Why doesn't `Menu` implement `Widget`?

[joculatrix]

I'd love to be able to use a Menu in my code without being inside of a MenuBar, e.g. for use as a ContextMenu. However, since Menu doesn't implement the Widget trait on its own, it's impossible to use this way. I noticed in the source code that all of the methods for Widget do appear to be written in an impl block for Menu, but the size() function is commented out. Is there a reason for this? Is there a way to fix it?

[genusistimelord]

ContextMenu already exists as a Widget on its own. Menu bar is a Really complex Beast. It is the most complex widget there is as it can support Many different types of Widgets inside of the menu bar Via use of an Item type. All widgets should be able to Translate into an Item type to be placed inside a MenuBar. IF you need a ContextMenu then please look at this example: https://github.com/iced-rs/iced_aw/blob/main/examples/context_menu.rs

[joculatrix]

I know how ContextMenu is used. My point is that being able to use a Menu (and subsequently submenus on hover) inside a ContextMenu would be nice instead of having to create similar functionality from scratch, but because Menu doesn't fully implement Widget, this isn't possible.

[genusistimelord]

Ahh i see sorry been a while since I looked at the Menu code. Yeah I don't remember the reason Menu was made this way. But from what I can tell it looks like the current widget like functions are not entirely the Same. So the easiest Fix would be to make a wrapper that can wrap the Menu and call its internals like MenuBar. As IDK how easy it would be to move or transfer those needed parts over.