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GtkCheckMenuItem

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a menu item with a check box.

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A #GtkCheckMenuItem is a menu item that maintains the state of a boolean 
value in addition to a #GtkMenuItem's usual role in activating application
code.
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A check box indicating the state of the boolean value is displayed
at the left side of the #GtkMenuItem.  Activating the #GtkMenuItem 
toggles the value.
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<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkCheckMenuItem ##### -->
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The #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct contains the following fields.
(These fields should be considered read-only. They should never be set by
an application.)

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<entry>#guint active;</entry>
<entry>TRUE if the check box is active.</entry>
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_new ##### -->
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Creates a new #GtkCheckMenuItem.
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@Returns: a new #GtkCheckMenuItem.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_new_with_label ##### -->
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Creates a new #GtkCheckMenuItem with a label.
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@label: the string to use for the label.
@Returns: a new #GtkCheckMenuItem.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic ##### -->
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@label: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### MACRO gtk_check_menu_item_set_state ##### -->
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This macro is provided to preserve compatibility with older code.
New code should use gtk_check_menu_item_set_active() function instead.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_get_active ##### -->
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@check_menu_item: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_set_active ##### -->
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Sets the active state of the menu item's check box.
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@check_menu_item: a #GtkCheckMenuItem.
@is_active: boolean value indicating whether the check box is active.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_set_show_toggle ##### -->
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Controls whether the check box is shown at all times.
Normally the check box is shown only when it is active or while the 
menu item is selected.
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@menu_item: a #GtkCheckMenuItem.
@always: boolean value indicating whether to always show the check box.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_toggled ##### -->
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Emits the GtkCheckMenuItem::toggled signal.
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@check_menu_item: a #GtkCheckMenuItem.


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_get_inconsistent ##### -->
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@check_menu_item: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_check_menu_item_set_inconsistent ##### -->
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@check_menu_item: 
@setting: 


<!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkCheckMenuItem::toggled ##### -->
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This signal is emitted when the state of the check box is changed.
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A signal handler can examine the <structfield>active</structfield> 
field of the #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct to discover the new state.
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@checkmenuitem: the object which received the signal.

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<!-- ##### ARG GtkCheckMenuItem:inconsistent ##### -->
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