<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkCheckMenuItem ##### -->
<para>
-The #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct contains the following fields.
-(These fields should be considered read-only. They should never be set by
-an application.)
-
-<informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="struct">
-<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colwidth="2*"/><colspec colwidth="8*"/>
-<tbody>
-
-<row>
-<entry>#guint active;</entry>
-<entry>TRUE if the check box is active.</entry>
-</row>
-
-</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+The #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct contains only private fields that
+should not be directly accessed.
</para>
</para>
<para>
-A signal handler can examine the <structfield>active</structfield>
-field of the #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct to discover the new state.
+A signal handler can use gtk_check_menu_item_get_active()
+to discover the new state.
</para>
@checkmenuitem: the object which received the signal.