# plugins.core.menu.manager.section

Controls sections for the CommandPost menu.

# API Overview

Constants - Useful values which cannot be changed

DEFAULT_PRIORITY
SECTION_DISABLED_PREFERENCES_KEY_PREFIX

Methods - API calls which can only be made on an object returned by a constructor

addApplicationHeading
addHeading
addItem
addItems
addMenu
addSection
addSeparator
generateTable
getDisabledPreferenceKey
isApplicationHeading
isDisabled
new
setDisabledFn
setDisabledPreferenceKey

# API Documentation

# Constants

# DEFAULT_PRIORITY


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section.DEFAULT_PRIORITY -> number`
Type	Constant
Description	The default priority
Notes	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 12

# SECTION_DISABLED_PREFERENCES_KEY_PREFIX


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section.SECTION_DISABLED_PREFERENCES_KEY_PREFIX -> string`
Type	Constant
Description	The preferences key prefix for a disabled section.
Notes	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 17

# Methods

# addApplicationHeading


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:addApplicationHeading(title) -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Adds a heading to the top of the section.
Parameters	title - The title of the Application Heading.
Returns	section - The new section that was created.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 172

# addHeading


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:addHeading(title) -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Adds a heading to the top of a section.
Parameters	title - The title of the heading.
Returns	section - The new section that was created.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 148

# addItem


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:addItem(priority, itemFn) -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Registers a function which will generate a single table item.
Parameters	`priority` - The priority of the item within the section. Lower numbers appear first. `itemFn` - A function which will return a table representing a single menu item. See `hs.menubar` for details.
Returns	section - The section the item was added to.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 110

# addItems


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:addItems(priority, itemsFn) -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Registers a function which will generate multiple table items.
Parameters	`priority` - The priority of the items within the section. Lower numbers appear first. `itemsFn` - A function which will return a table containing multiple table items. See `hs.menubar` for details.
Returns	section - The section the item was added to.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 129

# addMenu


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:addMenu(priority, titleFn) -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Adds a new sub-menu with the specified priority. The section that will contain the items in the menu is returned.
Parameters	`priority` - The priority of the item within the section. Lower numbers appear first. `titleFn` - The function which will return the menu title.
Returns	section - The new section that was created.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 223

# addSection


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:addSection(priority) -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Adds a new sub-section with the specified priority. The new sub-section is returned.
Parameters	`priority` - The priority of the item within the section. Lower numbers appear first.
Returns	section - The new section that was created.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 244

# addSeparator


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:addSeparator(priority) -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Adds a new seperator with specified priority.
Parameters	`priority` - The priority of the items within the section. Lower numbers appear first.
Returns	section - The new section that was created.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 208

# generateTable


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:generateTable() -> table`
Type	Method
Description	Generates a new menu table based on the registered items and sections inside this section.
Parameters	None
Returns	`table` - The menu table for this section. See `hs.menubar` for details on the format.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 263

# getDisabledPreferenceKey


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:getDisabledPreferenceKey() -> string`
Type	Method
Description	Gets the disabled preferences key.
Parameters	None
Returns	`true` if the section has a disabled preferences key defined, otherwise `false`.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 69

# isApplicationHeading


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:isApplicationHeading() -> boolean`
Type	Method
Description	Does this section contain an application heading?
Parameters	None
Returns	`true` if it does contain an application heading, otherwise `false`.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 195

# isDisabled


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:isDisabled() -> boolean`
Type	Method
Description	Gets the disabled status
Parameters	None
Returns	`true` if the section is disabled, otherwise `false`
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 82

# new


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:new() -> section`
Type	Method
Description	Creates a new menu section, which can have items and sub-menus added to it.
Parameters	None
Returns	section - The section that was created.
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 22

# setDisabledFn


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:setDisabledFn(disabledFn) -> self`
Type	Method
Description	Sets the Disabled Function
Parameters	disabledFn - The disabled function.
Returns	Self
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 55

# setDisabledPreferenceKey


Signature	`plugins.core.menu.manager.section:setDisabledPreferenceKey(key) -> self`
Type	Method
Description	Sets the Disabled Preferences Key.
Parameters	key - A string which contains the unique preferences key.
Returns	Self
Notes	None
Examples	None
Source	src/plugins/core/menu/manager/section.lua line 41