Menu.getOnShown() has the following syntax.
public final EventHandler < Event > getOnShown()
In the following code shows how to use Menu.getOnShown() method.
import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.event.ActionEvent; import javafx.event.Event; import javafx.event.EventHandler; import javafx.scene.Group; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Menu; import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar; import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem; import javafx.scene.control.SeparatorMenuItem; import javafx.scene.paint.Color; import javafx.stage.Stage; /*from ww w. j a v a 2 s .co m*/ public class Main extends Application { public static void main(String[] args) { Application.launch(args); } @Override public void start(final Stage primaryStage) { primaryStage.setTitle("title"); Group root = new Group(); Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 300, Color.WHITE); MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar(); menuBar.prefWidthProperty().bind(primaryStage.widthProperty()); Menu menu = new Menu("File"); menu.setOnShown(new EventHandler<Event>(){ @Override public void handle(Event arg0) { } }); System.out.println(menu.getOnShown()); MenuItem newItem = new MenuItem("New", null); menu.getItems().add(newItem); menu.getItems().add(new SeparatorMenuItem()); menuBar.getMenus().add(menu); root.getChildren().add(menuBar); primaryStage.setScene(scene); primaryStage.show(); } }