We would like to know how to show JPopupMenu on left click.
import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; /* w w w . j a va 2 s. c o m*/ import javax.swing.Box; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; import javax.swing.JPopupMenu; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setContentPane(new PopupMenu()); frame.validate(); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } } class PopupMenu extends Box { Dimension preferredSize = new Dimension(400, 30); public PopupMenu() { super(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS); final JPopupMenu menu = new JPopupMenu("Options"); for (int i = 1; i < 20; i++) menu.add(new JMenuItem("Option" + i)); JLabel clickMe = new JLabel("ClickMe"); clickMe.setAlignmentX(RIGHT_ALIGNMENT); clickMe.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { @Override public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) { menu.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY()); } }); add(clickMe); } public Dimension getPreferredSize() { return preferredSize; } }