From 649f65cc3affac971607085758226c3c03b159b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Axel=20D=C3=B6rfler?= <axeld@pinc-software.de>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 02:52:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added help text functionality.

git-svn-id: file:///srv/svn/repos/haiku/trunk/current@8117 a95241bf-73f2-0310-859d-f6bbb57e9c96
---
 headers/private/kernel/boot/menu.h |  4 ++++
 src/kernel/boot/loader/menu.cpp    | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/boot/menu.h b/headers/private/kernel/boot/menu.h
index d272985896..5445c89e20 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/boot/menu.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/boot/menu.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class MenuItem {
 		void SetData(void *data);
 		void *Data() const { return fData; }
 
+		void SetHelpText(const char *text);
+		const char *HelpText() const { return fHelpText; }
+
 		const char *Label() const { return fLabel; }
 		Menu *Submenu() const { return fSubMenu; }
 
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ class MenuItem {
 		menu_item_type	fType;
 		Menu			*fMenu, *fSubMenu;
 		void			*fData;
+		const char		*fHelpText;
 };
 
 typedef DoublyLinked::List<MenuItem> MenuItemList;
diff --git a/src/kernel/boot/loader/menu.cpp b/src/kernel/boot/loader/menu.cpp
index 17ce8b1026..9d6ecb1413 100644
--- a/src/kernel/boot/loader/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/boot/loader/menu.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ MenuItem::MenuItem(const char *label, Menu *subMenu)
 	fType(MENU_ITEM_STANDARD),
 	fMenu(NULL),
 	fSubMenu(subMenu),
-	fData(NULL)
+	fData(NULL),
+	fHelpText(NULL)
 {
 }
 
@@ -101,6 +102,20 @@ MenuItem::SetData(void *data)
 }
 
 
+/** This sets a help text that is shown when the item is
+ *	selected.
+ *	Note, unlike the label, the string is not copied, it's
+ *	just referenced and has to stay valid as long as the
+ *	item's menu is being used.
+ */
+
+void
+MenuItem::SetHelpText(const char *text)
+{
+	fHelpText = text;
+}
+
+
 void 
 MenuItem::SetMenu(Menu *menu)
 {