Swing I - Java - page 931

Adding Menu Item Listeners
Events and listeners for menu items are handled in the exact same way as they are for buttons:
Menu items fire action events that are received by objects of the class ActionListener .
SYNTAX
JMenu_Item_Name .addActionListener( Action_Listener );
EXAMPLE
redChoice.addActionListener( this );
Creating a Menu
A menu is an object of the class JMenu . You create a new menu in the usual way, as illustrated
by the following example. The string argument is the displayed text that identifies the menu.
JMenu colorMenu = new JMenu("Add Colors");
Adding Menu Items to a Menu
You use the method add to add menu items to a menu.
SYNTAX
JMenu_Name .add( JMenu_Item );
EXAMPLE ( colorMenu IS AN OBJECT OF THE CLASS JMenu )
colorMenu.add(redChoice);
Creating a Menu Bar
A menu bar is an object of the class JMenuBar . You create a new menu bar in the usual way,
as illustrated by the following example:
JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
Adding a Menu to a Menu Bar
You add a menu to a menu bar using the method add as follows:
SYNTAX
JMenu_Bar_Name .add( JMenu_Name );
EXAMPLE ( bar IS AN OBJECT OF THE CLASS JMenuBar )
bar.add(colorMenu);
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