOccultCommands( false );
 
       /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // File menu
@@ -1394,11 +1393,9 @@ void MenuCreator::CreateMenusAndCommands(AudacityProject &project)
 
       bool bShowExtraMenus;
       gPrefs->Read(wxT("/GUI/ShowExtraMenus"), &bShowExtraMenus, false);
-      std::unique_ptr<wxMenuBar> menubar2;
       if( !bShowExtraMenus )
       {
-         menubar2 = c->AddMenuBar(wxT("ext-menu"));
-         c->SetOccultCommands(true);
+         c->BeginOccultCommands();
       }
 
       /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1594,8 +1591,13 @@ void MenuCreator::CreateMenusAndCommands(AudacityProject &project)
 
       c->AddSeparator();
 
-      c->AddGlobalCommand(wxT("PrevWindow"), XXO("Move Backward Through Active Windows"), FN(OnPrevWindow), wxT("Alt+Shift+F6"));
-      c->AddGlobalCommand(wxT("NextWindow"), XXO("Move Forward Through Active Windows"), FN(OnNextWindow), wxT("Alt+F6"));
+      // Global commands
+      c->AddItem( wxT("PrevWindow"), XXO("Move Backward Through Active Windows"),
+         FN(OnPrevWindow), AlwaysEnabledFlag,
+         Options{ wxT("Alt+Shift+F6") }.IsGlobal() );
+      c->AddItem( wxT("NextWindow"), XXO("Move Forward Through Active Windows"),
+         FN(OnNextWindow), AlwaysEnabledFlag,
+         Options{ wxT("Alt+F6") }.IsGlobal() );
 
       //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -1786,8 +1788,7 @@ void MenuCreator::CreateMenusAndCommands(AudacityProject &project)
 
       if (!bShowExtraMenus)
       {
-          c->SwapMenuBars();
-          c->SetOccultCommands(false);
+          c->EndOccultCommands();
       }
 
       /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

src/commands/CommandManager.cpp

@@ -597,17 +597,17 @@ wxMenuBar * CommandManager::CurrentMenuBar() const
 }
 
 ///
-/// Swap the last two menu bars in the list,
-/// to make the previous menu bar 'current' again.
 /// Typically used to switch back and forth
 /// between adding to a hidden menu bar and
-/// adding to one that is visible,
+/// adding to one that is visible
 ///
-void CommandManager::SwapMenuBars()
+void CommandManager::PopMenuBar()
 {
-    int l = mMenuBarList.size();
-    wxASSERT(l >= 2);
-    std::swap(mMenuBarList[l - 2], mMenuBarList[l - 1]);
+   auto iter = mMenuBarList.end();
+   if ( iter != mMenuBarList.begin() )
+      mMenuBarList.erase( --iter );
+   else
+      wxASSERT( false );
 }
 
 
@@ -754,6 +754,13 @@ void CommandManager::AddItem(const wxChar *name,
                              CommandFlag flags,
                              const Options &options)
 {
+   if (options.global) {
+      wxASSERT( flags == AlwaysEnabledFlag );
+      AddGlobalCommand(
+         name, label_in, hasDialog, finder, callback, options.accel );
+      return;
+   }
+
    wxASSERT( flags != NoFlagsSpecified );
 
    auto mask = options.mask;
@@ -1824,9 +1831,24 @@ void CommandManager::WriteXML(XMLWriter &xmlFile) const
    xmlFile.EndTag(wxT("audacitykeyboard"));
 }
 
-void CommandManager::SetOccultCommands( bool bOccult)
+void CommandManager::BeginOccultCommands()
 {
-   bMakingOccultCommands = bOccult;
+   // To do:  perhaps allow occult item switching at lower levels of the
+   // menu tree.
+   wxASSERT( !CurrentMenu() );
+
+   // Make a temporary menu bar collecting items added after.
+   // This bar will be discarded but other side effects on the command
+   // manager persist.
+   mTempMenuBar = AddMenuBar(wxT("ext-menu"));
+   bMakingOccultCommands = true;
+}
+
+void CommandManager::EndOccultCommands()
+{
+   PopMenuBar();
+   bMakingOccultCommands = false;
+   mTempMenuBar.reset();
 }
 
 void CommandManager::SetCommandFlags(const wxString &name,

src/commands/CommandManager.h

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct MenuBarListEntry
    {}
 
    wxString name;
-   wxMenuBar *menubar; // This structure does not assume memory ownership!
+   wxWeakRef<wxMenuBar> menubar; // This structure does not assume memory ownership!
 };
 
 struct SubMenuListEntry
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API CommandManager final : public XMLTagHandler
          { mask = value; return std::move(*this); }
       Options &&LongName (const wxString &value) &&
          { longName = value; return std::move(*this); }
+      Options &&IsGlobal () &&
+         { global = true; return std::move(*this); }
 
       const wxChar *accel{ wxT("") };
       int check{ -1 }; // default value means it's not a check item
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API CommandManager final : public XMLTagHandler
       CommandParameter parameter{};
       CommandMask mask{ NoFlagsSpecified };
       wxString longName{}; // translated
+      bool global{ false };
    };
 
    void AddItemList(const wxString & name,
@@ -208,15 +211,9 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API CommandManager final : public XMLTagHandler
                    const wxChar *accel,
                    CommandFlag flags);
 
-   void AddGlobalCommand(const wxChar *name,
-                         const wxChar *label,
-                         bool hasDialog,
-                         CommandHandlerFinder finder,
-                         CommandFunctorPointer callback,
-                         const wxChar *accel);
-
-   void SwapMenuBars();
-   void SetOccultCommands( bool bOccult);
+   void PopMenuBar();
+   void BeginOccultCommands();
+   void EndOccultCommands();
 
 
    void SetCommandFlags(const wxString &name, CommandFlag flags, CommandMask mask);
@@ -303,7 +300,7 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API CommandManager final : public XMLTagHandler
    // Sorted list of the shortcut keys to be exluded from the standard defaults
    static const std::vector<NormalizedKeyString> &ExcludedList();
 
-protected:
+private:
 
    //
    // Creating menus and adding commands
@@ -334,6 +331,13 @@ protected:
                                    int count,
                                    bool bIsEffect,
                                    const CommandParameter &parameter);
+   
+   void AddGlobalCommand(const wxChar *name,
+                         const wxChar *label,
+                         bool hasDialog,
+                         CommandHandlerFinder finder,
+                         CommandFunctorPointer callback,
+                         const wxChar *accel);
 
    //
    // Executing commands
@@ -391,6 +395,7 @@ private:
    wxMenu *mCurrentMenu {};
 
    bool bMakingOccultCommands;
+   std::unique_ptr< wxMenuBar > mTempMenuBar;
 };
 
 #endif