I'd like to put a balloon on a menubar. I have the menu configured as/per "Mastering Perl/Tk" (copyright 2002) page 261, as shown below.

Shown is much simplified from my actual code. My menu works. My balloons also work for ordinary widgets.

What I can't figure out is how to attach a balloon to the menu. Help, please?


$mw->configure(-menu => my $menubar = $mw->Menu);

# Build a menu bar for special options.
map {$menubar->cascade( -label => '~' . $_->[0], menuitems => $_->[1])
+}
  ['First',    menuitems];


# List of menu entries....
sub menuitems {
        [
            ['command', 'Do This',  -command => sub { print "foo" } ],
+  
            '',
            ['command', 'Do That,   -command => sub { print "bar" } ],
+    
            '',
            ['command', 'Do Other', -command => sub { print "wtf" } ],
        ];
};


# Explain about the menu thingie.
$balloon->attach( $mw->WHAT_SHOULD_I_PUT_HERE,
  -balloonmsg => 'Do something',
  -statusmsg => q{Tell much more here..},
);

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In reply to Attaching balloons to menubar entries... by aplonis

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