feat(menu): Adds Menu widget with popup functionality

[SavedByGrace251]

Introduces a new Menu widget that allows users to display a customizable menu with items in a popup window.

The menu can be configured with a label, icon, menu items, and various styling options such as blur, alignment, and animations.

It enables users to launch applications or execute commands directly from the bar.

[amnweb]

Thanks for contributing! Since we already have a very similar widget Applications, I don’t think we need another one. But since your idea sounds good to me, maybe instead of creating a new widget, it would be better to extend the existing one with popup window support?

There’s already a defined app list, so we can reuse it for the popup if it’s enabled. However, this is a very old widget, and some parts need to be updated, especially the section where we run apps and also I think we can remove ClickableLabel. When apps are launched, they should be completely detached from YASB, similar to how it works in the taskbar.

yasb/src/core/utils/widgets/taskbar/pin_manager.py

Lines 641 to 683 in 65f1fd8

	def _launch_exe(exe_path: str, arguments: str = "", working_dir: str = None) -> None:
	"""Launch an executable with subprocess, with UAC elevation if needed."""
	# Validate working directory
	if not working_dir or not os.path.exists(working_dir):
	working_dir = os.path.dirname(exe_path)
	if not os.path.exists(working_dir):
	working_dir = None
	try:
	cmd = [exe_path]
	if arguments:
	try:
	# Use shlex to split arguments, then strip quotes from each arg
	parsed_args = shlex.split(arguments, posix=False)
	# Remove surrounding quotes if shlex preserved them
	cleaned_args = [arg.strip('"') for arg in parsed_args]
	cmd.extend(cleaned_args)
	except ValueError:
	# Fallback to simple split if shlex fails
	cmd.extend(arguments.split())
	subprocess.Popen(
	cmd,
	cwd=working_dir,
	creationflags=subprocess.DETACHED_PROCESS | subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP,
	close_fds=True,
	stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
	stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
	)
	except OSError as e:
	# Check if elevation is required (WinError 740)
	if e.winerror == 740:
	import win32api
	import win32con
	try:
	win32api.ShellExecute(0, "runas", exe_path, arguments, working_dir, win32con.SW_SHOWNORMAL)
	except Exception as shell_error:
	logging.error(f"Failed to launch with elevation: {shell_error}")
	raise
	else:
	raise

[SavedByGrace251]

Oh I didn't even think about extending the applications widget. I'll take a look at extending it and report back!

[amnweb]

Oh I didn't even think about extending the applications widget. I'll take a look at extending it and report back!

Just make sure you don’t break the current users’ configurations if you decide to work on this widget, many themes still use it.

[SavedByGrace251]

Totally, my thought is a new optional param use_popup that would then look for a label and put item into a pop-up menu instead of a regular list.

[CodeRedPaul]

Hey @SavedByGrace251

I've been stealing your code!

I needed a popup menu to extend an existing widget, but python has never been my thing - I'm learning now but I've been a .NET developer for over 25 years and I know nothing about python...

Wondering if you wouldn't mind giving me a pointer (pun intended - you see why soon!).

I've taken a bunch of your code and retrofitted it into a different widget but I've hit the current limit of my understanding and don't know how to move things forward. It shouldn't take too much time - I'm just confused as to the mouse pointer events and why the popup control and original widget seem to be getting confused on the mouse click.

Would you mind giving me a quick hand, please? If you're ok with that then I'll add you as a contributor to my fork.

Thanks mate.... And hope you have a good Lent. 😉

Cheers.

[EDIT - 2023-03-04: I got it sorted, thank you!]