[Geany-Devel] How can a plugin invoke menu items/geany actions?

[Matthew Brush]

On 2017-12-20 01:37 PM, Lars Paulsen wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to start actions in geany from inside a geany plugin?
> 
> E.g. start the Color Chooser as if it was selected from the geany tools 
> menu.
> I tried to call the callback function directly but that gives an linker 
> error for geany plugins (just logical).
> 
> Can I fire/send an event/message to make it being started? How do I do 
> that?
> 

If you happen to find one that's not available as a keybinding command, 
you can also use `ui_lookup_widget()` to get a handle on the menu item 
and then activate it through code (ie. `gtk_actionable_activate()` or 
something). This is kind of brittle, but it does work.

Regards,
Matthew Brush