Fig. 127: Menu Editor
Inside of a form, a menubar and several popup menus can be established
To create a popup menu, the property PopupMenu in the Properties dialog of the component and the following click on the appearing button . The menu bar will be created by the property JMenuBar in the Properties dialog of the form.
By this the menu editor appears.
Fig. 128: Opened Popup Menu in an Application
The popup menu of a panel will be used in the complete area of the panel. For eveery component in the panel with the property ShowParentPopupMenu, the popup menu will be adopted.
The Properties dialog of
a menu item will be opened by selecting the average menu item, rightclick and
following selecting of the menu entry
in the Contextmenu. Also the toolbar button
opens the Properties
dialog.
The menu items SMenuItems and SCheckboxMenuItem can define a short cut for the direct call of the menu by the menu propertie ShortCut. The Macro, that will be executed by the menu item can be defined by the propertie ActionPerformedMacro.
A Mnemonic can be set by prepend the & character to the menu text. For example &Quit for specify the Q character as Mnemonic character. The design of the Mnemonics depends on the Look&Feel currently used.
Working with Forms
Menu Editor Commands
Menu Item Properties