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1. mnemonics and added characters    coderanch.com

2. How to use mnemonics with Actions?    coderanch.com

If I opt to use Swing Actions, rather than JMenuItems, in my JMenus, can I still use mnemonics (e.g., Alt-F-N to trigger the "New" item in the "File" menu)? JMenuItems have a setMnemonic() method; AbstractActions do not. Is there a way to do this, or is this just a limitation of Swing Actions? Thanks in advance. D.

3. mnemonic    coderanch.com

4. Mnemonics and focusable components    coderanch.com

5. Mnemonic question    coderanch.com

Does the text on your button actually have a 'b' in it? Setting the mnemonic to enter won't work, as you should rather register a keyboard action if this is the key you wish to use, or look at setDefaultCapable() on JButton (Key stroke would then depend on your current look and feel). If you wish to use mnemonics the char ...

6. Mnemonic for non-english characters    coderanch.com

7. No mnemonic displayed in tooltip?    coderanch.com

Hello all! We recently upgraded from the 1.4.2 line of the JDK to the latest Java 6 version (repeat after me, "Generics are easy, the syntax is beautiful . One change I cannot figure out is the loss of the "accelerator" keys from the tooltips. Using 1.4.2, the tooltips would display as "This is your tooltip ", with ...

8. mnemonic and wiondows L&F    coderanch.com

Hi Miguel, I think this is actually a "feature" :roll: of the Windows XP look and feel. Try this, make sure the window containing the button has focus, and then hold down the "Alt" key. The mnemonic will then be displayed, as long as the "Alt" key is pressed. With all of the possible Look and Feel classes, it's hard to ...

9. Mnemonic related issue    coderanch.com

Hi, I am using a radio button which has text something like 'anand2" and I want to set '2' as a mnemonic to the radio button. I have set this mnemonic key and I can select this by ALT+2 combination. But I also want to select this radiobutton when Numpad's 2 key is pressed. Numpad is on right side of the ...





10. Set mnemonic key    coderanch.com

> I need to see an underscore on the character 'C' in the String "Calculate" > which is used for titled border. Unfortunately, the String title doesn't recognise html, otherwise you could just have panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Calculate")); so it seems you need to add a component which displays text that does recognise html eg JLabel this link has an example of a JCheckBox ...