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JMenuItem is an implementation of an item in a menu. A menu item is essentially a button sitting in a list. When the user selects the "button", the action associated with the menu item is performed.

JMenuItem is an implementation of an item in a menu. A menu item is essentially a button sitting in a list. When the user selects the "button", the action associated with the menu item is performed. For more info, see this link.

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How do I create this special menu bar with Java Swing?

I am trying to implement this type of menu using Swing. Is there any off-the-shelf solution (free and/or commercial) yet?
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How to enable copy/cut/paste jMenuItem

I am making text editor in netbeans and have added jMenuItems called Copy,Cut & Paste in the Edit menu. How do I enable these buttons to perform these functions after actionPerformed() Here is my attempt: private void…
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How to prevent JMenuItem from closing Menu upon clicking the JMenuItem

How do I prevent a JMenuItem from closing the menu when the JMenuItem is clicked? The JMenuItem is enabled. So this is the scenario, I have 3 JMenuItems: JMenuItem: A, B, C; C displays an integer X. A and B are used to increment or decrement X by a…
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Creating menus for JApplet

I am making a simple game where numbers fall from top to bottom and I have to type the number. (number is erased as I type the number) This is coordinated with a Zen.java which is a JApplet file. I am trying to make a menu for this game with a…
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How to catch click on a JMenu element?

I'm developping a Java/Swing application with a menu using JMenuBar, JMenu and JMenuItem. System look and fell is applied to the UI. UIManager.setLookAndFeel( UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName() ); I have several top level elements for my…
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Why my ChangeListener reacts only for JMenu, and not for JMenuItem?

Now, I have a JMenu, and some JMenuItems in it. I want my program to perform some action when JMenu's and JMenuItem's state is changed to "selected". I don't use MouseLitener's MouseOver, because I want user to be able to navigate in menu using…
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Action event not firing for JMenuItem accelerator keystroke?

I have a simple java swing application. It's mostly used on Macos, so I'm trying to add a default menu bar to it through Desktop.getDesktop().setDefaultMenuBar(...). I defined a menu bar with a "File" menu and a "New" menu item with an action…
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Adding custom elements to a JPopupMenu

The problem can be stated in two different ways: 1. I have a JPopupMenu where I want to insert a component which is not a JMenuItem (a custom JTree)... but I dont know how to do it or 2. I have a different Popup (JPopupPanel) and I want to add…
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Double icons with JMenuItem setHorizontalTextPosition on Win

Two icons are rendered when using JMenuItem setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.LEFT) with Windows Look and Feel. It works fine with the default Java Look and Feel. I just filed a Java bug report, posting here for anyone else having the same…
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JFrame Action Listener that listens to all menu items?

So I have a JFrame set up with a menu with the current structure that looks something along the lines of this: File Exit Pages Reviews A B C Help About I want to create a Action Listener that only listens to menu items under…
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Command Pattern Usefulness when using JComponents

So, I'm developing a program using the Swing library and I obviously have buttons and menu items. Some of these are supposed to do the same stuff, and I thought using the Command Pattern should be the way to do it, e.g. I have a "save" button and a…
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Hotkey for JMenuItem of JPopupMenu

I have added a JPopupMenu with certain JMenuItems to a JTable in my java application. I then set accelerators for those JMenuitems. Now my problem is that when I try to use those hotkeys, they don't work until I open that JPopupMenu. When that popup…
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Disable menu items programmatically

I am working on a Desktop app with the Netbeans RCP. I have a number of menu items that are beeing added to the menu through annotations in the TopComponents. I would like to be able to disable several of these menu items, depending on the access…
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Align icon and JCheckbox in JPopupmenu

I have a Problem with some icons and check-boxes in a JPopupMenu. The Check-boxes and Icons are not aligned The Items are created like: JMenuItem deleteAttributeMenuItem = new JMenuItem(locale.getString("TREE_AttrDelete"), iconDelete); JMenuItem…
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Inserting a vertical separator between Icon and Text in JMenuItem

I'm trying to insert / display a vertical separator between the icon and the text of the JMenuItem components in my applications. I create a JMenuItem as follows (roughly): JMenuItem cutMenuItem = new…
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