From 02abf956d7b3b77a6511a953adcbfc8809e7a6b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:17:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] a better way to build ArdourDropdowns from Actions

---
 libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc        | 6 ++++++
 libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc b/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc
index 63c89c72ff..3873b4ab67 100644
--- a/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc
+++ b/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc
@@ -195,3 +195,9 @@ ArdourDropdown::default_text_handler (std::string const& text) {
 	set_text (text);
 	StateChanged (); /* EMIT SIGNAL */
 }
+
+void
+ArdourDropdown::append (Glib::RefPtr<Action> action)
+{
+	_menu.items().push_back (Menu_Helpers::MenuElem (action->get_short_label(), sigc::mem_fun (action.get(), &Action::activate)));
+}
diff --git a/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h b/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h
index 9247b544a1..57550d72ec 100644
--- a/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h
+++ b/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
 
 	void clear_items ();
 	void AddMenuElem (Gtk::Menu_Helpers::Element e);
+	void append (Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Action>);
 
 	void disable_scrolling();