Wish XML for Menu Creation

[LWGShane]

@Erel - I would love it if you also added the ability to use valid XML to create menus.

Something like this:

<Menu Text="File">
    <MenuItem Text="Quit"></MenuItem>
</Menu>

<Menu Text="Tools">
    <MenuItem Text="Tool 1" tag="Menu Item with tag!"></MenuItem>
    <MenuItem CheckBox="Checkbox Text" Selected="True"></MenuItem>
    <MenuItem Text="Hello World!" EventName="HelloWorld"></MenuItem>
</Menu>

<Menu Text="Empty Menu">Null</Menu>

Null would indicate an empty menu.

(Also, the word valid is bold because the JSON used to create menus isn't valid JSON )

 

[Erel]

Also, the word valid is bold because the JSON used to create menus isn't valid JSON

Why isn't it valid?

 

[LWGShane]

@Erel - When putting the JSON from the Menu Items tutorial through a JSON validator, it spits out this mass of errors:

Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 3]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 7]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 15]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 19]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 35]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 39]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 46]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 50]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 54]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 58]
Error:Invalid number.[Code 141, Structure 60]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 64]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 68]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 72]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 78]
Error:Strings should be wrapped in double quotes.[Code 17, Structure 82]

 

[Erel]

Don't confuse the example string with the actual feature. You can add quotes to the keys if you like. Both will work.

Eventually the menu string is parsed by the most popular Java JSON parser.

 

[LWGShane]

You can add quotes to the keys if you like. Both will work.

Oh, alright, I didn't realize that.