Set Accelerator key for JMenuItem in Java
Description
The following code shows how to set Accelerator key for JMenuItem.
Example
//from ww w . j a va 2s .c o m
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class Main {
public static void main(final String args[]) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuSample Example");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
// File Menu, F - Mnemonic
JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
fileMenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);
menuBar.add(fileMenu);
// File->New, N - Mnemonic
JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New", KeyEvent.VK_N);
fileMenu.add(newMenuItem);
// Edit->Paste, P - Mnemonic, CTRL-V - Accelerator, Disabled
JMenuItem pasteMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Paste", KeyEvent.VK_P);
KeyStroke ctrlVKeyStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("control V");
pasteMenuItem.setAccelerator(ctrlVKeyStroke);
fileMenu.add(pasteMenuItem);
frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
frame.setSize(350, 250);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
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