Java Swing Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples
Dr. Herong Yang, Version 4.00

Menu Bar, Menus, Menu Items and Listeners

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on menu bar, menus and menu items. Topics include introduction to JMenuBar, JMenu, and JMenuItem classes; test programs of menu bar, menus and menu items; using radio button and check box menu items; using menu, item, and action listeners; using mnemonics and accelerators on keyboard.

JMenuBar, JMenu, and JMenuItem Classes

JMenuBarTest.java - Menu Bar Test Program

JMenuTest.java - Menu Test Program

JMenuItemTest.java - Menu Item Test Program

JRadioButtonMenuItemTest.java - Radio Button Menu Item Test Program

JCheckBoxMenuItemTest.java - Check Box Menu Item Test Program

javax.swing.event.MenuListener - Menu Listener Interface

MenuItemActionListenerTest.java - Menu Item Action Listener Test

Item Listener on Radio Button Menu Items

Item Listener on Check Box Menu Items

javax.swing.event.MenuKeyListener - Menu Key Listener Interface

setMnemonic() - Setting Keyboard Mnemonics on Menu Items

setAccelerator() - Setting Keyboard Accelerators on Menu Items

setMnemonic() - Setting Keyboard Mnemonics on Menus

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2009
Menu Bar, Menus, Menu Items and Listeners