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Shows how to right-align a menu in the menu bar, using a glue component
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import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;

/**
 * @author ges
 * @author kwalrath
 */
/* MenuGlueDemo.java requires no other files. */
public class MenuGlueDemo {
  public JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
    menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 1"));
    menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 2"));
    menuBar.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());
    menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 3"));
    return menuBar;
  }

  public JMenu createMenu(String title) {
    JMenu m = new JMenu(title);
    m.add("Menu item #1 in " + title);
    m.add("Menu item #2 in " + title);
    m.add("Menu item #3 in " + title);
    return m;
  }

  /**
   * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
   * invoked from the event-dispatching thread.
   */
  private static void createAndShowGUI() {
    // Create and set up the window.
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuGlueDemo");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    // Create and set up the content pane.
    MenuGlueDemo demo = new MenuGlueDemo();
    frame.setContentPane(demo.createMenuBar());

    // Display the window.
    frame.setSize(300, 100);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
    // creating and showing this application's GUI.
    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        createAndShowGUI();
      }
    });
  }
}








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14.22.1.Creating JMenuBar ComponentsCreating JMenuBar Components
14.22.2.Adding Menus to and Removing Menus From Menu BarsAdding Menus to and Removing Menus From Menu Bars
14.22.3.Menu AcceleratorMenu Accelerator
14.22.4.Vertical menu barVertical menu bar
14.22.5.Shows how to right-align a menu in the menu bar, using a glue componentShows how to right-align a menu in the menu bar, using a glue component
14.22.6.Customize menu layout by changing the menu bar to use a top-to-bottom box layout, and the popup menu to use a left-to-right box layoutCustomize menu layout by changing the menu bar to use a  top-to-bottom box layout, and the popup menu to use a left-to-right box layout
14.22.7.Customizing JMenuBar Look and Feel